An update on the data portability landscape by DataPortability.org

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Chris Saad

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Dec 18, 2008, 8:52:21 AM12/18/08
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A summary of the current data portability landscape has been posted to
the Official DataPortability Blog.

http://blog.dataportability.org/index.php/2008/12/the-data-portability-landscape-an-update/

From the post:

Closed platforms are like ice cubes in a glass of water. They will
float for a while. They will change the temperature of the liquid
beneath. Ultimately, however, the ice cube must eventually melt into
the wider web.

Facebook’s success with Facebook Connect can and will further drive
innovation in the community to develop an open alternative.

Facebook’s success will also drive large media companies, competitors
(like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, AOL, Myspace, countless major media
properties and countless small startups) to create alternatives. At
least some of those participants will recognize (if they have not
already) that the most open among them will earn both the respect and
the market share of the next phase. Moving from Facebook Connect’s
‘data portability’ to Interoperable DataPortability.

A web of Data.

That’s a landscape where we can continue to innovate on a level
playing field.
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