ok I had a huge post done up then I lost internet and lost the post when I went to submit it.. I will try again.
this is going to be a summery of what I posted befor but I don't want to do that much typing
this was created to discus business practices not the computer brands.. PCs used to have a lot of hardware/compatability problems, but that like apple is a thing of the past.. apple never had this phase as they didn't let anyone else make stuf for there platforms. anyways enough of that
Apple is a large company but in the last 5 years computers have accounted for less than 30% of there profit. the majority is comming from the "I" phones and mp3 players so this is the area this post is concerning.
As Mr wilson put it Microsoft.. ect.. yup that was a while ago, but they didn't launch law suits they bought the companies
then everyone screamed and the goverment slapped them with antitrust suits and asigned a watch dog to them.. which is still in effect.. so that is why you don't read the bad stuff about there practices anymore.
now apple is doing the exact same thing but they can't aford/nor want to buy the companies so they launch lawsuits to force them to go broke or to give in. for every 1 ligitimat lawsuit apple has launched they have launched one in retaliation against a company that started one against them.. you didn't think Apple was above stealing ideas did you???
at any rate it is there practice to counter sue smaller companies who try sue apple to force them to drop the lawsuit. cuz apple has more money.
Apple has done this since there beginning, back fired when they tried to do it to microsoft, but that is a different issue. so when microsoft does this kind of stuff, ie. forcing the compatition to do what they want, they get the goverment stepping in and interviening, but apple gets away with it for years and years..
well another big hitter has launched a lawsuit against both Apple and Nokia. Xerox is claiming infringment on something to do with a camera in a moble device, so finaly the goverment has stepped in and put a hold on all apple lawsuits untill the Xerox is resolved.. If Xerox wins apple will not be allowed to sell Iphones in the US.
I just find it funny that everyone who is a apple guy blindly thing Steve Jobs is the best thinbg since sliced bread, but infact he is a clone of bill gates, maybe even a bit more of a tyrant as Bill gates has never fired and sued a employ for the posability of a leak of a upcomming release.
another area that is watching this all unfole is the silicon valleys of the world.. if apple wins some of the lawsuits they have on the go it will effectivly shut down compatition for there Iphone and put a lot of people out of business and also slow down advancement. one business report I saw on TV about it was sugesting that apple who has advanced there iphone 3 or 4 times in as many years would like to slow down and make some money with out having to reinvest in advancements for a few years.. which ya is great and I am all for companies getting rewards from there work, but not at the expence of free trade and compatition.
Steve