-——————I opined once (on another thread) that the Linux community owed a debt to Microsoft for making PC’s a commodity item-——————
I could go along with that.
Apple’s OSs have typically been much more............. bossy........ than Microsoft’s. Until recently. MS wants to end this before it gets any worse.
Apple computers may have still made computers a commodity, but this sort of strong arm tactic is one that Apple would’ve employed long, long ago. IMHO.
Apple computers may have still made computers a commodity, but this sort of strong arm tactic is one that Apple would’ve employed long, long ago. IMHO.
Although Apple in the interregnum between Jobs eras did license its OS for non-Apple hardware, under Jobs Apple has not so much sold licenses to OS X but has bundled OS X with its hardware - and refused to license OS X use on any other hardware.Apple would prefer a hardware feature which enabled OS X and which was unique to Apple to a technology which prevented other OSes from running on Apple hardware.
To the extent that Microsoft could undermine the production of hardware by independent OEM's which ran on any other OS than Windows, it would throw Apple - producer of its own hardware - directly into the briar patch. In that world, Hackintoshes wouldn't exist - and Apple's business model depends on the active desire of customers for OS X.Of course in the smartphone realm, Apple does oppose the "unlocking" of hardware.