Replying to say that I agree, and it baffles me as to why people are willing to put so much of their technology at the mercy of massive corporations they have n

Replying to say that I agree, and it baffles me as to why people are willing to put so much of their technology at the mercy of massive corporations they have no contract with. I might accept building tools for Facebook and Twitter in the interim, but if I were a third party developer, I'd be supporting the open alternatives (Appleseed, StatusNet, etc), if only out of hedging bets for the future. Also... Hello, David, I also worked at Electriciti in the late 90's, and remember you from back in the day. Sounds like things have gone well since then!