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RE: That was the popular rumor but not the fact.....

Why would Apple bother to purchase a company that was losing money and on it's way down? And after buying said company, why would Apple terminate deals with paying customers? There is only one answer: eliminate competition.

Apple paid a very cheap price to eliminate a formerly major competitor in Omnifone that had fallen down on its luck after a couple of big name desertions. It's hard to say whether eliminating Pono played a factor in their decision. Pono was very small time, but had a high media profile.

You can criticize Pono for hitching their wagon to a horse with no legs, but that doesn't change the fact that Apple are the ones who actually cut them off, the ones who did the deed.


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