Forget the Macalope. Try the Loper.

[Jimmypoo]

http://www.loper-os.org/?p=132

Non-Apple’s Mistake

I’ve been patient, I’ve been gracious
And this mountain is covered with wolves
Hear them howling, my hungry children
Maybe you should stay and have another drink and think about me and you.
Jonathan Coulton, “Skullcrusher Mountain”

The howls of protest coming from iPhone and iPad developers are loud and shrill, and are sure to grow louder and shriller as their Golden Cage grows smaller and smaller, as I’m certain it will. The Golden Cage is indeed a cage, and a strong one. Yet it has no door.

[hal]

funny:

But, having cornered no markets, Apple is not a monopoly. Or is it?

I argue that Apple now has not one but two monopolies:

I) A nearly-total monopoly on computer (and pocket computer) systems designed with good taste.
II) A total monopoly on the Microsoft-free, hassle-free personal computer.