No, but his unspoken point is certainly valid: openness *tends* to cause slowness in performance and development due to its very nature (surely no one has to explain that here). When a company maintains absolute control over the operating environment, they can prevent the introduction of elements that interfere with the core functionality. That is Apple's stated goal with the iPhone and iPods. People can gripe about it, but they have a valid point. Microsoft products are far more open than Apples, and everyone is well aware of what havoc that wreaks. If Linux enjoyed the level of deployment that Windows does you'd see the same situation there and probably worse.

There is a tradeoff between openness and control, and the pros and cons each approach brings, and while theory of how openness *should* work sounds good it does not exactly manifest as hoped... unfortunately.