i do agree that the 'open-source' (APSL) bottom layer of MacOS X, darwin, could in theory be easily ported to a CHRP-based motherboard.
but i don't see all of MacOS coming to these new boxes any time soon.
Apple's revenue centers on their high-performance hardware, with software playing at a slightly lower level of importance. as far as business sense goes, and it's been proven that Apple has more than their fair share of that, relicensing their OS would cause fracturing problems. we all know that, aside from its shotty core, windows' main source of problems is trying to support all intel-based hardware. keeping the MacOS on custom hardware is necessary to maintain their high level of performance.
if you want to keep consumer interaction with the low-level os minimal, custom hardware is the only way to go.
linux excels in this fractured hardware market because you can tweak to your heart's content.
Mac boxes are too highly priced and specialized to be anything other than what they are: Mac boxes.
i prefer to see the release of the CHRP motherboards as a boon to the linux, bsd, and BeOS communities.
i'll openly admit to being an avid mac user, as well as dabbling in *nix and Be.
if i pick up one of the new boxes, maybe i'll be able to see Be rocket on a G3 or G4 for the first time.
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i do agree that the 'open-source' (APSL) bottom layer of MacOS X, darwin, could in theory be easily ported to a CHRP-based motherboard.
but i don't see all of MacOS coming to these new boxes any time soon.
Apple's revenue centers on their high-performance hardware, with software playing at a slightly lower level of importance. as far as business sense goes, and it's been proven that Apple has more than their fair share of that, relicensing their OS would cause fracturing problems. we all know that, aside from its shotty core, windows' main source of problems is trying to support all intel-based hardware. keeping the MacOS on custom hardware is necessary to maintain their high level of performance.
if you want to keep consumer interaction with the low-level os minimal, custom hardware is the only way to go.
linux excels in this fractured hardware market because you can tweak to your heart's content.
Mac boxes are too highly priced and specialized to be anything other than what they are: Mac boxes.
i prefer to see the release of the CHRP motherboards as a boon to the linux, bsd, and BeOS communities.
i'll openly admit to being an avid mac user, as well as dabbling in *nix and Be.
if i pick up one of the new boxes, maybe i'll be able to see Be rocket on a G3 or G4 for the first time.