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Ah, appears we're both correct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_garden_(technology) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_garden_(technology) "... refers to
by 54mf 14y ago
Ah, appears we're both correct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_garden_(technology) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walled_garden_(technology)
"... refers to a carrier or service provider's control over applications, content, and media on platforms..."
"More generally ... refers to a closed or exclusive set of information services provided for users"
- encoderer 14y agoNo, i actually think just he's correct. It's OK to be wrong though, so no big deal. Though I do disagree with his sentiment. I think App.Net is a perfectly good alternative to Twitter and every attempt at open, federated services since the original one (eg www) have failed to catch-on.
- protomyth 14y agowww was not the original federated service. E-mail is still around and quite successful.
- unimpressive 14y agoUsenet is dead now, but worked for quite some time.