Announced: $3k Mac Pro, retina iPad Mini, iPad Air, and OS X free-of-charge

their models are closer than you think: Oracle uses software and hardware as commodity to sell profitable support contracts; Apple uses software and support as commodity to sell profitable hardware

Hmmm, you just proved my point. As I said, they are different business models. Selling support is vastly different than selling hardware and software on many, many levels.

Speaking of Oracle…

http://readwrite.com/2013/10/15/oracle-opens-both-barrels-on-open-source-software-in-military-whitepaper#awesm=~ol7CaPdaJXtr37