Microsoft has spelled out its strategy to make its Live Web services accessible to third-party developers, part of its push to capitalize on online services. Microsoft is seeking to enlist third-party developers to write mashup applications, which combine information from different sites.
I was once looking for an electronic item at a shopping center. There were two stores that carried the item, one store had the item for significantly cheaper than the other.
When I asked the guy at the more expensive store why I should buy the item from him his sales pitch was “I would prefer you bought the item from me”
Microsoft and their web platform stuff reminds me of that guy.
I’ll stick with TextMate and open standards.
To me, the real problem is Microsoft plays on both sides of the fence – if you write a tool using its web services that becomes successful, Microsoft will happily copy it. And given the developer has no business contract or whatnot with Microsoft, they can just cut you off entirely so that your developed tool no longer works.
No thanks. If I’m going to create software that is dependent on another companies tools, I don’t want that company to turn around and destroy me if I succeed.
The company is trying to appeal to developers who write so-called Web 2.0 applications
What is it that makes Web 2.0 different than what we are using at the moment? Or is it just some buzz word some business weenie thought of?
The difference is easy:
http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2005/12/27/web-2
A terrible term indeed. But MS didn’t invent it.