Connecting iPhone to Mac auto opens iTunes?

I have an iPhone 3GS running under OS 3.0.1. I have iTunes 9.0. my question is:
Assume iTunes is not open. When I connect my iPhone via USB2 to the Mac, shouldn't iTunes, when the iPhone is plugged in, open automatically?
Previously iTunes opened when I plugged in the iPhone.
Thanks,
Tom

I just had a situation where it failed to launch iTunes, iPhoto etc. when I plugged in. The battery would not charge, either. However the battery charged fine from the little power brick.
Well, I tried entering DFU mode to do a restore. The restoration failed, and it is now officially dead, and I'm off to the Apple Store.
Here's the takeaway: prepare yourself for total phone failure. Notably, grab any key data off yur phone, and don't "try to troubleshoot the phone" in any way until you have a window of time where services you need will be available. In other words, mess with it at 9am Monday morning, not 9pm Friday night.
Message was edited by: Wolf Harper, spelling and clarification

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