I can't make much sense of this article. Based on his assumptions you would think Apple is completely intolerant of doing business with any company that might c

I can't make much sense of this article. Based on his assumptions you would think Apple is completely intolerant of doing business with any company that might compete with them even on a theoretical basis. What about Samsung? They have their own SmartPhone platform (Bada) and also produce Android SmartPhones. No way Apple would do business with them right? Of course they do though. Samsung provides LCD panels for the iPad and fabricates the A4 processor. Software differentiates platforms these days. It doesn't really matter if the new 8" Motorola Droid 3 that comes out in the future uses an x86 chip or not. Apple is still competing directly against Google in that context. Even if MeeGo was very popular in the future I don't see any strong connection between mobile and PCs.