Apple, The New Evil Empire?

I have to say, I’m glad that I haven’t been in too deep with the hype machine that is Apple. It seems they’ve finally pushed people too far and have gone well beyond anything that Microsoft would ever do.

US regulators are considering an inquiry into whether Apple violates antitrust law by requiring that its programing tools be used to write applications for the iPad and iPhone, a source familiar with the matter has now said.

I’m not saying Microsoft hasn’t used its market position, but can you imagine the uproar if it told all its third party developers that not only MUST you buy a Microsoft operating system to create your applications, but you must also only use tools that we allow you to use.

The uproar would be stupendous. You would have geeks rampaging through the streets. Er, ok, maybe not that far. But it really is ridiculous to absolutely mandate that you must create an application only using approved tools.

This is the problem when you have a cult of personality instead of a CEO.