Open Season on Closed Platforms at Web 2.0
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| With open networks, open source software, and open APIs, control of
| the operating system no longer confers the lock-in power it once
| did. Microsoft and Apple are still very much in business, but as
| the network replaces the desktop, companies are trying to figure
| out how to be open without giving away the store.
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| Data is the last lock-in. And it may not last long.
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| Mobile phone companies used to deter customer defections by
| holding their data hostage--if you wanted to change carriers,
| you had to change your phone number. But in November 2003,
| the FCC put an end to this practice and let customers flee
| with their phone numbers in tow.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061109/tc_cmp/193600882
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