Re: Woz calls for a more open apple

[HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry)]

In article <997939571358836056.614735mjmahon-aol.com@news.giganews.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
> 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.)
> 
> 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. 

I read something a while back about an App to let you program iOS devices
on iOS device, but at that stage it was fairly limited, partly due to
Apple's restrictions.

The fact that Apple has a pretty much "closed" ecosystem is a good thing
since it stops all the malware and other garbage that plagues Windows and
Adroid devices.

Helpful Harry :o)