The iFruit company and MSFT

I’m sure that more than one of our regular readers has wondered why I seem to have a bit of animosity towards the two juggernauts of the PC industry, the iFruit company and MSFT. It’s not because they are the 800 pound gorillas in the room it’s actually something very different.

Over the years there have been many big companies that have had rivalries that were very intense. In the 1990s there were battles between IBM and MSFT over operating systems, OS2 vs. Windows. MSFT also had battles with Borland, Corel, Lotus and other companies with competing products. Those were good healthy battles that caused rapid and positive innovation. The iFruit company, at that time, was just a niche player.

What really started to aggravate me was MSFTs constant efforts to use the courts to try to drive competitors out of business. MSFT didn’t want to have a majority of the money, they wanted all of it. If someone else had any sales they needed to be stopped.

The iFruit company is doing the same thing today. Their efforts to stop Samsung from selling products because of rinky dink patent infringements is totally bogus. Come on iFruit company, your stock is selling for over $600 a share, you have more money in the bank than anyone in the world and you’re still trying to squeeze everyone else out of the market.

Here’s my suggestion to everyone: fire all of your lawyers, stay out of courtrooms and enjoy some friendly competition.