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Old 05-26-2010, 03:01 PM  
Serge Litehead
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head View Post
Actually, the shiny objects are just the tip of the iceberg. Apple is deeply invested in video / audio codec standards creation and many other things including content sales (iTunes & AppleTV). They've got royalties & patents & income on all kinds of stuff. MS has been playing catch-up for too long. But that's what happens when your business is built on stolen tech.
Apple builds its toys in china, MS as far as I know develops it's software inland. of course we can argue that Apple also builds software here, but Apple only got their marketcap advantage because of shiny things built in China + itunes.
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