I remember the brief period when there were Mac clones before Apple squashed them. Back when the Atari ST was still alive (running GEM), you could make a nice Mac clone with some software and a couple of Mac ROMs. Apple had a long window of opportunity. Windows wasn't a reliably stable OS until at least NT or Windows 2000 and Linux is a relative new kid. Selling expensive hardware may have been tempting but it's hard to see how you could ignore the commoditization of hardware. Creating ITunes was a brilliant move but even there, Apple allowed the competition to get a toehold before expanding to the Windows market. Jobs may be a genius but her seems to have an odd myopia that probably insures Apple's continuing niche status.

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