Couldn't they just require you to install Xcode to get an "unlocked/developer" system?
Re:Apple brings App Store to Mac OS X
by loewenskind on Thursday October 21, 2010 @06:28AM
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They would have to be utterly insane to try something like that. I would expect the stock price to drop like a rock if something like that came out.
More likely is that more of Apple's product line, and more of everyone's computing, will shift to iOs.