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Compare Apple to Microsoft and IBM... Apple don't have the slightest on these mammoths. Microsoft indirectly funded legal attacks on Linux; Apple is seeking to

Compare Apple to Microsoft and IBM... Apple don't have the slightest on these mammoths. Microsoft indirectly funded legal attacks on Linux; Apple is seeking to destroy Android entirely by abusing the patent system. Microsoft made it slightly more inconvenient to run competing browsers; Apple bans them altogether. Apple may not have the market share of that MS or IBM did, but they certainly have the attitude.

EsquireCats 17y ago
This statement is remarkably light on fact and heavy on sensationalism. Apple have received numerous patent disputes for technologies included in the iPhone. They hardly "threw the first punch." I also wouldn't call this an abuse on the patent system - apple's current action is -precisely- what the patent system is useful for. Abuse would be similar behaviour to IBM in the 80s where they would racket money from start ups threatening them with the weight of their patent portfolio. Also numerous browsers are available for the iPhone. I'd really be more swayed into believing apple were this big evil company - if the other companies weren't as bad, if not worse. I'd say they are all a little rotten, however by far I recognise that Apple is reasonably clean for a company that has had more than 30 years to make big public mistakes.