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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. Re:Microsoft employees bashing something non-MS? by shaitand · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    'Grammar Nazis: Yes, I am aware that "ain't" really isn't a word.'

    Generally I hate grammar nazis but I can't resist; "ain't" is a word. Language ain't defined by prudes it's defined by usage. The usage of the word "ain't" is widespread and long established. It is actually depressing that even the dictionary contains bigotry and stereotyping though. "Ain't" is not widely used by the uneducated, it is widely used by southerners and the idea that "ain't" is used by the uneducated stems from the false belief that southerners are ignorant and uneducated.

  2. Oops forgot the link by shaitand · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aint