Nahh! MS would have figured it out
There is one thing about Bill Gates, he is ruthless, cunning and very smart (almost in an evil kind of way) every threat to his product he would attack it merciless and constantly, kind like the killer bees. When he detected an anomaly in the matrix (sort of speaking) he would attack and use all his power and resources to assimilate or destroy that product.
So the fact that apple use the same product marketing and sale to overcome or lead the software industry, probably we could have been witness of one of the biggest battles for products in all of mankind history (almost like Coke and Pepsi but with more blood and gore)
By the way who says that apple can???t do that in a near future!
