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Originally Posted by scottjl
I have a feeling the "anti-trust" troubles are just going to blow away in the wind. The iPhone development platform may be a closed or restricted platform, but on the other hand the iPhone does not control a monopoly in the Cell phone market space. Developers and consumers can simply use something else.
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I hope that it doesn't. I think it's ridiculous that iP* devices no longer allows byte code from other languages.
I always thought the iP* devices would
eventually kowtow the market line, and that this was just a temporary measure to keep the platform initially consistent, but after Steve's rant, I'm not so sure. It would be a shame if the platform stays completely closed. I can't even imagine what the world would be like if you could ONLY program for Windows using Microsoft tools, and if you could only add applications to Windows that Microsoft allowed.