Apple's splendid iSolation from the rest of the tech world
Norm Johnston
In a far off corner of the world called Silicon Valley there is a land that lives in a perpetual state of bliss. It's a place seemingly oblivious and unbothered by the constant warfare of its neighbours. Each harvest is more successful than the last one. Even the death of its founder and spiritual leader hasn't curtailed its good fortune. This land is called Apple, and it seems to live in Splendid Isolation from the rest of the world; a paradise island with a closed ecosystem that thrives...