Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar” sues Google
It's a little early to say for sure, but I predict this will do more to hurt Apple's reputation in the tech community than anything they've done before.  And that is not a good community to alienate. I would not be surprised if they look back on this move one day and feel that they ended up net worse off as a result.Apple used to be careful not to alienate hackers. And Microsoft has been gradually digging itself out of a hole in that respect for several years.  Now in my mind they are both the enemy.