Apple's Bite

摘要

During the Pre-Internet era, the Italian philosopher Umberto Eco explained the difference between Apple and Microsoft in terms of the divide between Catholicsand Protestants. In the DOS-based universe, he noted, there are many alternative paths to salvation. The One True Church of Macintosh, by contrast, "tells the faithful how they must proceed step by step."With the ascendance of the iPad, a.k.a. "The Jesus Tablet," Apple's Lat-eran tendencies have grown ever more baroque.