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To: zax who wrote (18763)	4/11/2012 9:38:51 AM
From: Lahcim Leinad	Respond to of 32680

Agree. Which is why Microsoft famously propped up Apple with major bucks, in Apple's most dire hour of need, instead of buying it as a whole, dirt cheap, back then.

To: zax who wrote (18763)	4/11/2012 9:51:48 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32680

Maybe you are right but I think the mobile space is a different beast than their previous history... time will tell...

To: zax who wrote (18763)	4/11/2012 9:59:20 AM
From: iggyl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32680

Apple is a vertically integrated business but not a monopolist, unless you count music where if not a monopolist close. Their business model is not geared to ever becoming a monopoly but rather the high end business within the sector. Google and Microsoft are monopolists, that's their business model. That's one reason I prefer Apple and one reason, along with privacy, that I don't like Google.