paolo savonuzzi wrote: > On sabato 13 agosto 2011 at 01:13, Geoffrey Heard wrote: >> It suits me not at all. Apple wants us on the >> teat with no escape. > > … look at it this way: sadly the great success Apple has seen in these > 10 years means that 90% of users are, today, "switchers". better keep > those hands off Mac OS stuff! :-p Switchers are always welcome - as long as they behave themselves as good Mac users.:-)) Btw. Just seen that Apple now is the largest and most valuable company in the USA.... "As of Tuesday’s close Apple had a market value of $336.3-billion, just above Exxon Mobil’s $335.1-billion figure." (billion = milliarder) http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/195820/20110810/apple-exxon-mobil-s-p-500.htm - Also thinkworthy that Apple is among the few companies that until now hasn't lost that much value in the present financial stock crisis... Cheers, Erik Richard -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <[log in to unmask]> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com Openoffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~