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[Andy Tarpinian]

On Oct 1, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Paul Maddox (Mail LIsts) wrote:

> Martin,
>
>> I just found it funny that people have complained for years about the
>> proprietary Windows environment and how evil M$ is for locking in
>> customers into their system.
>
> Indeed.
>
>> Meanwhile, the oh so cool competitors seem
>> to get away with even stronger lock-in tactics (e.g. iTunes/iPod, now
>> the iPhone, not to mention their hardware for as long as they  
>> existed).
>
> Bingo!
> As I say, Apple are just a company, here to make money for their share
> holders, they just enjoy more stable hardware/software and a good
> reputation.
> But good reputations are hard to get, and VERY easy to loose.
>
> Apple Newton anyone?

well that was the time when Jobs was not around,

but...hah

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/09/26/ 
up_next_for_apple_the_return_of_the_newton.html