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A Thought – OSX License
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[Andrew Richards] ”
I’m spent, I’ve made my case against this enough already.
Best,
Andy”That’s pretty funny stuff!
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[Walter Soyka] “Open systems and closed systems each have advantages, and so the pendulum swings back and forth.
That said, I agree with Andy: licensing may be very good for us, but it seems an unlikely path for Apple.
“That’s how I see it, however much I’d like the other.
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The difference is that this is contingent with them exiting the workstation hardware market. They wouldn’t be eating into their own sales if they weren’t even selling in to the market.
Imagine if apple licensed os x to one manufacture, to distribute with a system that apple signed off on the components. Say an HP Z825. Apple would know what parts were going into said CPU and could be sure to have proper support for the components in the os. They could require an efi boot rom, ensuring compatibility with Mac pro peripherals. And proving the same Mac os x experience. And they would charge HP a hefty licensing fee…say $300. HP would be perfectly happy with the arrangement, they’re already in the z820 business, a couple of minor modifications and they’re making z825s, they get workstation sales they wouldn’t otherwise get. And they can pass that os licensing fee right on to the customer.
I’d gladly pay a 3 or 4 hundred dollar markup for a qualified officially licensed workstation running os x, the z820 looks amazing. Put efi on it and slap a “made for os x” sticker and sell me a half dozen.
Apple avoids having to bother with the workstation market. But they keep getting a couple of hundreds from pros. They keep selling their software to pros. Pros keep buying the consumer stuff to compliment their hardware. They keep getting a 30% cut of all software sales made in the app store. They keep getting 30 bucks a year for os updates. HP sells a few thousand more units, at a great markup, and pros get to go a bit longer running an os that they’ve built facilities around.
That is until os x and iOS merge in 2-3 years.
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Microsoft has it’s Xbox
Apple has it’s iPhone
Google has the backup of the internet
Facebook well they have your information
😉There are many theories about Apple having a open OS, I think it could work if they do it right.
Fact is if Apple drops it’s Pro hardware line it will also lose its prestige and which could effect its sales.
But never know maybe Apple will move into a new market the gaming industry maybe?
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