Mac OS licensing continues to be on the news front burner while seemingly on Apple's back burner. Is there a chance that Apple may not continue licensing the Mac OS? Yes, of course there is! This is about money, big money. I suspect that the present licensing arrangement has cost Apple a bundle. As stated by For MacOS Users Only! sometime ago, Apple through its licensing deal essentially invested heavily in a manufacturing base that has innovated and brought to Apple's principal markets more price/performance competitive systems than Apple's, faster than Apple and has eaten Apple's lunch. I know that first hand with my last "Mac" purchase. If this continues, Apple will be sunk. Apple needs a new business model and/or an appropriate licensing arrangement to take advantage of this "investment." The cloners who have not only survived but prospered in Apple's strong markets, being forced into Apple's weak markets and paying a leveling price in Apple's strong markets is daunting to them. But under the present Apple business model this is what must happen. Apple could substantially change its business model for hardware, like contracting for it from the cloners, taking somewhat less income and more risk and lessening the financial risk to the cloners but I don't think this will happen. Apple may survive without Mac OS licensees but it may not be an Apple that many of us would be very happy with. Here's MacWEEK's latest overview and Henry Norr's views. There is also a petition to Apple to license Mac clones. Revision: An editorial by MacCentral's Publisher Stan Flack entreat's every Mac and clone user to do something about this situation to save the Mac as we know it. His contribution is a Clone Mandate that he wishes everyone to sign onto. Consider this as a means to help resolve this nagging and destructive situation, not simply to vent frustration. I did.