Apple to ditch google maps????

I yesterdays Information Week Daily there is an interesting article that covers that maybe Apple will dump Google maps in its IOS6.  This may or may not be a good thing if you use the product a lot, but it could mean that apple is going the way of microsoft and creating their own version of a streets and trips.  This could be a good thing for apple fans because it would possibly lead to a product that you could use on your Mac as well.  This could be an interesting development also because of the developing case between google and oracle over java.  That is going to turn out to be an interesting lawsuit to say the least, but I think that the introduction of a new apple based map program would be great for the industry and could give apple fans something to talk about.