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Originally Posted by Sheikspeare
Don't really want to get into a pointless semantics debate here. But I think you get the gist when you talk about maximizing choice -- which I believe is "best" [sorry!] delivered in an open source technological environment.
You say "closed is better if it's easier to use". Well, you know what? Open is even better when it's easier to use... :-)
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"Open" requires more attention to the delivery system than "closed." There are people who like to work on cars (open) and people who just want cars that work (closed.) I can do open, but I prefer closed - so long as closed is done right. Apple, in my view, does "closed" right. Amazon, not so much. Sony is a little more open than Amazon but does a terrible job of it.