Facebook going 'Open Source'?
Posted by Kevin Horrocks on 27 May 2008 - 13:42 · 11 comments & 4861 views
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#1 Posted by thealexweb on 27 May 2008 - 14:00
- Is Microsoft still wanting to buy the final 98.4%?
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#2 Posted by Unplugged on 27 May 2008 - 14:08
- Great so when I open someones profile not only does my browser crash trying to render the 50 applications they have but also I have to wait while it drags in crap from about 40 other sites too.
Way to go! -
#2.1 Posted by JiveMasterT on 27 May 2008 - 14:40
- You're gonna like the new layout then... all applications on a separate tab. You never need to look at them again! I had the privilege of checking out the new design the other day and it's quite nice.
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#2.2 Posted by Unplugged on 27 May 2008 - 14:48
- (JiveMasterT said @ #2.1)You're gonna like the new layout then... all applications on a separate tab. You never need to look at them again! I had the privilege of checking out the new design the other day and it's quite nice.
Well thats a start although they need to beef up their mobile platform. It was nice and clean before applications started creeping onto that too.
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#3 Posted by Marshalus on 27 May 2008 - 14:48
- To be fair, I wouldn't say Facebook really disregards open-source. They run their entire operation on PHP, MySQL and Linux or BSD (don't remember) and contribute pretty heavily towards the development of those platforms.
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#3.1 Posted by Magallanes on 27 May 2008 - 16:41
- how?.
Mysql is evolving to close-source, and in PHP i don't find any noticeable change proposed by Facebook. -
#3.2 Posted by Marshalus on 27 May 2008 - 16:53
- (Magallanes said @ #3.1)how?.
This is just what I've been told. -
#3.3 Posted by Mathiasdm on 27 May 2008 - 17:17
- (Magallanes said @ #3.1)how?.
Mysql is evolving to close-source, and in PHP i don't find any noticeable change proposed by Facebook.
Mysql is not evolving to closed source.
Sun released a statement saying it would develop a few extra tools for Mysql, and those tools would be closed source. Of course, some people started screaming they'd close the Mysql source.
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#4 Posted by seamer on 28 May 2008 - 02:37
- ITS IT'S ITS IT'S
"Facebook hopes to bring it is application..."
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#5 Posted by HalcyonX12 on 28 May 2008 - 18:19
- Well, that's one way to make sure sites can work easily with Facebook, which will probably make Facebook more popular.
Facebook hopes to bring it's application platform into open-source. Many other social networking websites are using "OpenSocial", a platform that any social networking site can use. Facebook has been one of the only networking websites that have disregarded open source.
But the question remains, especially given the scant detail of the latest rumor, about whether "open source" means truly open source or some variety of "extensible." Facebook has been redefining a whole lot of what we think about the Web, so this may be no exception.