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Therefore it's not a problem of technology, but how to manage broader industry partnership, creating standards. Microsoft did it in its earlier days when there is a limited number of OS competitor. That window of opportunity has passed. Nobody can repeat MS Windows just like nobody can recreate ebay or facebook.

Contrary to the popular illusion, Apple is a hardware company, they've never positioned or good at making general purpose OS. Apple dominated by making hardware and "firmware" that exploits their hardware. A completely different lane of making.