Lion as Big Brother
The Lion is about to arrive in the summer of 2011. The moment I heard about the direction Apple is planning to take I felt slightly worried thinking that this will turn into be beginning of the end of this for me mostly very nice and comfortable platform.
My thoughts were that the decision to merge the Mac with iOS may make it even more restrictive than previously. At the same time, the introduction of the Mac Store will probably make the software development take off rather quickly making it more lucrative being a mac developer and put it into a similar kind of gold rush as the iOS platform is in at the moment. Nevertheless, my hopes lean towards that the Mac Store will coexist peacefully alongside the more traditional open and non-censored model of software development and sales.
However, if it turns the Mac into a hugely restrictive and controlled platform in the same fashion as iPhone I will consider leaving completely for Linux. I will definitely follow this development very closely and I’m really looking forward to seeing the outcome of this.