The Eric Raymonds of the world argue that this is proof positive that Apple is evil. I’d argue that this is proof positive that Apple is pragmatic. If people like Raymond ran Apple, there would never have been an iTunes Store. If there had never been an iTunes Store, there wouldn’t be an Amazon MP3 Store, either. Raymond is a radical of a certain stripe, and in some ways that’s a good thing—but nearly all radicals of nearly all stripes tend to regard compromise as pure evil. With all respect to the radicals of the world, this is why you guys tend to never actually get shit done.