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Good cases for it all above [applause] Here's the thing with Closed vs Open_ OS X itself - sitting on Laptop or Desktop Hardware is stable_ When you install reputable 3rd party Apps - M$ Office - Adobe/Macromedia Products - AutoDesk - etc... OS X remains stable_ The only times I've ever come across OS X instability is when I am: - testing a 3rd party App that only 6 people on the planet have ever heard of - testing non-Final Release Software - Beta's - Alpha's or other pre-release [since it is usually a given that these are not stable to begin with] - running "hacks' or "patches" to make the software do things it was not originally intended to do_ Apple - 3rd Party Developers and Consumers can all have their cake and eat it too - This Closed model of OS X only running on Mac hardware works well for Apple_ They allow 3rd Party Development [which attests to the choice of running UNIX] and Consumers have many options to customize their systems and still maintain stability_ Why can't this same appraoch be applied to the iPhone as well ?? What makes it so different that Apple has to lock it down ?