> Not the software vendor, it is Apple who does not allow all but Apple's own machines to run Mac OS.
I'm confused here. I thought Apple is Mac OS' vendor. So, yes... as I said it's because Apple. If the OS vendor wants it to be run on a PC, there's no special requirement.
Anyway, that's not the relevant part of my original comment. I can't see how FirefoxOS will be popular if installing it is difficult (even hacky) or if it only works on some specific devices.
We need a market were you buy a phone (that comes with an OS), but you're free to install anything else because hardware != software.
Install anything easily? Never mind. If you install various OSes on your mobile device, you are not using it, you are playing with it.
Users don't mind the OS, users don't pay for operating system, users pay for tools, pay for resolutions. They need highly integrated user experience to complete their tasks, so hardware is very important to software.
Who needs a market with free and easy OS installing? Who needs to switch his/her phone's OS? Geeks, or who wants to act like a geek.
You could argue the same about Linux. I installed my first distro back in 1998. I wasn't forced to buy a PC with Linux installed in order to start using it, and it was easier than it is today to install any OS in your mobile phone.
How many Linux users are out there? Are all of them "geeks"?
Install Linux on PC is easier than on Mobile devices? Phone and MID and Tablet and Pad?
I tried hackintosh on my HP laptop(R.I.P), I failed. I tried
I tried to install FreeBSD and Fedora from USB sitck, I failed, my colleagues failed as well.
I tried to burn OpenSUSE...iso, I failed
I am using ubuntu and fedora on my thinkpad, occasionally using OpenSUSE, all upgraded to the newest stable versions, they never run smoothly and productively like Mac OS on my Mac.
I tried arch, I gave up cause the endless options confused me and made me agony.
You don't need to be forced buy mobile devices to use another os, as I mentioned before, ubuntu showed off their mobile os on Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Firefox used Galaxy II of III I'm not sure, if they can why you can't?
mobile devices using different CPU structures,
My point:
Linux was, is and will be for "geeks", not for people who use computer as assistance/tool for completing tasks, just like note, pen, phone, ... Linux is always falling behind the hardware evolution. So it has to adapt hardware drivers. Linux never does things like Mac or Windows does.
You even can't simply complete a task, such as customize desktop theme, listen music and watch video you download from internet on just online, your favorite services like google drive, evernote, Cisco IPsec VPN, without tricking or hacking.
I'm confused here. I thought Apple is Mac OS' vendor. So, yes... as I said it's because Apple. If the OS vendor wants it to be run on a PC, there's no special requirement.
Anyway, that's not the relevant part of my original comment. I can't see how FirefoxOS will be popular if installing it is difficult (even hacky) or if it only works on some specific devices.
We need a market were you buy a phone (that comes with an OS), but you're free to install anything else because hardware != software.
EDIT: typo