Apple vs. Microsoft... how times have changed

It doesn't seem so long ago to me, that Microsoft was the big bad meanie on the block, beating everyone up and being generally ornery towards... well, everyone.

Very interesting to see how times have changed, and nowhere is that better exemplified perhaps that this line:

...brand-wimpy Microsoft has hundreds of bloggers [a well-known fact], and why you can get fired for blogging at uber-brand Apple [so I've been told].

From Hugh at GapingVoid, and more contextually considered here: Doc Searls - A Theory on Corporate Blogging.

Odd how times change, and how fast. I wonder how long it will take Apple's uber-fan base to start acting more warily towards what is becoming the 1600lb gorilla that makes Microsoft's 800 lbs. look soft and fluffy.

My guess? Not long at all. And the users will revolt. They won't revolt by not buying, they'll revolt by stealing. My prediction anyway...