links for 2010-04-30

Joh Siracusa: Apple's wager

JS: "Like the Mac, the iPhone debuted with a huge technical lead over its competitors. But this time, Apple is determined not to squander its advantage... it's front-running as hard as it possibly can. Anything that has any chance of slowing down "the progress of the platform" has simply got to go... controlling its own destiny... no middleware vendors, no encouragement of cross-platform development... complete, arbitrary control...