Not to mention that having more mobile OS's creates a much worse form of "fragmentation" than Android ever had. Imagine having developers write native apps for

Not to mention that having more mobile OS's creates a much worse form of "fragmentation" than Android ever had. Imagine having developers write native apps for 5-6 totally different mobile operating systems. If anything that will slow down innovation. Innovation at the base is welcome in the beginning, until the providers "figure out" what's best (for the most part), but after that you really need to focus on higher levels, that are closer to the end-user and bring the innovation there. For that to happen, and to reach masses of people you need some standardization at the base. Imagine if we'd all still be arguing about the "innovation" in lightbulb sockets - having different shape, width and height sockets in the market, instead of standardizing on one type of socket that everyone has, and then focusing the innovation on what goes inside the socket (the lightbulb technology itself).