Interested to hear what others made of this provocative article. Maybe these ideas aren't new to you but they were to me (and yet seem compellingly obvious)
http://aralbalkan.com/notes/how-web-2-0-killed-the-internet/ tl;dr: Open APIs (and other 'open/free' trends) haven't really opened anything at all, they've been a clever ploy to build closed, privately owned silos - undermining openness ('killing the internet') To me the most interesting questions it raises are about governance of tech startups / the internet. (*Disclaimer: Sorry if a repost, I searched but couldn't find*) *John Baxter* jsbaxter.com.au <http://www.jsbaxter.com.au> 0405 447 829 @jsbaxter_ ᐧ
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