You are quite right there. Windows environments are a haphazard mess of personal firewalls, routers. There is probably a reason why Jobs didn't want to go there

You are quite right there. Windows environments are a haphazard mess of personal firewalls, routers. There is probably a reason why Jobs didn't want to go there. Having said that, Skype showed that they could make it work. Apple's valuation today is based on its growth trajectory. This means growing their customer base and engaging in hand-to-hand combat for existing PC users to move to the Apple platform. In some way, Apple's hands are forced.