http://blog.simeonov.com/2007/12/13/opensocial-the-lowest-common-denominator/ Simeon Simeonov on entrepreneurship, innovation & venture capital Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:31:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.simeonov.com/2007/12/13/opensocial-the-lowest-common-denominator/#comment-17075 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:34:42 +0000 http://simeons.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/opensocial-the-lowest-common-denominator/#comment-17075 [...] Always more of a media/lifestyle company than a technology company, MySpace has taken a long time to come to terms with opening up. Some months ago I had a conversation with one of the CXOs there about this very issue. From his comments it was clear that there was tension at the highest ranks about how to proceed. I guess Facebook’s growth accelerating and the company becoming progressively closer with Microsoft helped MySpace, whose own growth declined, realize that they need to open up and partner with a tech savvy power (Google, which is helping with OpenSocial and Caja). Good move, though I expect Google to benefit more in the long run than MySpace as it sets up OpenSocial for success. [...]

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