Comments on: Nerdwatching: Special Microsoft / Facebook Edition – The End of the Web? http://www.herdwatching.com/2008/05/19/nerdwatching-special-microsoft-facebook-edition-the-end-of-the-web/ Just another ImposingEdifice site Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://www.herdwatching.com/2008/05/19/nerdwatching-special-microsoft-facebook-edition-the-end-of-the-web/#comment-257 Andrew Mon, 19 May 2008 12:53:59 +0000 http://www.herdwatching.com/2008/05/19/nerdwatching-special-microsoft-facebook-edition-the-end-of-the-web/#comment-257 While I agree with your overall assessment that this isn't a big deal - I disagree that Microsoft is evil. They are a company struggling to come to grips with a slowly crumbling platform in the current world of technology - which is hard to deal with when you were the former giant. So they are clinging on to what they know best - the closed platform. It's ironic because so many of the great people at Microsoft are very open - and want to share - but MS also knows that to stay successful in business, you DO want to keep people in your platform (hence the reason why they kill off product development on non-important platforms or EULA you to death). Google's the same but they fight it differently because they are open. You know, this should be a post on my side. I'll go there. Great post. While I agree with your overall assessment that this isn’t a big deal – I disagree that Microsoft is evil. They are a company struggling to come to grips with a slowly crumbling platform in the current world of technology – which is hard to deal with when you were the former giant.

So they are clinging on to what they know best – the closed platform.

It’s ironic because so many of the great people at Microsoft are very open – and want to share – but MS also knows that to stay successful in business, you DO want to keep people in your platform (hence the reason why they kill off product development on non-important platforms or EULA you to death).

Google’s the same but they fight it differently because they are open. You know, this should be a post on my side. I’ll go there.

Great post.

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