Should Mac and PC truely unite?

Recently, in my research for a decent Mac OS X alternative, I came across a Miami-based company that is creating PC's(in the sense of different parts combining to make a multi-platform unit) that can run Mac OS X Leopard almost flawlessly.
Unfortunately, this company is also facing a lawsuit from Apple, in which they are defending and countersuing.
For the full take, go to http://www.psystar.com/

My question to you all is:

Should Mac OS X, of any distro, be allowed to be installed on any PC that is not Mac-proprietary?

I believe it should, only for the fact that I believe all data is free and open for use.

What is your take on this?

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Permalink Reply by Jess on September 7, 2008 at 9:12pm: yes, i do think they should come together. Mac can run windows but windows cant run mac what is up with that? i dont feel that is fair. i do think if they would come together they both would have amazing ideas an create a awesome OS together but i dont think that will ever happen haha.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Constantino on September 14, 2008 at 1:04pm: I second that they should; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by WRRY, TheeBayk1d on September 8, 2008 at 2:32pm: I think Apple does need to open up but I would like to see them still control it.

Mostly I want to see them pretend to shut down Psystar and Reopen it under them.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Seth Koberg on April 24, 2009 at 7:40pm: Agreed.

They should, but the way they have it going right now, they are in a position of power, so to say. Which leads me to believe that they won't open it up for hardware that isn't from Apple. If you want the pretty Mac OS, you need to buy the pretty Mac hardware too.

Unless of course you want to go the Hackintosh route, ala OSx86.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paul Canchola on October 31, 2009 at 1:33pm: I believe they should unit while still remaining independent and maintain differences. I miss they days when nearly every program was written for windows and Mac and would love for things to go that way again. Since Mac is using intel processors, this opens the door for this. However, I don't mind using windows apps in a virtual environment, but it would be nice not to have to.; ▶ Reply to This