On 07 Nov 2011, at 02:39 , Chris Murphy wrote: >> The advantages to Apple in making OS X into an open (or open-ish) product >> are many. Apple has already abandoned OS X as a profit center ($30 for >> unlimited licenses of Lion for personal use means they aren't interested in >> making money from it). Opening up OS X means that a lot of Apple employees >> working on OS X can shift focus to iOS. It will also mean a sharp increase >> in the number of computers running OS X and it will make Windows systems, >> especially for embedded systems like cash registers, ATMs, RedBox kiosks, >> etc, a lot less attractive. > > Mac OS X has next to no chance to take over any of those systems, none of > which run Windows.
Err... you sure about that? I've seen vast numbers of all of the above displaying BSDs and other Marks of the Microsoft Beast. And I just did a quick Google on just one of 'em: Point of Sale software. The first five hits, which was a far as I bothered to go, were Windows-based systems. I'd say that a _lot_ of POS and other similar systems are Windows-based. I _know_ that the local branches of Chase, Wells Fargo, and SunTrust all use Windows for their ATMs, having seen the Mark of the Beast on 'em many a time. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
