Re:Marketing ploy? (Score 1)

Apple is reasonably protecting themselves. Think of their history! Microsoft copied the original OS to create Windows and OS X to create XP. It's obvious where the ideas are from but Apple unsucessfully sued Microsoft. True, this maybe a marketing ploy, people are hearing about the headless Mac, but this also opens a whole new arena for critizism. That's not good for apple. I think a lawsuit of anykind is bad for publicity. Apple spends years on R&D, and have their ideas stolen overnight because of a leaked rumor. Find that some PC company decided to come out with a variation of their design before they announce theirs. Then they are no longer innovative, they are no longer new and creative. Then they lose their stance in the personal computing industry. Imagine IBM coming out with an iPC before Apple designed their original iMac. Where would Apple be now?