Well, I'm sure you have all seen the news - "OpenSocial Foundation launches with Google, Yahoo, MySpace". But, did anyone also catch this headline - "Microsoft Partners with Top Social Networks to Put Users at the Center of their Data"? Before giving my opinion... lets got over the roster for each announcement:
In the OpenSocial corner we have:
In the other corner we have:
Wow... I admit that the MS announcement is less ambitious in scope then the Google announcement. But, I think the MS announcement is contact sharing only in name. In the end, there very well might be social networking standards war brewing. Sides are being chosen... and the goal is to allow data sharing. :>)
Needless to say, while this should be interesting, I for one wish providers would just agree to agree. There are already enough competing standards, bodies, groups... and such. Walking the balanced road between them all gets old. :<(
Lastly, just as an FYI, I plan on wrapping up the authentication series that I was working on. Sorry, I just haven't felt like writing about it. Also, I'm working on lining some interviews with industry people that I happen to know. Figured that might be interesting an twist to the soap box that I now peddle my ideas from.
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With more than ten years of experience in IT, Tyson Kopczynski has become a specialist in Active Directory, Information Assurance, Windows automation, PKI, and IT security practices. Tyson is also the founding author of the Windows PowerShell Unleashed series and has been a contributing author for such books as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Unleashed and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Unleashed. He has also written many detailed technical papers and guides covering various technologies. As a consultant at Convergent Computing, Tyson works with and provides feedback for next generation Microsoft technologies since their inception and has also played a key role in expanding the automation and security practices at CCO. Tyson also holds such certifications as the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), the SANS Security Essentials Certification (GSEC) and SANS Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), and the MCTS (Application Platform, Active Directory, and Network Infrastructure).
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