What Steve Jobs thinks about open source

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American entrepreneur (1955 to 2011); co-founded Apple in 1976 and led it again from 1997 to 2011; ran Pixar from 1986 to 2006.

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1. by 1 May 2010

   Our readingFlash is by almost any definition a closed system, because it is controlled entirely by Adobe.

   Their wordsAdobe’s Flash products are 100% proprietary. They are only available from Adobe, and Adobe has sole authority as to their future enhancement, pricing, etc. While Adobe’s Flash products are widely available, this does not mean they are open, since they are controlled entirely by Adobe and available only from Adobe. By almost any definition, Flash is a closed system.

   ↗Thoughts on Flash, by Steve Jobs (apple.com, April 2010)web.archive.org 1st of 5 in this piece

3. by 1 May 2010

   Our readingAll standards pertaining to the web should be open.

   Their wordsThough the operating system for the iPhone, iPod and iPad is proprietary, we strongly believe that all standards pertaining to the web should be open.

   ↗Thoughts on Flash, by Steve Jobs (apple.com, April 2010)web.archive.org 2nd of 5 in this piece