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[Stilgherrian]

On 25/04/2010, at 3:35 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Stilgherrian <stil at stilgherrian.com> wrote:
> 
>> As opposed to where Apple is now, in the truly miserable position of now having the largest market capitalisation of any US company except Exxon? ;)
>> 
>> Stil
> 
> Oh yeah, market caps. That doesn´t prevent some people (myself
> included) to label Apple as a menace to freedom and just a Microsoft
> wannabe with a sense of style and design.

I doubt anything could prevent some people (yourself included) labelling Apple as a menace to freedom etc etc. ;)

Insert company X for "Apple" according to one's sense of politics, justice, allegiances, evils-of-capitalism etc.

[insert here 52 posts back and forth re-hashing ancient platform wars and other such tediousness]

Robin's counterfactual-historical questions was an interesting one. People do ask, sometimes, the "What if?" about Apple doing various things. Would Apple have been ever bigger and moar eviller? Much, much more interesting speculations to be had there, I think.

Stil


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