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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Bad Apple

I expect Bobbie will be able to pick up a copy of US magazine VAR Business, which seems to be targeting MacWorld with its latest issue. It has a picture of cheeky-looking Steve Jobs on the cover with the headline Bad Apple.

"Under the leadership of Steve Jobs, Apple's ever-expanding ambitions have put it on a collision course with partners, some of whom have witnessed the demise of their livelihoods. Think they're feeling burned? You bet. Here are their stories," says the blurb for the story, here.

It's no secret that Apple's approach is wiping out Apple dealers, who, in the VAR article, complain that they can't get the stock they need to compete, and then Apple undercuts them on price.

It also refers to a Web site, TellOnApple.org, which says it was "created by a group of former Apple Authorized Resellers as a means to document and share any unethical or illegal business practices of Apple Computer, Inc."

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