> if you want to make the best product possible, wouldn't you make a single piece of hardware and software made specifically for it and take it to perfection?

> if you want to make the best product possible, wouldn't you make a single piece of hardware and software made specifically for it and take it to perfection? No, that is exactly what I wouldn't do. Apple are a rare exception where this model actually seems to work. When Steve Jobs was asked to give examples of other companies that have succeeded with the same closed model over open competitors, he couldn't come up with a single example. > Apple doesn't want to be responsible or guarantee that it'll work properly. They don't have to. They just have to not put up legal and technical barriers to people using it on other systems.