Low-cost OS X purchase option for obsolete iBooks?

I have some obsolete iBook G3 500 mhz / 10 gig / 128 meg / CD and iBook G3 700 mhz / 20 gig / 128 meg / Combo. I have been thinking about just throwing them in the trash. Someone tells me, no no don't do that, you can sell them on ebay for ... $50 each or so. Woo.
(Oh, and yes a bunch of them do have that powerful sweaty "iBook Stink" keyboard problem. I am not sure what the official Apple solution is. Anyone tried applying Old Spice to a keyboard?)
Well the only way they are going to be useful is to run at least a newer OS than the 9.2.2 / 10.2 they have. And If I have to pay $120 per license for 10.4, there's really no point starting this exercise and I should go back to the original plan, electronics waste disposal. Preferably with a sledgehammer.
Microsoft has a way to deal with this. They practically give away Windows XP and now Windows 7 for low-cost rebuilt PCs through their refurbisher program, and the licenses cost something like $5-10 per computer.
Microsoft Refurbisher Program
http://www.microsoft.com/refurbishedpcs/programs.aspx
Is there a refurbisher licensing program for cheap old licenses of OS X, from Apple? I am not finding anything.
But I went through this previously. I'm mainly just looking for an update.
I wrote to Steve directly a few years ago asking about free or low-cost OS X licenses for these obsolete Macs, and Apple responded with the name of an electronics recycler near me. (Really!) Once support ends in about 3-4 years, who cares? Apple sure doesn't. And besides, you should be buying "the next one", to stay all hip and cool and "with it", anyway.
Still looks like trashing them is the best option, as trying to sell them for $20 per machine with 9.2.2 / 10.2 is not worth my time to pack and ship them..

txformer wrote:
Apple sure doesn't.
Precisely.
BDAqua wrote:
I have no idea what Apple has to lose by making say 10.4 available cheaply, certainly no sales loses
No? Through forced obsolescence you are removing older computers from the market and obliging people to buy newer, so faster turnover and sales of newer (unless they decide that they give up on Macs). Fast forward 5 years. Scenario where Apple sticks with their pattern of no longer selling old versions, nor will they be available on disc because it's all download. How will you get hold of Lion 5 years from now to make a 2008 Mac functional in 2017? I suspect the used Mac market will really be hit hard because our current means of updating older Macs by finding old discs on the used market will be gone. Right now I can buy a 6 year old OS (Leopard) to make my 10 year old Quicksilver still pretty functional in 2012. I am not sure we will be able to do the equivalent in a few years from now becuse we won't have a means of getting hold of the new system versions unless you buy one now and stick it on the shelf "just in case".
Only thing I can think of is maybe a Family Pack install Disc.
Technically those are for family use, not selling 5 computers to anybody on e-bay. In that regard you'd be no better off with a family pack than a single installer.

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