[mattparcher]

From Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs:

>He didn't want outsiders to create applications for the iPhone that could mess it up, infect it with viruses, or pollute its integrity

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/10/4507930/the-revolution-wil...

[gohrt]

Then why did Apple launch Mac OS X instead of something like ChomeOS?

[Alphasite_]

Chrome OS is to Linux what iOS 1.x was to Mac OS.

[simonw]

Because it was 1999-2001.