i think that the subtlety here is in the line:

Wow, this is how it works.

which strongly proves that Lars has no idea what he's being such a strong opponent of.

please list all of your spectacular accomplishments

shareholders seem to forget the risk that they've decided to take to share in the prosperity or ruin of a company.

if you don't like what they're doing with your shareholder money, simply sell your stock, get your money back, and stop complaining.

what's not fair competition? apple's selling computers+osx to compete against dell+hp+lenovo+whomever+microsoft

with apple gone, the only player in the consumer PC market would be windows.

linux still isn't there as an option (though it's getting there slowly slowly)

tell that to the recording industry

what do you think all those built for Vista stickers are all about?

and MS doesn't make computers.

read up on history. apple's clone experiment back in the 90's cannibalized sales and almost killed the company.

if they did that, apple would need to spin off the itunes music store in order to avoid a conflict of interest and anti-trust issues

that's like saying a home builder will sell you a "Starter Edition" house that, once you open the door (he threw the door in as a bonus!), find out the house is basically a shell on top of the foundation.. no fixtures, cabinets, flooring, drywalls, just framing.

And if you just use mostly F/OSS, getting basic would probably annoy the hell out of you.

in the case of XP Home, the only way to add features you want is to buy XP Pro.

If an OS requires that you hack and chop stuff off to make it run faster, then maybe the OS needs to be written better.