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J-P Teti: The iPad is 99% more open than any other computer

An eighth-grader understands something many grown-up engineers do not.

The iPad is actually opening up technology to more people. None of this crap about it being closed is accurate. By giving people freedom to explore the app store without having to worry about anything (except their wallets), Apple has possibly made the best move they could make by locking down the iPad’s installation sources. That’s the one that’s the most helpful for the general state of technology. Apple is encouraging people to explore and play around. The iPad only does less than a regular computer to us geeks. To everyone else, it does more. This is what Motorola and Google and Samsung and BlackBerry and everyone else, with the sole exception of Apple, do not get about “open” computing. It’s powerful, but for ordinary people, it’s too powerful.

The iPad is more open to more people, and this is why I’m super excited for OS X Lion. I would bet money that Macs will take off even more than they already have when Lion is released. Mark my words.

Source: roboteti