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But the mistake that doomed its primary business, the Macintosh, to niche status was the insistence on maintaining complete control over every aspect of the product while Microsoft drove for software ubiquity.   remove

With Microsoft spraying the same software platform across dozens of hardware manufacturers, the world had a chance to standardize on a single, cheaper development platform.  The Windows monopoly was born, and the once-great Apple soon became an also-ran.   remove

The "Droid" and Google Phone are getting rave reviews, and technology tastemakers are thrilled with the platform's open-ness (in contrast to Apple's app-store, which continues to get between iPhone customers and app-developers).  Apple, meanwhile, is coming under increasing scrutiny for being a domineering control freak hell-bent on secretly undermining its competitors (see the Google Voice incident).   remove