When we think of the phone OS wars, we usually think of the iPhone OS, Windows Mobile, and the BlackBerry OS.The true war, though, is between open and closed.

Currently one of the most successful phones, the iPhone, is a very closed phone. Both the OS and the applications are controlled by Apple. At the same time, though, more and more companies just keep joining the open-source phone OS game.

As far as what will determine the future, it doesn’t matter what company winds up on top, it matters if the winning OS is open or closed.

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