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Apple's anti-competetive practices
7 May 2002
Zimran asks, "Why is Microsoft integrating IM into the OS bad, while Apple integrating it into their OS good?" He goes on to say that Microsoft is a monopoly and should be forced to play by different rules.
What Zimran fails to see is that Apple is using their dominance over the Macintosh platform to dominate non-OS software as well. How much of a market is there going to be for Mac email software, IM clients, and search tools now that these are built into the OS?
And since Apple has allied themselves with AOL and provide AOL IM in the OS, how will competing technologies such as Jabber ever gain a foothold against the Apple juggernaut?