News Apple splits off iPod

It's been rumoured for a while, but they've done it - Apple is effectively now two companies. This from ZDNet:

Apple Computer on Wednesday confirmed that it is splitting the company into two product divisions -- one focused on the Mac and the other focused on iPod digital music player.

An Apple representative confirmed the move, which was first reported on Wednesday in the New York Times. John Rubinstein, the senior vice president who currently heads all hardware development, will lead the new iPod division. Tim Cook, currently executive vice president of worldwide sales and operations, will be in charge of the new Mac division. Also, Tim Bucher, who currently heads Macintosh system development, was tapped to head Mac hardware engineering.

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I wonder what effect this will have on the Apple vs Apple Corp. Legal battle?