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This approach to licencing fees will not go over well with their customer base. They would be better served by tying major product upgrades together into annual releases, and getting their revenue that way. As a customer I don't mind shelling out $120 a year for a new version of the OS that is actually better and has more features both in the OS and in the major apps. Nickle and diming us all to death is another thing alltogether.

BTW, I think Apple is going to be around for a little while yet. Do you really want to see them go away?

I have been using Macs since 1984, and think they are wonderful. The money we have saved by having reliable computers to serve our clients, and run our small business is hard to calculate, but there is no way we could have done it with the flakey PCs.

The big corporations can afford techies running around to keep the pcs pasted together, very small professional firms can't. My architect husband has been able to do the work of a four person office, with just me and the trusty Macs we have enjoyed over the years.

i will gladly pay whatever they charge, because we have seen the problems other small business associates have had with pcs over hte years. The latest operating sytem is so unbelievably easy to use, and worth every penny.

Those of you who have never had the joy of using Macs simply do not know what you are missing, but that is ok... Don't find out! i have no real desire to see the Mac population grow, as i really enjoy the freedom from worrying about viruses, and love the applications written for the Mac...

Just my opinion, of course... others have every right to disagree.