Is Apple Going Soft?

"One of Apple's (AAPL) weaknesses as a company -- as even Steve Jobs will admit -- is that it isn't a particularly good neighbor. Like its co-founder and CEO, it can be secretive, prickly and quick to take offense. Witness, for example, the 141 pending lawsuits that list Apple as a plaintiff or defendant."

141 pending lawsuits? That is a lot of legal pads my friends. But the author of this article has an interesting point of view, believing that Apple is indeed in fence mending mode. He brings up Google Voice, the reversal of the Flash ban and the response to the antenna problem on the iPhone 4. I'm not so sure they are building fences as much as avoiding more litigation. Who knows for sure, but they do seem to have reversed themselves on several things recently.