>Apple will be nothing more than a flashy company. They have never been on top, or close to the top, of anything besides MP3 players in the current world of IT. I think their new product, the iPhone, will show a lot about the company - specifically, how they handle bugs, security, and patches like Microsoft has been for years.
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I'm pretty sure Apple has been handling bugs, security, and patches for quite a while. :)

>If Microsoft starts to falter I see the opportunistic Google striking either some sort of Linux deal. They are in a good position.

Maybe. My money would be on Apple before the open-source community. Open-source, by itself, will never knock off MS. No one to drive the vision.

With whom would Google strike this "Linux deal"?