Inside Apple Computer's Walled Garden

Charlie Stross:

The real reason why Steve Jobs hates Flash: My take on the iPhone OS, and the iPad, isn't just that they're the start of a whole new range of Apple computers that have a user interface.... Rather, they're a hugely ambitious attempt to keep Apple relevant to the future of computing, once Moore's law tapers off and the personal computer industry craters and turns into a profitability wasteland. The App Store and the iTunes Store have taught Steve Jobs that ownership of the...