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If Apple wants to remain strong with developers and power-users, it needs to embrace hardware/hardware integration with the same level of commitment is has always brought to software/software integration. But the key for todayвЂ™s workstation and server market is hardware/hardware integrationвЂ“running multiple isolated virtual machines on the same physical hardware system. The key for todayвЂ™s client market is software/software integration, an idea at which Apple has been very successful in the past. This invalidates a large part of Apples product strategy.

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In a sense, we are trying to achieve better software/hardware integration by decoupling the software from the hardware completely.

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We are moving in the direction of virtual drivers that support any underlying hardware driver of that type. Unfortunately for them, the computer industry wants to view the OS as software that can run either on hardware or on a virtual machine.ДЄpple can tout its software/hardware integration strategy as much as it likes, but this idea comes from the previous decade. Apple wants to view their OS as software that runs on hardware.

Your point is valid, but Apple is fighting trends that conflict with the way they want to do business. Mac developers could perhaps use it at a cut rate or for free, and then be able to test their software against many different versions of OSX, Safari, etc. What would be really interesting I think would be if Apple worked with Sun to sell subscriptions to a virtualized OSX on SunвЂ™s Grid infrastructure.

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If Apple thinks itвЂ™s smart to say their application ecosystem should be tied down to the sale of physical property (which is how consumerвЂ™s naturally perceieve the PC market anyways, as well as their purchases of any other product), then let them try that. ItвЂ™s still to be seen whether MicrosoftвЂ™s revenue model of selling nebulous OS licenses is sustainable for the longterm a more conservative and sure business model is software services (as with Linux) or selling a physical product (as with Apple).Д«esides, if you want to run a virtualized UNIX, just run Solaris, BSD, or Linux.

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Otherwise, Apple would in effect be pitting Mac OSX as a Window/Linux competitor, which is not a profitiable venture unless they want to get Mac into the services arena. I donвЂ™t think you wonвЂ™t see MS opening up the XBox anytime soon.ДЄpple is smart in keeping their revenue tied to a physical device. Personally, I do think Apple want to allow this eventually, but they need to control it (as any company should I guess)вЂ¦ Remember, Linux and MS arenвЂ™t concerned about selling boxes, only the OS. I understand why you could have a problem with this too (as I would), but itвЂ™s just a though. However, maybe osx86 is an answer for you, you already have an OS X licence, and from what I understand, you can get OS X to run under VM (not sure about //вЂ™s).

This means that you (for the short/medium term at least) wonвЂ™t be able to run OS X by Apples terms under Linux (or Windows). Apple has been hurt by opening up the OS once before, so will tread carefully here. Who knows, maybe this would work, maybe if you run OS X virualised youвЂ™d realise what you were missing and go buy a real one. OK, if those PC users were never going to buy a Mac, then no harm done. If Apple were to вЂњallowвЂќ //вЂ™s and VM to run OS X, then so many people out there would continue to use their current PC and put OS X on that. However, in Apples case (not being a fanboy, just know a little (stress вЂњlittleвЂќ of the history here), Apple need to sell h/w.Д®ver since day one for them they have been a h/w company that just happens to make good software too. Chas, you do make a good point, itвЂ™s not a scenario IвЂ™d considered, but for some makes perfect sense.

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