“…..The Apple II was a clean slate, a device built – boldly – with no specific tasks in mind. Yet, despite the cursor, you did not have to know how to write programs. Instead, with a few keystrokes you could run software acquired from anyone, anywhere……

…..Android is a canary in the digital coal mine: will its more open model survive should people load suspect apps and find they cannot make calls any more?…”

Jonathan Zittrain