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Who can tell these days?
Pretty much any time Apple makes any sort of business move, someone calls them a monopoly and demands action. If he wasn't serious, someone else would have said it.
Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 03/16/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Well, it'll help boost those underpaid execs salary  FilledOut | 03/16/05
(nt) Those poor, poor execs!  d_jedi | 03/16/05
Very true!  TechType | 03/17/05
I wonder if Apple will be brought up on antitrust charges..  d_jedi | 03/16/05
Don't see why for this  rpmyers1 | 03/16/05
Oh please  tic swayback | 03/16/05
was he serious?  voska | 03/16/05
Who can tell these days?  tic swayback | 03/16/05
Yes and no..  d_jedi | 03/17/05
Remember that monopolies are legal  tic swayback | 03/17/05
Not a bad idea  voska | 03/16/05
Seems kind of steep  rcf_z | 03/16/05
I don't think this about electronic games  voska | 03/16/05
It does seem pricey  tic swayback | 03/16/05
Silly article  tic swayback | 03/16/05
Apple please don't do this  Nigel Johnstone | 03/16/05
Vibing  tic swayback | 03/16/05
This is just Apple being Apple  NonZealot | 03/16/05
How is this any different?  tic swayback | 03/16/05
You are right, it is no different  NonZealot | 03/17/05
Now you're just being silly  tic swayback | 03/17/05
You are right  NonZealot | 03/17/05
Well "IF" pointing at a naked man and laughing is torture  Laff | 03/17/05
It wasn't so much the pointing and laughing...  tic swayback | 03/17/05
Seller's choice  Ken_z | 03/16/05
Killing the goose...  John L. Ries | 03/16/05
Greed is not a monopoly  Sunny Jalolly | 03/16/05
How so?  tic swayback | 03/17/05
No different than MS with "Made for Windows" or "Plays for Sure"  ITGuy04 | 03/17/05
You prove my point  NonZealot | 03/17/05
Please explain further  tic swayback | 03/17/05
iPod buyers deserve this anyway...  theding0 | 03/17/05
Everyone can learn to use even the most absurd of  Laff | 03/17/05
How does these affect iPod buyers?  dave95 | 03/17/05
Trollers deserve this anyway  tic swayback | 03/17/05
A Non-issue  Protector | 03/17/05
I fail to see how the iPod is a fad device....it's simply  Laff | 03/17/05
Bigtime denial  Protector | 03/17/05
My behavior's OK  Ken_z | 03/17/05
No  Protector | 03/17/05
Well until very recently I had not purchased one. I did  Laff | 03/17/05
Contradicting yourself  tic swayback | 03/17/05
??????  Protector | 03/17/05
Still while you points are valid you seem to be ignoring  Laff | 03/17/05
Using the right words is important  tic swayback | 03/17/05
Post your prediction then....  tic swayback | 03/17/05
Sony Walkman fad only lasted 1 year  voska | 03/17/05
Then it stopped being a fad  tic swayback | 03/17/05
You argue popularity which I admit the iPod is...my  Laff | 03/17/05
I like to use my ip for...  Been_Done_Before | 03/17/05
That was supposed to read "mine" not "my ip"  Been_Done_Before | 03/17/05
Depends on what you consider a FAD  voska | 03/17/05
Oh boy did you hit a button with your 'Fad' statement  dave95 | 03/17/05
Sorry if I'm too much of a language pedant  tic swayback | 03/17/05
LOL - What gets me though is many would make such a statement....  dave95 | 03/17/05
iPod and iTunes are living on borrowed time...  JoeMama_z | 03/17/05
OK some counter points Joe.  Laff | 03/17/05
I agree  JoeMama_z | 03/17/05
Lots of players  tic swayback | 03/17/05
Well there are a lot of arguements on the whole Apple/Mac  Laff | 03/17/05
about jobs....  JoeMama_z | 03/17/05
Let's see how flexible Jobs really is  tic swayback | 03/17/05
no kidding....  JoeMama_z | 03/17/05
Any color you want, as long as it's black  tic swayback | 03/17/05
here is something the competition is doing....  JoeMama_z | 03/17/05
I would like to see that added  tic swayback | 03/17/05
My timeline is crappy...  JoeMama_z | 03/17/05
iPod does date to 2001  tic swayback | 03/17/05
the creative line  JoeMama_z | 03/17/05
I-Tunes' days may indeed be number  voska | 03/17/05
That's a big worry  tic swayback | 03/17/05
Perhaps Apple can use it's 4 plus Billion to get artists  Laff | 03/17/05
iPod will be like Windoze, so much marketshare...  YuridaMan | 03/17/05
The hula hoop was a FAD  Protector | 03/17/05
Not a good parallel  tic swayback | 03/17/05
But the Hula Hoop for the very most part has not changed  Laff | 03/17/05
4 x iPod to Mac sales! What's that mean in dollars?  YuridaMan | 03/17/05

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