Facebook to open-source platform


	Facebook to open-source platform

dgreplay

5-27-2008 12:02 PM

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facebook, open source, social networks

dgreplay says:

This is an exciting time as the web 2.0 companies jostle not only with each other, but with the big three: Yahoo!, Google, and Microsoft. In what feels like a good old NASCAR race, the FB/MS team just fell into a drafting position behind the Open Socials...but its still early in the race.

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