[itsahoot]

LOL. The secret of their success is that they visited Xerox.

That is so blatantly wrong that I laugh out loud every time some one throws it in the mix. The boys from Apple paid Zerox for what they used, you might note that Zerox had not a clue what to do with what they had.

You should of course include in the mix how Bill Gates stole(Actually bought) the original DOS. He was clever enough to only license it to IBM and those Savvy old boys agreed to it.

[Rashputin]

Oh geez. Jobs said they took it from Xerox and it was only when they were suing MS that the licenses from Xerox got straightened out. Do forgive me for believing a thing Jobs ever said. I could care less about a battle that took place years ago and that is now so twisted up in legends and BS that it's a joke. I know what I know from living through it not from second hand crap. Since you know better than I, fine, Apple is the company that has brought us flowers, sunshine, and unicorns ever since Jobs and Woz were hustling them at regional get togethers. Feel better?

Man, any way you cut it they saw a good thing and ran with it. Begged, bought, or stolen doesn't make a bit of difference, especially if you read the whole history of the company and the number of times it was nearly bankrupt due to silly crap they did to themselves.

have a nice day