Interesting argument, but seems pretty obviously wrong.
Is Sony is the first company to put something like this up for its phones? Really?
I don't actually buy this argument. It's got a sort of "back in the good old days" that I suppose has more to do with the author's own experience than with any object difference in the way technology is designed. That said, there's a good point in here and the intentions are admirable.
Google clobbers Cyanogen's modded builds. Interesting. This article has both good links to all the key points and articles and good commentary