The IBM PC was open architecture and it spawned thousands of new companies and it directly or indirectly changed the lives of every single man woman and child on this planet. The original IBM hardware group at Boca Raton made the mistake of allowing the rights to the operating system go to a young guy named Bill Gates, so they scored on the hardware and fumbled on the operating system. But in any case the PC became the revolution that it was primarily because the open architecture of the design allowed other developers to freely build on it. The Apple was closed architecture. They got what they wanted, applications are still much more expensive to consumers, there are far fewer apps available, and a tiny fraction of the users. Mr. Mullenweg took the higher road at a critical stage and thousands of developers and consumers all around the world will benefit. In the end, it will be a win-win situation for the people on the WP team and the rest of us as well.