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Weblog:   When is Apple going to open up?
Subject:   It's easy to be open when speaking about monopoly products.
Date:   2005-10-03 18:20:01
From:   poboxbot
It's interesting you note two products -- Vista and Office -- where Microsoft has monopoly control.


It would be more impressive if there were weblogs coming out of their R&D office about speech recognition software, or out of the XBox group about game lineups at launch or wireless controllers.


In short, they don't risk anything in the marketplace by being "open."


Apple, on the other hand, would risk a lot since it is (arguable) that where Apple goes, the rest of the industry follows.