Originally Posted by kknudson

That's not quite the point of this thread.

Why is it when Msft does it, it is called the evil empire, when Apple does it they are protecting their product.


What if you could only buy parts for your MB from MB. Heck you even had to put gas in it at your local dealer ? Ok you can only by one brand of gas and had to pay a premium for it, even though it's junk gas.
Oil changes are dealer only, infact open the hood and it quits working until you bring it to the dealer, oh the warranty is void now.


I also disagree that APPL can be called an innovator, at least for many years.

ipod = walkman (I also had this on my Win Mobile phone years before ipods, 2002).
iPhone - I had all of the functionality YEARS before the iphone (2002, ok I had to hard wire sync originally), But it didn't have the Flashy interface.
ipad - there have been several attempts, actually look at those big fancy screens you see on the news etc where they draw on them with their fingers. Most are Winders, albeit very expensive.
Mac OS = BSD Unix (with lipstick)

Apple improved these products, VERY NICELY IMPROVED, mostly with a FLASHY INTERFACE !!!
But I can't call these innovations.

I agree Msft is more concerned with attacking anyone that "they" feel threatens their turf than with improving their product so no one could or would.

Apples do crash, do have problems, can get virus and are hackable.
Funny my Winders workstations are as problem free as the Macs I support and a heck of a lot easier to fix when they do have issue's.

But then I'm an 'Innovator' in that I configure the workstations my way or the highway.

Consider the law of large numbers, look at Toyotas problems.

It's just the way the 2 companies are compared, yet in their own ways neither is better than the other. Just different.