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This week, Steve Jobs put together and posted an even–handed explanation of the reason there is no Flash on the iPhone, iPod, or iPad. His (or the PR department’s) reasoning being level–headed, pragmatic. It was typical of Jobs, someone who has a vision of what he wants, a devotion to fulfill that vision. You would think I would be all for that kind of thinking, and I am.

After several attempts, I can’t come up with any adequate rebuttal of his argument. Everything written about proprietary standards and closed systems was dead on. I don’t want to support a company that produces proprietary products that it has the sole ability to control. It’s not how the web was intended. So I’m moving to Ubuntu.

Yeah, I know Steve was talking about just the internet, but why stop there? Instead of a web experience that’s fully open, how about an operating system that’s open? Know what else is great about an open operating system? I can use it on tons of different hardware configurations, not just the stuff from the Apple Store.

The least expensive way to own a computer is to get rid of as much as you don’t need. Proprietary operating systems, for one, make computers more expensive (or less, in Microsoft’s case). And seeing as how Apple products tend to survive long past their usefulness, it doesn’t make sense to me to buy something that will last much longer than a microwave.

After my new computer arrives from the internet computer fairy, I’m switching to Ubuntu Linux. It’s a win/win (for me, anyways). Cheap hardware, free OS, and the knowledge that Steve Jobs is in my corner.