And yet Apple freely distribute powerful devkits and a youtube video showed the iPad being 'jailbroke' within a day of release. Not so long ago people were tal

And yet Apple freely distribute powerful devkits and a youtube video showed the iPad being 'jailbroke' within a day of release. Not so long ago people were talking about how the App Store had ushered in a new age of bedroom programming. Some of this commentary is getting truly grotesque - the Guardian had some muppet saying if the iPad catches on 'we will have reached an Orwellian future through Huxleyan means, and have only ourselves to blame.'