Here's hoping the borderline illegal and monopolistic domination of Microsoft comes to an end in the next decade. Apple appears poised, finally, again, ready to take over the consumer world.
I personally believe that Apple having a monopoly would be a lot worse than Microsoft. All companies are ultimately driven by greed and one company in control of everything (regardless of who it is) is not good.
Why do I think Apple having a monopoly would be worse than Microsoft?
Microsoft at the moment only have limited control over the hardware industry, if Apple had a monopoly they would own both the hardware and the software