There Was That Whole Internet Thing, Too | TechCrunch

Check the link below for an overview of an Apple debate between Tim Wu and John Gruber

"Talking about Apple v. Microsoft without mentioning the Internet and the browser is like talking about WWII without talking about the nuke. Framing the conversation just in terms of open v. closed operating systems, the quality of the hardware or software or who the CEO was, is silly.
Because without the Internet happening there’s no way Apple would have succeeded."

There Was That Whole Internet Thing, Too | TechCrunch