Fred is a big proponent of "open", which is great, but it's still not clear that "open" is going to win this game. The battle between Windows and Apple wasn't

Fred is a big proponent of "open", which is great, but it's still not clear that "open" is going to win this game. The battle between Windows and Apple wasn't just about "open" versus closed. It was about availability of third party software. It was about ability to distribute effectively. It was about mindshare. There are other reasons that Apple was not successful through the late 80's to 90's (even when they allowed third party computer manufacturers like Franklin to license their OS). But Apple is an entirely different beast now. And Android appears to be on it's way to such a wide variety of configurations that it may not even be recognizable as Android at some point - what if Amazon's app store becomes real popular? At that point, are you developing for Android or are you developing for Amazon? I wonder how many major corporations out there right now that are thinking of how tablets could fit into their work environments are playing around with the Android OS? My guess is not many.