http://theequitykicker.disqus.com/Nic Brisbourne’s view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and mediaenWed, 14 May 2008 06:03:11 -0000http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/05/13/on-open-social-data-and-abusing-standards-for-personal-gain/#comment-4456139<p>Dan - Facebook et al might want to be seen to be open to make themselves more attractive to developers. In a very real sense the socnets are now competing with each other for developers as much as they are for users.</p>nicWed, 14 May 2008 06:03:11 -0000http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/05/13/on-open-social-data-and-abusing-standards-for-personal-gain/#comment-4456138<p>I don't really see any huge "competitive advantage" for sites such as Facebook from "being seen to be open".</p><p>The main fear for Facebook comes from remaining closed and self-contained while a competitor such as Myspace becomes a sort of open ID for the web.</p><p>Most likely, Facebook will be in a much stronger position if they are able to establish that cross-web position for themselves, but that's still a risk for them to take. Leaving that risk for Myspace to take is an even bigger risk, however...</p>Dan LesterWed, 14 May 2008 05:35:52 -0000http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/05/13/on-open-social-data-and-abusing-standards-for-personal-gain/#comment-4456137<p>Google's walled garden is just bigger than everyone else's :)</p><p>Re OpenWave - well, we all know what happened to WAP - so long as there is an open alternative out there, it will win eventually. Which is why I really would like to see an Open Source Soc Net play.</p><p>Actually, it may be in the interests of the big infrastructure providers to this drive this.</p>alan pTue, 13 May 2008 07:59:59 -0000