[LINK] Apple is turning into the evil empire

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:51 AM 10/03/2011, Tom Koltai wrote:
>IT appears to need a closed eco-system to encourage development [if only
>to assure the investors that they have a chance of return independent of
>the stock market results, if any].

Alternative perspective:
what is needed is a standard (that fits an operating environment) to 
allow focus so that there is certainty that the item developed will 
be usable. Microsoft DOS was an open environment in the sense that it 
allowed a LOT of software development. Do I have that right, historians?

Jan



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