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]]> By: guruvan (Rob Nelson) http://www.centernetworks.com/twitter-building-paid-tools/comment-page-1#comment-27502 guruvan (Rob Nelson) Wed, 20 May 2009 03:49:41 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15714#comment-27502 I probably said this as you refreshed that post, but I'll say it again. Twitter is engaging in the same kind of (IMO lame) tactics that Micorsoft does as regard 3rd party supporting utilities. It's going to watch and wait, and see which utilities have the most value for their users, and then as the opportunities arise, seek to squeeze the utility developers out of business (or at least that service/application) Your point that no company should depend entirely on another company for its survival, the methods that we've seen from Microsoft in this regard, and that we are going to see more and more from Twitter, are cheap and distasteful, at least to me. While this may have worked for Microsoft through theyears, I don't think that it's going to work as well for Twitter. Twitter just doesn't have the stranglehold on the marketplace that Microsoft has always enjoyed. It's truly a shame that Twitter has waited this long to get into the game of providing commercial tools. Because now they aren't going to be able to hide this type of predatory behavior. I probably said this as you refreshed that post, but I’ll say it again. Twitter is engaging in the same kind of (IMO lame) tactics that Micorsoft does as regard 3rd party supporting utilities. It’s going to watch and wait, and see which utilities have the most value for their users, and then as the opportunities arise, seek to squeeze the utility developers out of business (or at least that service/application)

Your point that no company should depend entirely on another company for its survival, the methods that we’ve seen from Microsoft in this regard, and that we are going to see more and more from Twitter, are cheap and distasteful, at least to me. While this may have worked for Microsoft through theyears, I don’t think that it’s going to work as well for Twitter. Twitter just doesn’t have the stranglehold on the marketplace that Microsoft has always enjoyed.

It’s truly a shame that Twitter has waited this long to get into the game of providing commercial tools. Because now they aren’t going to be able to hide this type of predatory behavior.

]]> By: Greg http://www.centernetworks.com/twitter-building-paid-tools/comment-page-1#comment-27350 Greg Tue, 19 May 2009 20:12:58 +0000 http://www.centernetworks.com/?p=15714#comment-27350 it'll be very interesting to see how this all plays out. i do think that, despite what execs have said, twitter will go to adverts. it’ll be very interesting to see how this all plays out. i do think that, despite what execs have said, twitter will go to adverts.

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