Openness Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iOS 6: On partners and partings, sources and sinks, and the dreaded word "open" [Updated]

by Richard Gaywood (Jun 12th, 2012)

At yesterday's keynote to the 2012 WWDC conference, Apple made a number of simultaneous moves in its global chess game with partners and rivals. Let's try and unpack what we can of Apple's overall strategy by analyzing the tactical choices it has made. The biggest loser from yesterday's ...

Is Android forked? Give Amazon a chance

by Richard Gaywood (Apr 7th, 2011)

For such a seemingly simple concept, "open" sure is a contentious term these days. I've previously written at length on TUAW about the topic of Android's openness and, semi-relatedly, the GNU Public License. Last week, news came that Google is making serious changes in how it manages the ...