...controlling a unique interface for a hugely popular consumer device ensures a steady flow of profits.

The amount that Apple makes off licensing dock connector technology is a pittance compared to how much it makes just selling the phone. If the company thought people really wanted micro-USB connectors, it'd probably use them.

Leonard then drags out the tired old mule of an argument that is "open always wins"!

What's so crazy here is that if you had suggested to anyone ten years ago that Apple would have the marketplace power to impose incompatible design changes on cellphones, you would have been thought at best an imbecile, at worst potentially homicidally insane.

Homicidal. Because of your views on technology. Look, pundits, just leave the hyperbole to the Macalope, OK? Because it's apparent none of you know how to do it right.