Hmmm...good article
Although there are some factual errors (Keynote never was free and the guy has completely forgotton about Avid as a video editor), I cannot argue with his positions. It's clear Apple and Jobs feel it is important to lock out 3rd party folks from some areas of software. While I cheer this in some respects (Adobe needs to be humbled somewhat heh heh heh), I mostly am unsure about what the heck the good is in doing this. Apple's attempt for "software monopoly" has really hurt some of the small developers, like the ones who make the excellent program Watson. And, the have suceeded in ticking off some of the bigger guys like Adobe and Microsoft who Apple really needs to reach a broader market.
At this point though, I am willing to still trust Steve Jobs and hopefully he has a good strategy going.
PS I'm still supporting the 3rd party folks...My preorder is in for Office X 2004 right now and I am psyched about getting my hands on it. I feel like the MS Mac BU has some really sharp people (despite the lackluster Mac X releases of Messenger and WMP)!
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