Do you think Apple will ever open it's OS to the public or always be married to Macs?

Do you think Apple will ever open it's OS to the public or always be married to Macs?
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I think os x will always be married to their own hardware. That way they control sales. Its how they have always done it. I mean tons of people buy new hardware to switch. I did
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