Comments on: Building on a Closed Platform? Tread Carefully http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/12/20/building-on-a-closed-platform-tread-carefully/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:42:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: D9r http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/12/20/building-on-a-closed-platform-tread-carefully/comment-page-1/#comment-852662 D9r Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:30:57 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3444#comment-852662 Steve Poland's experience is disturbing, but on the other hand isn't Twitter's policy of reserving names for trademark owners similar to that used by domain registrars and/or ICANN? Regarding Newber's experience, I was excited to hear T-Mobile is using the <a href="http://www.android.com/timeline.html" rel="nofollow">open source Android</a> on their new G1 cellphones. I assume that T-Mobile's use of Android would eliminate the problems Newber is having with Apple. Steve Poland’s experience is disturbing, but on the other hand isn’t Twitter’s policy of reserving names for trademark owners similar to that used by domain registrars and/or ICANN?

Regarding Newber’s experience, I was excited to hear T-Mobile is using the open source Android on their new G1 cellphones. I assume that T-Mobile’s use of Android would eliminate the problems Newber is having with Apple.

]]> By: mattymcg http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/12/20/building-on-a-closed-platform-tread-carefully/comment-page-1/#comment-852618 mattymcg Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:37:15 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3444#comment-852618 ... nor would your app suddenly stop working if Microsoft went bust, as would have happened if anyone had built apps around Pownce in the way that folks have around Twitter. … nor would your app suddenly stop working if Microsoft went bust, as would have happened if anyone had built apps around Pownce in the way that folks have around Twitter.

]]> By: Josh Catone http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/12/20/building-on-a-closed-platform-tread-carefully/comment-page-1/#comment-851865 Josh Catone Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:26:21 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3444#comment-851865 @sbdi: It is different from developing for a platform like Windows. Microsoft can't just turn off or block your app (or it would take a significant technical investment on their part to do so), as Facebook could, nor do they control the sales channel for your application, as Apple does for the iPhone, for example. @sbdi: It is different from developing for a platform like Windows. Microsoft can’t just turn off or block your app (or it would take a significant technical investment on their part to do so), as Facebook could, nor do they control the sales channel for your application, as Apple does for the iPhone, for example.

]]> By: sbdi http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/12/20/building-on-a-closed-platform-tread-carefully/comment-page-1/#comment-851843 sbdi Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:20:34 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3444#comment-851843 Nothing new here. While its no different as to the dependency you place on Microsoft at the very least you can build tangiable value through them and their desktop. Most of these 'Web 2.0' companies with their wonderful API / platforms seem to offer any real business value. Just a nice way of accessing eye balls. Nothing new here. While its no different as to the dependency you place on Microsoft at the very least you can build tangiable value through them and their desktop.

Most of these ‘Web 2.0′ companies with their wonderful API / platforms seem to offer any real business value. Just a nice way of accessing eye balls.

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