Yeah, Apple as we know and despise it: a bully in the jungle of taste patterns, trademarks, and intellectual property. But maybe someone at Apple will eventually realize that their wonderful intellectual property in the Dock wasn't actually theirs to begin with, since they just bought it.
When will Apple finally regard the replication of its own interfaces on other systems for what it is: a compliment? Without the necessary underlying infrastructure, these replications are nothing more than exactly that: imitations. Better mimicry. Nothing more.
But what do you expect from a company that once believed they invented the trash can?
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