Control the API, control the platform. Control the platform, control the market around the platform. Sure it's 'open', but at the same time, heavily subject t

Control the API, control the platform. Control the platform, control the market around the platform. Sure it's 'open', but at the same time, heavily subject to the authority of the owners. See also the systemd/gnome impact to linux ecosystem.. posix in general keeps unices and unix likes (including linux here) more open than other systems since the API is less fluid / under the influence of a single group.. this phenomenon won't occur here.