Yes. That devil Bill Gates who dared to bring the graphical user interface to the masses - and at an affordable price for everybody! This demon from Redmond who dared to license his software to all hardware manufacturers across the globe! What was he thinking? How could he not envision the world as a better place with everybody using expensive Apple hardware and Apple software!
Back to reality. If Steve Jobs hadn't had such a huge ego, the entire world would be using Mac OS since 1984. The only thing he needed to do back then was to LICENSE that piece of software like Microsoft did it with DOS and later Windows. He made the same mistake with iOS. Instead of bitching about how Android is a "stolen product" (which it clearly is not), he should have licensed iOS to HTC, Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, RIM and whoever else produces smartphones.
Windows and Android only exist because Steve Jobs in his infinite wisdom always refused to play ball with the other kids. When you refuse to cater to the demands of the market, someone else will step in and fill the gap. And when that happens, it's simply pathetic to stand in a corner and whine that others have "stolen" your ideas and your products. You've had your chance and didn't use it. Divide and rule. Or watch somebody else do it for you. When push came to shove, Jobs always preferred to watch and whine and leave the lion-share of the market to the so-called "rip-offs".
No, he doesn't get any sympathy from me for that. I had to wait over 20 years of my life until a "real" Mac finally became affordable for me. In the meantime, Bill Gates and his "rip-off" had always been affordable for me and his products had created a market in which I could make my living. Even though I am typing this on a gorgeous 27" iMac i5, guess who had more positive impact on my life. Thus far, Apple has only cost me money and their products have no direct relevance in my job life while knowing Microsoft's products puts food on my table.
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When you buy the Kindle edition, you get a copy of the book on ANY device that you own that has a Kindle reader - including the web reader. So you can read the book on the Kindle, the iPhone, the iPad, any Android phone, any Android tablet, your Mac, your PC at work and on any computer that has a web browser. Oops, and yes, the Kindle reader also has a dictionary on board that lets you look up the definition of a word. And unlike Apple, Amazon even has an official return and refund policy for eBooks.
Somehow, the Kindle edition is a MUCH better deal than the iBooks version that only runs on iOS devices...
