Do remember that Microsoft became a breakout success thanks to IBM losing control of the IBM PC, upon which DOS ran. The origin of Microsoft (rampant clones, m

Do remember that Microsoft became a breakout success thanks to IBM losing control of the IBM PC, upon which DOS ran. The origin of Microsoft (rampant clones, many hardware vendors) is literally the opposite of the origin of Apple's recent successes (vertically integrated, does their own hardware). Microsoft's original strength was its weakness this time around.