“Yes, a company that has 90% of the computer market is prohibited, legally, from doing what any company is legally able to do with 10% of the computer market... :-)”
Define their market? Apple’s PR states they aren’t in the personal computer market. In fact, they clearly define their product as something other than a “PC”. I think Apple is just - and their history with clones shows - scared to death of competition and unable to compete with said competition.
“I see you’re not very versed in our economic system and its laws...”
Yep, you’re a Mac user.
“[ ... it’s just like a socialist to operate within a tangled mind and a web of disinformation... :-) ... ]”
It’s just like a cultist to blindly follow and agree that everything Apple does is RIGHT!, even when they do the SAME kinds of things other companies are attacked for. Remember the clone deals? Remember what they did then? Oh, wait... Apple did it, so it’s all ok....
You can take your “socialist” insults and stuff them.
Define their market?
Their market in terms of this article is the computer market (like the computers they sell). In that market they have about 10% of the market. :-)
But, Apple has entered other markets, too, as you know, and they are competing there, too. But, this court judgement wasn't about those markets...
The iPhone is another product (i.e., hardware) in one of those other markets, the iPod is closely related and somewhat connected in the same market. Although the iPhone has a bit different market, they do converge in one area. The iTunes Store and the iPhone App Store is the "support market" that Apple developed to assist and complement their hardware sales, that being the primary market that they are in.
I think Apple is just - and their history with clones shows - scared to death of competition and unable to compete with said competition.
No, what you're doing is confusing one kind of "business model" with another kind... LOL...
Some other companies have a different kind of business model. Like for instance, with computers, Microsoft concentrates on software. That's their business model. The "hardware" for Microsoft is just to help them sell software... LOL...
Now, with Apple, they have a different "business model". For them, the hardware is what they are in the market for and selling. The software is to exclusively help their hardware sell and complement all aspects of that hardware, making it the best user interface and integration of any hardware sold in the market.
That's why it makes no sense for Apple to help another hardware company sell their hardware... LOL...
As I said, I'm glad you're not advising Apple or running Apple...
With your ideas, Apple would turn from a wildly successful company selling many cutting-edge hardware devices, supported by their superb software to complement that hardware, having "Billions" of dollars in the bank from their success -- to your ideas making them a has-been company going out of business.... LOL...
I'll be pleased to see you stay in the Microsoft sphere of influence so that Apple product users don't have their quality of products diminished by your kind of ideas... :-)