Apple, the New Microsoft?

VE3OGG writes "Apple, the ultimate source of cool. The marketers of slick. The next 'evil empire'? While it might sound goofy at first, Rolling Stone magazine is running an article that summarizes some very interesting points that detail how Apple could become the next technology bad guy. Among the reasons given: Apple's call to be rid of DRM (while continuing to use it in iTunes); Apple's perceived arrogance when they warned consumers not to upgrade to Vista, while not rushing to fix the problem themselves; and Apple's seemingly unstoppable market dominance in the form of the iPod. The iPhone featured heavily as well, a product that is months from release but steals the press from more competitive products. What do you think, could Apple eventually take the place of Microsoft?"

Comments

Re:Sure, why not?

[Daemonstar]

Ma Bell should be in there somewhere. If anyone doesn't think so, try starting up a local phone company in a Bell region and see how fast they drain your money and time. :P

Re:Rolling Stone is an IT news source now?

[dan828]

Just because they've written something that brings into question your world-view is not reason enough to denigrate the quality of their work.

You must be new here.

Re:At least it will look better

[JourneyExpertApe]

Have you seen Vista's interface? As someone who is skeptical of Microsoft's products and tactics, I have to say that, from what I've seen, Vista's GUI is beautiful. Not only are the title bars translucent, the image underneath is softened in real time. It is a gorgeous interface. But that won't convince me to buy into it. I'm more concerned with how they support their products. There's more to an operating system than the eye candy. I prefer to concern myself with what's under the hood rather than the paint job.