On Dec 4, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Dan wrote:
> > Which brings me back to my believe that Apple should do an open Mac > OS X, That's an underpants gnome business plan 1) Offer Open Mac OS X 2) ? 3) Profit! Selling OS'es is only profitable when you're getting manufacturers to install it on the computers they sell. Microsoft would have NEVER EVER become the behemoth it is now by selling Windows to consumers as an add-on product. Their money has ALWAYS come from computer manufacturers paying them to pre-install Windows on their systems. Apple will never make more money letting Dell sell OS X computers than Apple selling OS X computers. This is the Clone Lesson. The clones NEVER expanded Apple's market share; they merely undercut Apple's profits. (all besides the fact that MS will never let Dell and HP get away with selling OS X computers rather than Windows ones.) Apple's competitors are companies like Acer, HP and Dell, NOT MICROSOFT. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
