Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 4th Nov 2005 19:53 UTC
Were Apple to once again start licensing its operating system to third-party 'Mac clone' hardware makers, it could reignite the OS wars. Yet whether Apple will go this route - and whether doing so would be smart - remains to be seen.
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2005-09-15
Well so far Jobs has a track record of saying one thing and then doing the other. Remember these statements? "We don't see a need nor plan to create a media iPod." Now we have media iPods, TV shows on iTunes (hopefully more to add to that line up) and media center like OSx. Earlier this year he stunned those who believe what Jobs says by announcing MacIntel's are coming.
So it seems that if Jobs says Apple is NOT going to do something they actually are but I think they'd monopolize it just like they do their "authorized resellers". Only the big guys ie... Dell would get the contract and all the screwdriver shops will be furious.
As OS News readers what we likely want though is just to be able to install it on the machines we build so we don't have to look for the hacks that inevitably will come out. (another reason why Apple may as well just let people install it on anything but they don't have to offer support on non-Apple hardware).
Edited 2005-11-04 20:23