<font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Yes, the tech industry press often refers to the "reality distortion field" that kicks in whenever Apple makes a pronouncement. Apple long ago subverted and co-opted the open technologies that it once pretended to embrace.<br>
</font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Michael Hirsch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mdhirsch@gmail.com">mdhirsch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Charles Shapiro<br>
<<a href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Aren't you confusing the Closed version of Open with the Open version of Open?<br>
<br>
</div>I'm not. ;) Maybe Steve was.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Windows runs on a variety of hardware platforms. That makes it Open<br>
> WRT to MacOS, which runs only on Apple machinery. Linux ( for<br>
> example) runs on a large variety of hardware platforms and can be<br>
> built from source by the end user. That makes it Open and also Open<br>
> Source.<br>
<br>
</div>I think was Steve was really trying to do was blow smoke. He knows<br>
that Windows isn't open, and the android people weren't trying to say<br>
"Android is open like Windows", but if he could convince his listeners<br>
that was what the android crowd was saying, then he could score some<br>
points.<br>
<br>
Really, what he said made no sense, but it got positive press coverage<br>
and that's what really counts, isn't it?<br>
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Michael<br>
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