Did a few people actually read the articles before they commented? I think the two articles raised a few interesting points.
The one from Don Dodge pointed out the most important fact that Facebook's success is based on its users' loyalty to the service. Do they really care about applications? Most of them dont care that much. If one developer leaves, there will be plenty of others who will do same thing, even better.
The second article looks at OpenSocial from technical perspective. It compared the two set of APIs to see whether facebook's or opensocial is better technically. OpenSocial should be seen as FREE APIs rather than "open" (which generally regarded as good, no evil) APIs. These APIs are owned and administered by Google, which they can withdraw anytime they want as with Google Map APIs.
Having said that, it's still interesting to watch the battle bw facebook and "the new microsoft":D
Speed doesn't count for much, when proper rendering is not there. Got to agree. Safari (windows beta) renders gamespot.com horribly wrong! It also hog my CPU & memory like crazy http://www.flickr.com/photos/8828896@N03/541955083 /. I would stay away from it for now.
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The one from Don Dodge pointed out the most important fact that Facebook's success is based on its users' loyalty to the service. Do they really care about applications? Most of them dont care that much. If one developer leaves, there will be plenty of others who will do same thing, even better.
The second article looks at OpenSocial from technical perspective. It compared the two set of APIs to see whether facebook's or opensocial is better technically. OpenSocial should be seen as FREE APIs rather than "open" (which generally regarded as good, no evil) APIs. These APIs are owned and administered by Google, which they can withdraw anytime they want as with Google Map APIs.
Having said that, it's still interesting to watch the battle bw facebook and "the new microsoft"