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March 7, 2011 05:20 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/9Mn5YdQJfK8/Is-Apple-Turning-Into-the-Next-Evil-Empire
Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"?
jira writes "'You may think you own your iPad or iPhone but in reality an invisible string links it back to Apple HQ' writes John Naughton. He adds: 'Umberto Eco once wrote a memorable essay arguing that the Apple Mac was a Catholic device, while the IBM PC was a Protestant one. His reasoning was that, like the Roman church, Apple offered a guaranteed route to salvation – the Apple Way – provided one stuck to it. PC users, on the other hand, had to take personal responsibility for working out their own routes to heaven.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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