[FoRK] $100M for iPhone Developers

[Daniel Grisinger]

Luis Villa wrote:

> It's a bit of a stretch :) But I don't think it's unreasonable for the
> purposes of this discussion; they're a platform; they could have tried
> to charge developers for access, and instead they practically beg
> people to build on it. And it has worked very well for them.

Facebook appears to be pursuing approximately this strategy.  While I 
maintain significant doubts as to the long term viability of any 
particular social networking community, I do think that 
as-open-as-possible is a necessary attribute for any of them that do 
want to be around for the long term.

daniel