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This is the second time recently that Tim O'Reilly has publicly blasted Apple. Before this it was something about OS X.

I wonder how Tim feels about iBooks? Perhaps what's really upsetting is the thought that book publishers will become obsolete?

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I believe that iBooks also count as a publisher minus all the 'good' things a publisher would give you. So I wouldn't say that publishers are going to become obsolete, I'd just say if iBooks really does pick up we'll have 1 publisher instead of several.

Doesn't sound good for authors or readers.

Whether iBooks is a good thing or a bad thing is beside the point. All I'm trying to do is point out the possibility that O'Reilly be could biased against Apple due to his business concerns as a book publisher.

I raise the point that O'Reilly may have a business conflict of interest with respect to Apple and I get downvoted? Really?

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