"I think that the closed system that Apple is trying to create is bad for the industry, developers, and ultimately consumers, and that is not something that I w

"I think that the closed system that Apple is trying to create is bad for the industry, developers, and ultimately consumers, and that is not something that I want to actively promote," Chambers said. "We are at the beginning of a significant change in the industry, and I believe that ultimately open platforms will win out over the type of closed, locked-down platform that Apple is trying to create." Apple's response: "Someone has it backwards--it is HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and H.264 (all supported by the iPhone and iPad) that are open and standard, while Adobe's Flash is closed and proprietary," said spokeswoman Trudy Miller in a statement. (http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20003006-264.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20003006-264.html) To be fair, the Apple response doesn't address Chambers' appraisal of the App Store, but the fact is that iPhone still supports open development via the web.