I like this line written by Dana:
"A me-too proprietary strategy is not viable in the age of open source. You?re either the leader or you?re the low-cost producer."
So true.
In portable devices, Apple's iOS is the leader of the proprietary mobile app platforms, and has taken the high-end of the market.
The only way to succeed against that is to go open-source, which will attract developers and an ecosystem. Closing and locking-down the OS, like Microsoft has done with Windows Phone 7, is doomed to failure, as it cannot overtake Apple in quality/features/desire the high-end (meaning it can only be a low-yield also-ran), yet other open-source operating systems will match or surpass it feature-wise in the mid-range.
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