There's a distinct irony that they're talking about openness, while at the same time explaining why they're preventing their own users from running software on their purchased devices.
If their arguments are correct, let Adobe port Flash and let users decide rather than telling them what they can and can't do with their own devices.
The article/memo says that Apple are waiting for Adobe to present a ported version of flash that works. It says that they promised early 09, late 09, early 2010, late this year...
I've met a lot of people who bought an Android phone because the iPhone 'doesn't support Flash', on the advice of friends or bloggers who complain endlessly about the issue, only to find that Android doesn't support Flash either.
When Flash is finally released and it turns out not to work on their pre-Droid devices, I wonder if they'll switch to the iPhone. I mean, either way, they won't have Flash to view MLB.com, but at least on the iPhone there are fantastic native apps to do things like that.
If their arguments are correct, let Adobe port Flash and let users decide rather than telling them what they can and can't do with their own devices.