[jbcohen]

I am of two minds about this issue and would like to see what Apple users think of this issue. I have heard many of my friends in the IT industry that they consider apple products to be based on proprietary technology. I can believe some of that however there are facets of apple technology that are open to competition: anyone can write an app for the iphone and ipad, however the approval needed is an element of proprietary, other companies such as Microsoft often sell software for apple hardware. So I am of two minds about the apple being proprietary issue. There appears to be elements of both in apple products. In the IT industry proprietary is curse word, you just don't do that.