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   Verily I say unto thee, that Snit spake thusly:   
   > Hadron stated in post ifsr3f$1co$1@news.eternal-september.org on   
   > 1/3/11 8:47 AM:   
      
   >> Apple are a rare breed who push themselves. When you have a large   
   >> user base who demand excellence that drives you too.   
      
   It drives them to produce flawed products that need the addition of a   
   rubber band to make them work properly, it drives them to use sweat-shop   
   labour in China, and it drives them to sinisterly threaten to "come   
   after" altruistic projects that use competing technologies. Mostly   
   though, they're driven by slavering fanbois who need to be spoon-fed   
   everything, and who are willing to accept any garbage so long as it's   
   shiny and has an Apple label on it.   
      
   >> Absolutely. Apple pushes themselves to innovate and to be customer   
   >> focused   
      
   Is that why they spend so much effort locking-out their customers from   
   their own legitimately purchased property, and locking out everyone else   
   from interoperating with it.   
      
   "Customer focused" my ass.   
      
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