the author writes: In his second last paragraph, Myhrvold predicts the winners will be those who "own the software standards on IHCs" ... this is exactly why i

the author writes: In his second last paragraph, Myhrvold predicts the winners will be those who "own the software standards on IHCs" ... this is exactly why it has been so important that internet standards remain neutral, open, and free. without that, we'd truly be at the mercy of a single vendor (DEC, MSFT, etc) and you know what that stagnation looks like. app stores are a risk of that alternative future (that honestly the phone companies also mapped out and drooled over, and slowly doled out with insane per-line item charges).