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I thought the Times piece was good. Like a lot of execs he thought the rules didn't apply to him, even when they're criminal antitrust laws. The problem is that when we as a society don't tell them they do apply, it reinforces the behavior. Personally I believe that it they don't respect the law they don't deserve the protection of the law.
That's not how they think though, they are special and the criminal antitrust laws don't apply to them but their customers are supposed to be sheep that follow the laws.
The really sad thing is that Jobs just pulled together, inspired and drove the people that built the products. He was then the one that screwed them by not allowing those same people to take their skills to the free market and earn their full potential.
Apple built a lot of good products that I'm sure they wouldn't have without him but he was complicated and yes he deserved to serve jail time.
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