That's why I put "open" in quotation marks. I'd like open platforms to succeed, but I think there are some inherent problems - namely at the hardware level any

That's why I put "open" in quotation marks. I'd like open platforms to succeed, but I think there are some inherent problems - namely at the hardware level any platform will likely tend to get closed off. The carriers are to blame this time, but we saw a similar thing happen with computer manufacturers putting all sorts of crap on the desktop.