Evan Prodromou on identi.ca

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1. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Nov-2012 17:24:40 EST Evan Prodromou

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   • hellekin
   Whuh?
2. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Nov-2012 14:20:47 EST Evan Prodromou

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   • Simon Phipps
   Yeah, I know.
3. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:32:17 EST Evan Prodromou

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   To what extent are end users represented in the development team? Are they likely to do a major rearchitecture and leave you in a lurch?
4. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:30:30 EST Evan Prodromou

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   • Simon Phipps
   Maybe some things to look for: is there at least one other compatible implementation? Can you export data in an interchange format?
5. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:28:36 EST Evan Prodromou

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   • Simon Phipps
   Some companies work like hell to get out of the commitment. Look at Google and Dalvik or Facebook with HipHop.
6. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:27:32 EST Evan Prodromou

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   Programming languages, configuration files... you can make commitments to Open Source systems that are hard to get out of.
7. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:24:10 EST Evan Prodromou

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   I think there are some interesting lockin situations though. For example, software with snowflake APIs and interfaces. e.g. Firefox, Chrome.
8. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:23:07 EST Evan Prodromou

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   • Simon Phipps
   They're not; at worst you're as locked in as if you'd used proprietary software.
9. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:22:38 EST Evan Prodromou

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   • Simon Phipps
   I like the article but the title makes it sound like those lock-in strategies are particular to Open Source software.
10. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 14:15:25 EST Evan Prodromou

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    That's an amazing shot!
11. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 14:14:23 EST Evan Prodromou

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    Also that frame of mind make it easier to make replicated clones. "It's like X, only less bloated!"
12. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 14:12:59 EST Evan Prodromou

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    • zooko
    It's insanely aggravating when you're on the receiving end. #fail
13. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 14:12:13 EST Evan Prodromou

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    ZING!
14. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 13:52:06 EST Evan Prodromou

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    • stav
    OK, that's just weird.
15. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Monday, 26-Nov-2012 11:45:25 EST Evan Prodromou

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    It is kind of a ridiculous term, actually.
16. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2012 11:50:06 EST Evan Prodromou

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    • mcnalu
    Oh, he doesn't? Probably not a today thing, but I'll look.
17. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2012 11:39:48 EST Evan Prodromou

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    • ⒿⓅⓄⓅⒺ
    No, these are local users that are half-deleted.
18. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2012 11:39:21 EST Evan Prodromou

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    • windigo
    It's not that bad; we just don't have a logging at that level of the code because it floods the log files.
19. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2012 10:47:11 EST Evan Prodromou

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    • marjoleink
    When you say "profile spam" you mean "GROUP PAGE spam"! That makes a lot more sense.
20. Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2012 10:45:37 EST Evan Prodromou

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    And I added a try-catch so if that problem happens the user gets silently ignored.

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