I'm not sure.
Apple has been faithful to its principles since Jobs returned - to offer a few products, not to compete in features and to provide a seamless experience. It's successful because its clients like it that way.
I don't think Woz has as many fans as Jobs had, but I still suspect the "tablet ][" is yet to be invented.
Apple can try with something small. They use a lot of open source.
On the other hand, they can learn from others. Android/Google is catching on Apple due in part to a mostly open platform.
Re:Wozniak calls for open Apple
by swedenborg on Monday May 14, 2012 @05:39PM
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Q: is that human nature or indoctrination of democracy at play ...
At the same time that lovely naivete about what would happen is exactly why this will never fly.
Apple is the golden goose and nobody will sign off on a risky move that might kill the goose or stop it from laying those golden eggs. If there is one thing that makes CEO's conservative it is very large streams of income. You can take risks when you're small.
If 'the Woz' wants to have a more open platform comparable with Apple then I'm pretty sure he'd find tons of people willing to follow him if he decided to go down that road himself. What will happen is that sooner or later he'll need a business guy to take care of all of those non-technical details and at some point in time after that we'd have a new Apple, just as bad as the old.