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Should Apple Open Source the iPhone?

Posted by timothy on from the would-sure-to-have-to-have-all-that-money dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Given the OpeniBoot project is just a breath away from getting Android onto the iPhone, maybe Apple should consider opening up the platform. This post has five reasons, but I think there are far more. Without open source, Apple will find itself in the same position as today's Microsoft in seven years."

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  1. Re:Well as an Apple stockholder by shellbeach · · Score: 0, Troll

    Respectfully, this is your opinion and is, so far, not born out by current events.

    Well, of course it's only my opinion! This is /., after all -- I can almost guarantee I'm completely wrong! :)

    That said, a non-jailbroken iPhone is pretty useless as I understand it, without the ability to multitask 3rd party apps and having only one outlet to distribute software. What's working for Apple right now is the shiny trendy iPhone buzz ... but if that's going to continue onto something more solid, I'd think they'll need to open up the platform a bit more so that 3rd party apps can be useful.

    Just my $0.02 :)