Steve Jobs: Architecture, Platforms, and the Big Picture, Part 2

by Ken Orr

In my last Advisor (see "Steve Jobs: Architecture, Platforms, and the Big Picture," 25 October 2007), I talked about Steve Jobs and "closed architectures." A number of things have transpired in just two weeks. The first is Apple's announcement of its developer environment for the iPhone. Also, the developer community has been hard at work opening up (aka hacking) other Apple crown jewels. The most recent example of this activity is the announcement that some developers had found a way to run Apple's latest operating system release, code-named Leopard, on a plain old PC.

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Steve Jobs: Architecture, Platforms, and the Big Picture, Part 2Thu Nov 08 08:20:13 CDT 2007