On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Dave Crossland wrote:
On 27/11/2007, Billy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007, Noah Slater wrote:
but what happens when
That's the reason why having open APIs that multiple sites conform to
strikes me as an excellent idea - if your provider of choice does up and
go away you can just switch the URL to another and off you go.
It is naieve to think that a choice of providers will have identical
functionality. They might be _similar_ overall, and have some basic
functions that are exactly the same... But the primary reason to pick
one API over another is the functions they offer that are unique.
I wasn't clear - I meant common open APIs, ie. the same API with different
vendors behind it. That way they will offer very similar levels of
functionality, with the choice being based on how good they run.
Freedom means more than a choice of lords.
You can happily run your own things and then be your own lord, but that
doesn't mean that everyone wants to. We might as well let those who don't
want to get the most reliable service they can.
--billy
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