Linux on iPad
I think this is an important reminder about what an extraordinary accident PCs were in their standardization and openness.It’s possible we took that for granted and assumed that openness was a given in personal computing.The reality is that most devices, from cars to refrigerators, to video games, to cameras, etc are closed and proprietary ecosystems. PCs, due to a few happy accidents, were one of the rare things that enabled a vibrant, free from restriction, 3rd party ecosystem in both hardware and software.Apple may be inadvertently teaching us all a lesson about not taking the things we currently enjoy for granted as they are often not guarantees in the future