set OS X free - license out OS X part 2

Licensing out OS X has been a fairly big discussion and via my last video it sparked up yet again. This is an addition to my previous series with new information and outlook.

I have a series of links that accompany the video as follows:


For the section on clones, these articles explain the true problems of Apple as the clones were only a very small part of its demise. Apple suffered from product recalls and inventory/production management. Another variable that many miss is that Apple made 11.5 Billion in total annual sales just as the clone program started very late 1994.

Here is the 11.5 billion links:
http://news.cnet.com/Apple039s-encore-Revenue-growth/2100-12_3-263295.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2002/oct/17

links on Apple's real problems
http://buck.com/10k?tenkyear=95&idx=A&co=AAPL&nam=DEMO&pw=DEMO

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983500,00.html

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/17/business/apple-computer-posts-loss-sale-adv...
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=3&url=htt...

http://news.cnet.com/Apple-revisiting-failed-strategy/2100-1001_3-203662.html

Q1 2009 revenue
http://www.macworld.com/article/138362/2009/01/earnings.html

Desktops and Laptops decline and growth:
http://lowendmac.com/musings/09mm/mac-desktop-sales.html
http://www.osnews.com/story/21148/Apple_US_Mac_Sales_Down_16_Windows_PC_Sales...
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE52F7KS20090316

Sales trend
http://www.systemshootouts.org/images/mac_sales_quarterly_lg.gif

Net Sales NOT annual Sales
http://aaplinvestors.net/wp-content/themes/revolution-20/investorimages/NetSa...

1995 was 11.5B and in 2008 Mac Annual Sales were 14.27B

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[cardmstr]

the way you talk confuses me...

you must be a programmer... you've got a hand action for every single word. (or italian)

[mrbit10]

lmao!!!! thanks so true.

[q8kuwait10]

شكرا جزيلا!

[mrbit10]

your welcome and thanks for watching

[AppleSoldier]

certified apple pc hardware is a pipe-dream that would never work. apple dont need the hassle to oversee quality control of pc OEMs

[mrbit10]

also as i said in your vid, they already have QC certs for existing products. This is not PPC or RISC days. MOreover the OEMs pay to have the privilege to sell, what is the issue?

[brimestone]

mrBit10 you are a GURU... my respects to you...

[ShockaSlim]

Eric, you are quite possibly one of the silliest people I have ever seen in my life.  The music industry is DYING because their "great ideas" suck so bad. Just because Apple doesn't do it, it doesn't mean that its wrong.

[tenshitaiakuma]

macs crash, happens to me

[endlessdream94]

I honestly don't consider your experience to be the "standard" when it comes to PCs and Macs. General consensus, regardless of MY experience is that the average PC Windows user experiences more problems than the average Mac user.

besides - you should never touch another Mac again ever in your life. every one you seem to touch has issues. its you dude, not the Macs.

btw - don't dismiss my 3+ years trouble free as "Nothing", it does indeed reflect the experiences of fellow users.

[endlessdream94]

I've had a Mac for over 3 years but PCs for all of the time prior to that. I am not a tech wiz when it comes to computers. sadly rather than clouded assumptions my opinions are based on what actual users experience (yea i know crazy way to do this huh?). My general findings - PCs crash and see the bsod much more often than the average Mac crashes or sees the KP. My conclusion is that they are more stable based on these findings.

[ASCII808]

7>3. I have more experience then you do so getting a kernel panic is not amazing because I have experienced many.

[endlessdream94]

I come to my logic about the bsod and the kernel panic basically since it seems everyone on the planet knows what the bsod is mainly bc they have had at least one computer in their lives (if not many) that have had it happen at least once. conversely mac users most often have never heard of the kernel panic and have to be shown what it is by pictures on google. i still haven't seen one on these two iMacs, and I haven't spoken to any mac users really that have had one happen.

[ASCII808]

you had macs only for about 3 years you are not experienced, I have had macs for 7 years, and used them for 15 years.

[ASCII808]

I bet not everyone has experienced a bsod that is a windows user. I guess that means I had a kernel panic all mac users have and will get least one sometime.

[endlessdream94]

I hope you realize its not nearly that seamless and easy for other users who use Windows. There is a reason why the BSOD is known by like everyone on the planet and that most Mac users have no idea what the kernel panic even is! And its mostly PC Windows fanboys telling Mac users about it since we've never seen it. But guarantee EVERY Windows user has experienced the bsod.

[ASCII808]

it does not crash, I have not done any tweaking. I just put the cd press install and then magic it just works, and been that way for awhile.

[endlessdream94]

"I am not trying to fix windows, it works already the day I put the install disc."

Many Windows users are not able to fix windows unlike you. Since you have gained some knowledge of computers you are able to do this with no problem. I just think its cool that Apple has engineered OS X so well that hardly any of us Apple enthusiasts ever have to become an expert to get our OS to work properly and be efficient and not crash - its designed that way already for all users, unlike Windows sadly.