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Today we’d like to share an interesting article from PC Magazine, which they picked up from tech expert Mike Elgan’s blog, The Raw Feed.

The article (entitled Is Apple the New Microsoft?) poses an interesting thesis: that Apple today is guilty of doing many of the things that Microsoft was vilified for doing in the ’90s. For example, Microsoft’s “bundling” of its Internet Explorer software is remarkably similar to the way that iPod owners are required to use iTunes, software that’s notoriously incompatible with other platforms.

Among other examples, Elgan goes on to cite the jacked up costs associated with the iPhone as more proof of Apple’s new monopoly power. In the end, however, he defends Apple, claiming that it’s “earned its growing power and influence, just like Microsoft did.”

So what do you think? Are Apple’s methods out of line, or is it the sort of thing a company needs to do to ensure success in today’s market? Sound off in the comments below and let us know what you think.