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 nine years of experience in IT, Tyson Kopczynski has become a specialist in Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows scripting, Windows Rights Management Services, PKI, and IT security practices. Tyson is the author of the new book Windows PowerShell Unleashed (read a sample chapter and learn about the drawing for a free copy here). Tyson has been a contributing author for such books as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 Unleashed and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed (R2 Edition). He has also written detailed technical papers and guides covering various technologies. As a consultant at Convergent Computing, Tyson has worked with next generation Microsoft technologies since their inception and played a key role in expanding scripting and development practices. Tyson also holds the SANS Security Essentials Certification, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Security certification, CompTIA Security+ certification and SANS Certified Incident Handler certification.
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