>I can see going after ms in some cases...using the monopoly power of windows >to force in IE...but unless I'm recollecting incorrectly itunes and ipods >have *always* been tied together even when they had no market share. And >since they now have more market share, has apple ever actually used this >ipod/itunes to leverage in OTHER areas?
While MS stopped development of IE for the Mac after they pulled ahead of Netscape, Apple did quite the opposite. There are Windows versions of iTunes, Safari, QuickTime, etc. In fact, WFBs complain about the existance of "impure" Apple software on their beloved hardware. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************