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Why So Many Want to Create Facebook Applications
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wsj.com
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bootload
on Sept 5, 2007
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dpapathanasiou
on Sept 5, 2007
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The analogy to MS Windows is accurate, and it seems people have forgotten (or are too young to remember?) the downside of writing for a closed platform controlled by one company.
The shift to web applications was supposed to change that (
http://paulgraham.com/road.html
).
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The shift to web applications was supposed to change that (http://paulgraham.com/road.html).