http://venturebeat.disqus.com/News about Tech, Business and InnovationenWed, 12 Dec 2007 09:51:10 -0000http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/12/developer-platforms-friendster-bebo-linkedin-arent-waiting-for-open-social/#comment-14681121<p>great piece eric.</p><p>I think eventually Open Social will settle in as an alternative to company-specific platforms, but there are advantages to exposing more proprietary API infrastructure assuming companies can keep the attention of developers.</p><p>it may be that Open Social requires Google to use it on its own major domestic platforms ( gmail, igoogle, youtube ) in order to establish viability &amp; critical mass. or perhaps MySpace can help them get it rolling with their community.</p><p>we'll see... 2008 is definitely going to be the Year of the Platform (or did someone already claim that for 2007, 06, 05, or 04? ;) this year fer SHUR.</p>davemc500hatsWed, 12 Dec 2007 09:51:10 -0000http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/12/developer-platforms-friendster-bebo-linkedin-arent-waiting-for-open-social/#comment-14681120<p>"[...] a recent effort led by Google to do something similar with its “Open Social” [...]"</p>Venture CommonsWed, 12 Dec 2007 09:26:18 -0000http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/12/developer-platforms-friendster-bebo-linkedin-arent-waiting-for-open-social/#comment-14681119<p>OpenSocial is the most terrible excuse for a "social app platform" that I've ever heard.</p>JonWed, 12 Dec 2007 07:50:51 -0000