Possible Problem with the Apple Ruling for Apple

Both Laurie and
Scott have blogged about this already, and
I said something about it a week ago, so I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon of new posts with my two cents: Apple is making a mistake with their current line of lawsuits.  They may have every right in the world to sue and what they are doing may be the proper way to protect trade secrets.

However, there's one main reason they shouldn't be going about it this way.  Check out
Dan Gillmor's take on the situation. Now, if you think Apple is in the right, skip down past all of the post that you obviously won't agree with and read that last snippet: "I'm writing this on a Mac. If I were buying a replacement today, I'm not at all sure I'd make the same choice again."

These lawsuits are turning into good-news-for-the-sued / bad-news-for-the-suer publicity, which could be (possibly maybe sorta) bad for future Apple sales.