The Bizarro Steve Jobs

Oct 07, 2008, 12:35 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by David Needle)

" And as long as we’re contrasting him with Steve ‘NDA’ Jobs, it makes sense to add Kallasvuo’s guiding philosophy: openness.

"He pulled the trigger on the deal to buy up all of Symbian and make the mobile operating system’s code open source so developers could tinker, customize and improve on it. Under Jobs, Apple controls the development, distribution and approval of applications for the iPhone."

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