How Apple walks the tightrope between being open and closed
The iPhone’s maker is famous for its control-freak tendencies—yet it can be surprisingly enthusiastic about industry standards when it sees an upside.
Before the Chromebook’s “Everything” key, the PC’s Windows key, and even the Mac’s cloverleaf-like “Command” key, the Apple II keyboard’s space bar was flanked by two modifier keys bearing Apple’s iconic logomark. On the left sat a black silhouette of the apple known “Closed Apple,” and on the right, a hollow outline called “Open Apple.”
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