The iPad is still just a new device. It does not show the end of an age any more than the newton did several years ago. If anything has destroyed the company that Woz built, it is the ipod culture that was built several years ago. The willingness of ipod users to buy media from the same company that produced the device has simply been extended to the iphone and the ipad. The closed nature of these devices is simply an attempt by apple to ensure that they retain control over the income provided by their specific purpose devices. A general purpose mobile device is probably the furthest thing from apples mind because it does not fit in with the business model created to rule the ipod.

I really don't understand what all the debate is about. Ubuntu is still a form of linux. The point of open source and more specifically linux is the ability to change whatever you wish about it. I personally don't like that OSX and ubuntu are moving towards a different standard but I don't have to put up with it. I'll treat it like any other bug fix.