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Having only the code wouldn't be enough. You need to also replicate comparable maintenance staff & data center capability. Even then you'll just have a clone of
by Strom 13y ago
Having only the code wouldn't be enough. You need to also replicate comparable maintenance staff & data center capability. Even then you'll just have a clone of the tech, but nobody will actually use your service. There's so much more that makes facebook what it is. I think they may even be able to open source their tech with a net positive effect.
- ProAm 13y agoI think a lot of their value comes in the data the collect about users and how they use it to sell ads to vendors. That source code would be worth a lot. I'm not speaking about replicating a Facebook on your own servers, I agree there it would be futile. But how they run their business can probably be derived from their source code.