Our pal Casey over at Android Central, launching off the latest ruminations of GigaOm Malik, on the relative advantages and disadvantages of open source vs. proprietary software models, as straw-man�d into the current tech darlings from Google and Apple: the Android and the iPhone, says:
We can�t deny that the iPhone is wildly successful in spite of (or because of?) their closed, proprietary nature. It�s essentially the dilemma that iPhone users have been trying to find the balance to�the iPhone�s closed nature creates a clean, seamless and synergetic user experience but it often comes at the expense of the freedom of choice. You have to trust Apple enough to play nice and take a leap of faith with the direction of the iPhone.

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