Steve Jobs on His Final Quarterly Analyst Call: ‘We Think the Open Versus Closed Argument Is Just a Smokescreen’
The piece republishes Jobs's remarks comparing Apple's integrated approach with Android's fragmented ecosystem. Jobs references Microsoft's abandoned 'Plays For Sure' strategy and the Nexus One as examples, contending that integration consistently outperforms fragmentation when users expect devices to work seamlessly out of the box.
Key points
- Jobs framed competition as integrated vs. fragmented, not open vs. closed
- He cited Microsoft's shift from open 'Plays For Sure' to Zune as precedent
- Apple's integration model means Apple, not users, becomes the systems integrator
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