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Redmond's Heavy Guns Go After OpenSocial

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the rat-a-tat-tat dept.

jg21 writes "It is probably coincidental, but two responses to OpenSocial from well-respected members of the Microsoft blogging community have each in their own way come out against Google's OpenSocial initiative, Dare Osabanjo because in his view OpenSocial while billed as a standardized widget platform for the Web, actually isn't. And Don Dodge because his claim is that fifty million Facebook developers "don't know what OpenSocial APIs are...and don't care.""

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  1. Big guns, eh? Bah. by Bananatree3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Guns ablazin', I'm SURE they could take on the entire Google fanbase.

    1. Re:Big guns, eh? Bah. by dynamo · · Score: 5, Funny

      Microsoft does not know what an open standard IS, though they keep claiming to.

      Hell, they don't really even know what a standard is.

    2. Re:Big guns, eh? Bah. by orclevegam · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hell, they don't really even know what a standard is.

      Sure they do, that's that thing they keep changing every time they release a new version of Office.

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      Curiosity was framed, Ignorance killed the cat.
  2. What social networks are really about... by TofuMatt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree. Who the fuck cares about APIs? It's not like people are joining Facebook just to add fifty million stupid applications to their profile.

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    I have a website
    1. Re:What social networks are really about... by kebes · · Score: 3, Funny

      Clearly what we need is a Facebook group for "Get Facebook to support OpenSocial!"

      As we all know, when Facebook groups become big enough, they can move mountains... :)

    2. Re:What social networks are really about... by damaki · · Score: 2, Funny

      I am a vampire/wereworlf/FilthBook user on Facebook and without APIs, I'd starve/sing/mast****** to death, you insensitive clod!

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      Stupidity is the root of all evil.
  3. Facebook Developers by onion2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    There aren't 50 million Facebook developers. It only seems that way because there's 50 million 'really awesome super dooper wall' applications.

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    1. Re:Facebook Developers by mgblst · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think that we should judge all our projects by this huge knowledge base, for if 50 million facebook uses don't know what something is, then it is a complete waste of time.

  4. Well respected? by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 5, Funny

    well-respected members of the Microsoft blogging community Oxymoron?
    1. Re:Well respected? by CarpetShark · · Score: 4, Funny

      well-respected members of the Microsoft blogging community

        Oxymoron?


      Where did you get "oxy" from? ;)
  5. Re:Microsoft employees bashing something non-MS? by StarfishOne · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just wait! Tomorrow Ballmer will announce the 'OpenChair' API!

  6. Re:Microsoft employees bashing something non-MS? by Misch · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought it was going to be the next MS hardware venture - the Chairapult

    No, it's the Trebuchaise.

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  7. Hang on - let's count em by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

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