Agree completely.
Are you still talking about Apple, or Chrysler?
Both, I guess... but mostly Apple. Chrysler/GM is more about union sabotage of a company, not one company attempting to damage another (or derive meaningful existence) purely through governmental influence or compulsion.
Apple back in the 90's ran to Uncle Sugar to sue Microsoft for monopoly. Never mind the fact they had a crappy OS that no one in their right mind actually wanted (until they threw their kernel away completely and borrowed BSD from the Unix community... but that's post anti-trust). Microsoft actually had to GIVE Apple money every year and keep them afloat as "competition." Corporate welfare at its worst.
At best, Apple represents a toy maker for post-pubescent children.
And what I mean by this... is show me a cost-efficient, clustered, easily managed, standards-compliant, redundant-hardware datacenter... with an Apple logo on it.
Even with BSD under the hood, Apple isn't a contender in the Information Systems market.
Apple now exists solely because of the iPod, iPhone and iPad. All other business units are secondary at best.
Compare that to the exploratory, drilling, recovery, refining, transport and distribution systems of Exxon. If either one of these companies suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth, with all staff/capital equipment/infrastructure... which would hurt us more?
<crickets chirping>
Anyone who thinks Apple is more valuable than Exxon needs a brain-enema.