The answer, Abraham, is nothing stops them. Reread what Evan Williams said here: http://dld.bz/PG5
"Twitter will continue to buy or develop apps and features it needs, even if third-party developers already provide them." It clearly means Twitter intends to directly compete with its developer ecosystem. It's not coincidental and it is not accidental. It's a conscious and deliberate management decision. On Apr 10, 3:51 pm, Abraham Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > This also adds the question of if we developers start digging new holes what > is to stop Twitter from filling them in themselves? > > Abraham > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 11:45, Arnaud Meunier <[email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > We shouldn’t “fill holes” anymore, Wilson said. The thing is Twitter > > has deliberately kept a lot of holes opened, encouraging us to fill > > them (and lots of applications have been doing it with innovation, by > > the way). > > > Now we’re supposed to dig, create new holes, and fill them. Okay! > > There are a lot of ideas to have around Twitter, lots of new holes to > > dig. > > > But the question is still the same: "What will be left up to the > > ecosystem and what will be created on the platform?" > > > I think I'm not the only one here to fear that Twitter itself begins > > to compete with the applications I created (or I plan to create). Yes, > > it's fun to dig holes and to fill them. But it also takes time and > > money, and it's like the game was going to be much more risky than it > > used to be. > > > Arnaud -http://twitter.com/twitoaster > > Twitoaster -http://twitoaster.com > > > On 10 avr, 20:36, Jesse Stay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Dewald Pretorius <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Jesse, > > > > > There is a lot of merit in your point of view with regards to one's > > > > core. > > > > > But, what that also means is the death of the ecosystem as we know it. > > > > The ecosystem as we know it used to develop "for" Twitter, enhancing > > > > the Twitter offering. > > > > Death is a strong term. I think what Twitter is saying (and has been > > saying > > > for the last 3 years - I just now am coming to full realization of this) > > is > > > that the ecosystem is changing. They want Twitter to be ubiquitous. For > > > that to happen Apps must not be built around Twitter - Twitter must be > > built > > > around Apps. That's why @anywhere is soon going to be launched. It > > should > > > be a complement to your technology, not the other way around. (I'm just > > as > > > guilty of this as anyone, but I'm really thinking now) > > > > Jesse > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > > -- > Abraham Williams | Developer for hire |http://abrah.am > PoseurTech Labs | Projects |http://labs.poseurtech.com > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
