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Originally Posted by Brutha  It's not about open source vs. closed source.
It's about whether you can plugin other software.
You can use plugins from any software company with photoshop and you can install any program (well, nearly any  ) on windows.
Microsoft should be able to forbid you to run a software that they don't like. Neither should Abode forbid you to run a plugin that you like.
Apple wants the ability to forbid you from running software of their choosing.
It's not healthy to give one company the entire control over your computer. |
Are we talking about Macs or the iPhone? They are two completely separate platforms and I don't understand how you are comparing Windows vs the iPhone as platforms.
At the same time, you have the choice not to buy the iPhone and use any of the phone platforms you want. A little bit of control over the platform has always been pert of the bargain when dealing with Apple products (in the Mac I think its an advantage, but thats a whole other thread). What this argument seems to come down to, is people wanting the iPhone platform, but wanting it in a way that never was going to happen, ever (completely open).
Theres plenty of phones that run the Symbian OS, so I dont understand all the nerd tears pouring over this. Oh wait, its cause the iPhone is popular, and the FOSS community really never has had a product really take much marketshare on the front lines, becoming a household name.