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I can't understand why anybody would think that licensing OSX would benefit Apple. It might benefit Apple if OSX was a revenue-earning stand-alone product as Windows is for Microsoft. But it isn't. It's Apple's differentiator. The fact that people are enthusiastic about the licensing shows just how important OSX is as a sales tool. How many OSX licenses would Apple have to sell to make up for the Macs that didn't sell because of people putting a copy of OSX on a Dell? If licensing becomes reality you can expect all the grim accessories to arrive with it. Serial numbers. Authentication. Checks for genuine OSX installs. Can you imagine Microsoft's response if Apple came out as a full competitor? Goodbye Office, for a start. No thank you.