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Re:Facebook Messaging just got better... Facebook lets you s... by jsjenkins168 on Monday August 20, 2007 @03:02PM (#44417)
This is the brilliance of the facebook platform. If someone comes up with an innovative idea and releases a facebook application that proves valuable to users, facebook can just build its own version to kill it and then build off its success. Its almost like free R&D.

Walled gardens are great.

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Re:Facebook Messaging just got better... Facebook lets you s... by Goladus on Monday August 20, 2007 @09:54PM (#44578)
Walled gardens are great, but walls keep people out as well as keeping people in.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000052.html

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Re:Facebook Messaging just got better... Facebook lets you s... by palish on Monday August 20, 2007 @03:55PM (#44445)
Indeed. If I ever build a platform, the only circumstance I'd ever make someone else's work native to the platform is if I had their full permission, and even then I'd give them full credit.
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