Well said. It's not about the platform or OS being open. It's about opening up possibilities for people. One way Apple did this was with the App Store. Apple d

Well said. It's not about the platform or OS being open. It's about opening up possibilities for people. One way Apple did this was with the App Store. Apple didn't create this model for distributing apps, they simply discovered it, allowing more people to discover what is possible. The same goes for the App Store on OS X. I, personally, have discovered a couple of applications I otherwise wouldn't have.