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Apple the new Microsoft, and not in a good way...

According to PC World, Apple has become the new bully.

Is Apple the New Microsoft?

Don't look now, but the role of the industry's biggest bully is increasingly played by Apple, not Microsoft.

Mike Elgan, Computerworld

Ten years ago, Microsoft was the company everyone loved to hate.

The most vociferous Microsoft haters slammed the company for being a greedy industry bully that used its monopolistic, clunky, copycat operating system to force software on users and coerce partners into unfair licensing deals.

Don't look now, but the role of the industry's biggest bully is increasingly played by Apple, not Microsoft. Here's a look at how Apple has shoved Microsoft aside as the company with the worst reputation as a monopolist, copycat and a bully.

Posted: Sep 08 2007, 06:20 PM by jgormly | with 2 comment(s)
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