On 27/11/2007, Billy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It is naieve to think that a choice of providers will have identical > > functionality. > > 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.
Sure, and I'm suggesting that a common API will be a base that each gatekeeper will add bespoke features too. I'll be surprised if similar services offered with a "common open API" from Google and Yahoo and Microsoft do not have any specialist features to differentiate them. > > Freedom means more than a choice of lords. > > You can happily run your own things and then be your own lord, ...but not if the gatekeepers continue to offer software to the public without making the source code to that software public. -- Regards, Dave - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
