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I agree.

If apple were to open it's os to the masses they'd gain alot of marketshare. Wasn't it Dell who hinted that they'd love to sell Apple's OS?

But Apple craves control. And as long as they desire as much control as they are trying to keep they'll find it very hard to gain alot of share.

Slowly, linux marketshare is creeping past apple's 2%. Just as Garner predicted.

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,64504,00.html

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^After taking account for piracy, Gartner said 2004 worldwide market share for Mac OS is 2.5 percent, versus 1.3 percent for Linux. However, this will change next year. Gartner predicts in 2005, the Mac will slip to 2 percent market share, and Linux will grow to 2.1 percent. By 2008, Linux will have grown to 3.4 percent, while the Mac will remain at 2 percent.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

As we are continuing to see, this prediction is very realistic. on both OS's.