What is to be gained from corporate sainthood? From a refusal to fleece eagerly willing suckers for all they’re worth?
Long-term Loyalty of those who matter? It's a question worth pondering.
The point that Apple rests on good protocols, from GUIs to APIs is also key. I don't think that only Steve-Jobs-like-management produces such things but the need for a protocol spring-forth from a consistent idea is absolutely crucial. It has happened in past - the Ruby language is cool example (and it's not a coincidence that Ruby is more or less the idea of Matz but it can be the idea of Matz without us suffering the dictatorship of Matz). Especially for open source development, we should be asking how we can duplicate that process at a high level - and not copying friggin awful GUI elements from Aero.
What is to be gained from corporate sainthood? From a refusal to fleece eagerly willing suckers for all they’re worth?
Long-term Loyalty of those who matter? It's a question worth pondering.
The point that Apple rests on good protocols, from GUIs to APIs is also key. I don't think that only Steve-Jobs-like-management produces such things but the need for a protocol spring-forth from a consistent idea is absolutely crucial. It has happened in past - the Ruby language is cool example (and it's not a coincidence that Ruby is more or less the idea of Matz but it can be the idea of Matz without us suffering the dictatorship of Matz). Especially for open source development, we should be asking how we can duplicate that process at a high level - and not copying friggin awful GUI elements from Aero.