I don't know that Apple would ever feel that pressure. They really just don't cater to developers, if you look at the issues with the Mac App Store for an example.
That said, it would allow for a more consistent developer experience for application/server development towards how things are deployed with containers on Linux. The biggest advantage OSX really has is that you get a clean UI for when you are simply a user, and a unix environment with the same tooling you use to build applications that will be deployed on Linux.
My true hope for this, was actually to see something beyond boot2linux. And, oh I really wish that HP didn't disable the virtualization support on their lower-end desktops (what I'm currently stuck with at work). VMWare workstation is really the only option for me, and running Ubuntu under that for *nix dev/testing.
That said, it would allow for a more consistent developer experience for application/server development towards how things are deployed with containers on Linux. The biggest advantage OSX really has is that you get a clean UI for when you are simply a user, and a unix environment with the same tooling you use to build applications that will be deployed on Linux.
My true hope for this, was actually to see something beyond boot2linux. And, oh I really wish that HP didn't disable the virtualization support on their lower-end desktops (what I'm currently stuck with at work). VMWare workstation is really the only option for me, and running Ubuntu under that for *nix dev/testing.