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Had they allowed Google to invest, Google would probably not have proceed to support OpenSocial so quickly. They would have protected their investment into FB.
by nickb 19y ago
Had they allowed Google to invest, Google would probably not have proceed to support OpenSocial so quickly. They would have protected their investment into FB. Don't be fooled by Google's PR.. they do play tough. If you want to see how Google operates similarly to how MS operates, go back and do some googling on how they threatened StumbleUpon guys. They basically told them that unless they allow them to buy them (instead of eBay), they will destroy them by adding StumbleUpon-like features to their toolbar.
- shayan 19y agoThats interesting about stumbleUpon, but what happened when they eventually got bought out with eBay? what was Google's move? But I do agree, if Google had invested in FB they would have probably not pushed for OpenSocial so aggressively and so quickly. But I think they would have eventually done it, meaning they would not have been stopped by FB. I think there is a lot more to get out of OpenSocial. If they can reach out to the whole web instead of one network they can probably do a lot more and target a lot more people. As they said it themselves, they look at the web as a platform instead of one site on it as the only platform. So far with OpenSocial they have Myspace, Bebo, Orkut, Friendster, SixApart and +++ which is almost = to the web. This is not a bad deal compared to one site that is mostly about what it could be in the future rather than what it is actually right now (which is not much compared to Myspace, and definitely nothing close to all these sites combined.)
- Goladus 19y agoTough doesn't mean unfair.