That's not how I read the second point.
As I understood it, he is saying the fact that Apple is the offensive party in the patent mess is a sad obsequy to Jobs’s otherwise colossal achievements.
As I understood it, he is saying the fact that Apple is the offensive party in the patent mess is a sad obsequy to Jobs’s otherwise colossal achievements.
"but with such gigantic sums of money in so huge a market at stake it is little wonder that others will do all they can to “crack” Apple."