> They would need to fork it and staff all of these teams I think the worst would be having to split the customer base. Their sales costs would increase a lot

> They would need to fork it and staff all of these teams I think the worst would be having to split the customer base. Their sales costs would increase a lot and they would loose pricing power. On the social networking front turn a leader into a me-too. This article confuses what these businesses seem on the surface (search+video) and what they really are (selling ads, keeping track of customer identities to do the same).