>In the sense that you can't tinker with the software (let alone replace it) on-board from the device itself, short of having preemptively forced said device open from a third-party device. They don't provide any way to bootstrap yourself to a higher level of knowledge, or even to a business. And you remain at the mercy of the platform's gatekeeper.
Right, but all that would be equally true of a putative locked-down windows 8 device. I don't understand how notch can oppose the one but support the other.
Because the "putative locked-down windows 8 device" is a big step towards removing the open-device PC by closing off that platform as well, and that is the issue Notch has with W8.
I see more danger in a drm-only windows 8 than the one comming form the ipad. I mean, the ipad is going to hurt the sales, but microsoft cant hurt the core itself.
Think about vinyls. CD replaced them. But are alive. But what would happen if the manufacturers start to make dj tables without crossfaders?
Right, but all that would be equally true of a putative locked-down windows 8 device. I don't understand how notch can oppose the one but support the other.