This morning as I was scanning through my feeds, I have been flooded by some startling numbers from Apple. Basically it was the second most profitable quarter for any company, trailing only Exxon Mobil’s record quarter in 2008 due to the oil price surge. Now the crazy thing about Apple is that it started off the quarter as a megacap, juggling position with Exxon Mobil as the largest stock in the world by market capitalization. The amazing thing is that its growth rate may still be able to accelerate. The recent initiatives to move into textbooks on iBook shows that they are building a platform ecosystems that transcends technology into a way of life. The obnoxious thing is that it’s a closed ecosystem that Google does not want it to be. As one tech commentator Gina Trapani says, “I prefer Google’s values over their products, and Apple’s products over ......