Say, someone walks into a retailer. They have a problem with the lack of a software title, cable, or just plain didn't like the unit when it got home. It's called pushing against the mainstream demand folks. Get used to it Apple fans. You're only spotlighting the obvious problem by whining about it.
Nothing says death warmed over like a special olympics contender.
For further proof just look to recent developments involving hardware hackers who have actually reverse engineered the firewire protocol and are establishing their own knock-off that is supportable by the major OS's out there. The fact that this is even going on makes me wonder if Apple will ever be allowed to establish a standard of any kind - or if anyone will give a damn of what Apple produces outside of the mainstream market and occasionally foists as a standard in the first place. This is more of a broad based argument rather than a specific news synopsis. People - get a grip. Single purpose, single architecture, single use.