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Originally Posted by Lt Major Burns

This was also a time where Jobs put an end to a lot of things: the Newton platform, their server interests, their peripheral interests (quicktake cameras and stylewriter printers etc) and even a ton of macs (5500, 6500, 7200, 7300, 8600, 9600, TAM, 2400 and 3400 powerbooks)!

it was a time of belt tightening where a large percentage of apple's interests were quickly canned. they went from producing more than 30 odd different models to just 4 in less than a year, so i don't think you can rule out software licensing on pcs on the strength of "steve jobs did it 10 years ago".

Sure, I'd agree. One can't state that because a company once did something, it will always continue to do so (e.g. deliberate use of PowerPC processors over Intel chips, refusal to go into the phone market, etc.). Like I say, Apple is good at producing surprises.

On the other hand, regarding Jobs' sweeping changes at the time, Apple has not ventured back into digital cameras or printers, Apple did not go back to a PDA theme (although the iPhone and iPod touch have elements of that), and, while there is still a range of laptops and desktops, Apple's computer range is clearer than it was back then.

In related news, AppleInsider reports that Apple has finally hit Psystar with a lawsuit:

Originally Posted by AppleInsider

The Mac maker filed a formal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on July 3rd, just one day after Psystar began distributing a modified version of the Mac OS X 10.5.4 Leopard update to customers who had previously purchased one of its unauthorized Mac systems.

While details of the suit are unclear at this time, AppleInsider has learned that Apple and its counsel at Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP filed the suit on grounds of copyright infringement.