Re: Woz calls for a more open apple

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> wrote:
> In article
> <14142011.282.1337113411075.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yngp11>,
> magnusfalkirk <dean.phares@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Monday, May 14, 2012 10:54:50 AM UTC-5, BLuRry wrote:
>>> http://www.itnews.com.au/News/300704,wozniak-calls-for-open-apple.aspx
>>> 
>>> Quoting the article:
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has voiced a renewed desire to 
>>> see the consumer electronics giant open its architecture to 
>>> the masses, allowing savvy users to expand and add to their
>>> products at will.
>>> 
> <snip>
>> 
>> Good for him! Of course we know Apple will ignore him because of
>> the influence of Saint Steve.
> 
> The Mac is already "open" in the sense of what Woz seems to be complaining
> about. People can already add extra abilities via USB, Thunderbolt,
> Firewire, and on the Mac Pro there are PCI slots, extra drive bays, etc.
> Companies already make and sell a huge range of add-ons.
> 
> What he probably really wants is the ability for hobbyists to tinker
> around inside the case and custom-build as can be done in the PC world
> (buy an empty case, buy a stock motherboard, chuck in a CPU of your
> choice, add extra fans, etc. This will certainly never happen at Apple and
> only a miniscule number of people would be interested in doing so. (They
> partially tried it with the clone makers, and it was a failure.)
> 
> Helpful Harry  :o)

I'm sure Woz would like that, but I don't think that's what he said. He'd
be happy just to be able to program an iPad *on* the iPad. 

Come to think of it, so would I. 

Not full-blown Objective C, but much simpler "glue" scripting that would
allow new apps based on existing apps. 

Apple's corporate allergy to user programming is, I'm pretty sure, a
consequence of Jobs' inability to program. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon