[ale] Steve Jobs says that Windows is "open"

Geoffrey Myers lists at serioustechnology.com
Tue Nov 30 07:37:33 EST 2010


Rev. Johnny Healey wrote:
> My house is a device with windows, but they are rarely open.
> 
> Maybe that is what he was thinking of.

He does live in California where the weather is quite nice and the 
windows are open a lot.

> 
> -Johnny
> 
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I couldn't believe this when I read it:
>> “Google loves to characterize Android as ‘open’ and iOS and iPhone as
>> ‘closed.’ We find this a bit disingenuous, and clouding the real
>> difference between our two approaches,” Jobs said. “The first thing
>> most of us think about when we hear the word ‘open’ is Windows, which
>> is available on a variety of devices."
>>
>> And no, that isn't a quote out of context.  Read the whole thing here:
>> http://www.macworld.com/article/154969/2010/10/jobs_rim_android.html
>>
>> Michael
>>
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