> I think last time, 'openness' was really 'pricing'. You must have missed that whole 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' phase of the internet. Were you an adult d

> I think last time, 'openness' was really 'pricing'. You must have missed that whole 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' phase of the internet. Were you an adult during this phase or did you just not agree with (or notice) the whole idea? The whole move towards more open technologies is widely recognised as being a continuing trend. On the scale of things a closed product such as the iPhone is a fairly minor aberration. Anyway to direct address your conclusion - pricing is always relative to quality/performance. Delivering clearly superior hardware at the same cost is also 'pricing'. Out of all the the android phones being released some will certainly achieve this, if you don't believe they have already.