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I was just reading a gizmodo article about whether Apple could be the world’s most valuable company without Steve Jobs.

I say it won’t be, because Apple have spent far too long in the “shadow” of Steve Jobs. You cannot let just one man drive a company forward it’s just asking for trouble.

A sign for me that Apple is on the decline, instead of appearing to focus on new original products they’re too busy tweaking and modifying their old ranges, adding something here taking away something there, then sticking a new shiny badge on it proclaiming it to be something new and innovative, sure I’d love an iphone if I could afford one.

Another sign for me is when a company starts suing others for alleged breach of patents, that shows to me that Apple are no longer comfortable because other manufacturers are starting to make in roads into their market share. If you can’t beat them in the market place then throw millions at patent lawyers to beat them in the courts.

That just stifles competition, it smacks of desperation when a company sues others on aesthetics alone.

Apple pick up the ball, get your hand back in the game, stop these patent infringement cases and start coming up with new products to distinguish yourselves from your competition.