Yes, this is a crucially important fact about Apple. They do a bunch of things with independent value that nonetheless integrate to be even more powerful. Ther

Yes, this is a crucially important fact about Apple. They do a bunch of things with independent value that nonetheless integrate to be even more powerful. There was a thread on the last big 37signals troll, about Apple and its competition, that touched on this. Turns out it's a concept called "activity systems." Very interesting stuff. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1736977 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1736977