It's also possible he's talking about OS 9, which would be even funnier, given that it showed when things went badly.

...to the 3-platform (PC, Mobile, TV) serpent it is now pushing through mandatory upgrades...

"Mandatory upgrades"? Are Apple's jack-booted thugs storming into houses and forcing people to upgrade? Have words lost all meaning? Is the Macalope having a seizure?

If anything, iOS is a remarkable simplification of OS X, and fantastically more secure.

...you will see a textbook case of increasing complexity, and of management moving toward dangerous attempts to control closed networks in an open network world.