This would be a very loooooong thread if we did this topic justice. This is all about cocks on the block. Does Apple, which is a fraction the size of Microsoft (albeit punches well above its own weight), want to go head to head with Microsoft? As likely as not, the answer is no or certainly not yet. As a long term user of Microsoft (much against my inclination) they are very bad at what they do (software and the like). But they do seem to do 2 things very well - firstly, they crush direct or would-be competitors very well; secondly, they win lawsuits and regulatory issues very well (even when they lose, they win). And as perceptive as Steve Jobs is, he probably reckons the day for a head to head is some time off. Maybe 10 years from now we'll look back and it will have happened.
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