Apple unlocks the gates to the tech castle, rolls out the red carpet and says 'welcome' in clear language. This means that anyone can be productive, and not only that, their efforts can lead to results that sound - and look - surprisingly slick.
This is countered by charges that Apple's software is for simpletons and idiots.
It's a bit like the car analogy - when they first came out, cars were for the rich, and owners either needed to be mechanically fascinated enough to become apt or to hire a full-time mechanic. How they must have railed when first, everyman could afford a car (thanks to Henry Ford, mostly) then, worse, could drive them day to day without retaining the services of full-time mechanics.
Read the rest here.
Interesting read but if you ask me the same holds truth for every single iLife and iWork application. I still remember all the hating for iWeb when it first came out. Some crazy haters even went as far as spreading FUD of how professional web designers would lose their jobs because of it. Whatever.
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