I'm a bit nervous about posting this, since I saw how much support Macs got in the Mac v. PC topic a while back.

But, back to the topic.

My question is, is Apple a "good" company or no? I'm not talking about their products, but their means, or techniques, for lack of a better word.

Before you respond, I'd like to call your attention to the following two articles I found.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/03...-agreement-all
http://www.cracked.com/article_18377...red-apple.html
I'm sure you guys know about the suit by Apple over multi-touch on HTC. But can you really patent multi-touch? That's kind of like patenting headphones. And it stops the industry from moving forward.