For the Apple fanboys defending their holy corporation;
Whats in it for you to be so obsessed with Apple's success? Unless you own Apple stocks, you shouldn't be so psychotically in love with Apple, or any other corporation.
Do any of you ignorant fanboys realize that so much control, lawsuits, market dominance, and patent holdings only stifle competition and innovation? If Apple had its way, smaller companys woud cease to exist, competition would be gone and the push for Apple to innovate themselves is gone. Good luck with technology moving forward when theres no push any corporation to do so. This has already happened with the iPods complete obliteration of the market, and it helped Apple further when they were able to suck up NAND flash memory, not only at a lower price but also killing off the supply possible for competitors.
A great example would be Canada's duopoly in the broadband internet market. Only Bell and Rogers exist and have nearly complete control over the entire country for internet services. Only recently have Canadians generally been able to get speeds beyond 10-20mbit connection, depending on connection. Bell doesn't offer me anything faster than 1mbit connection in my area with a 300gb cap and they still charge me $45/month just for internet. I don't have any other options.
You think these corporations are in any rush while they can milk the consumer for everything they've got?
I like some Apple products as much as I dislike their other products. I give both harsh criticism as well as great praise wherever it is due, but the lot of you ignorant fools need to adapt some sense of rational thought.
Of course, I expect this message to get 'negged' (as it already has THREE only minutes after this being posted). Its obvious that certain macrumors members either; don't read more than the first line or have trouble with critical thinking.
