<i>I think you're missing the point of the article: the point is that New World people don't care about all that openness of their computer, just like most people don't care about the openness of their car.</i><p>From over ten years ago I remember making an argument for Free/Open Source software and using the "car with a welded hood" argument.  The person just looked at me blankly and said, "I never <i>want</i> to look under the hood of my car.  I take it to the garage and let <i>them</i> mess with it!"