http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/taxonomy/term/934/0 en http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/node/679 <p>The last couple of years , more and more infrastructure companies have arosen that focus on one platform. These platforms are companies like VMWare , Microsoft, Oracle, Documentum, and lots of the other Big Software Companies .</p> <p>This is a very dangerous path to take. These companies lay their whole future in the big guys’ hands.</p> <p>The second one of the companies these folks have been building on changes their API, or goes of of business They can be put out of business by the flick of a button.</p> <p>While this wasn’t done on purpose, it illustrates the dependency of the client companies on the master company.</p> <p>I <a href="http://tomklaasen.net/2008/7/3/choose-your-platform-wisely" rel="nofollow">also</a> wouldn’t start a company that depends so tightly on another one.</p> <p>Building your business in a sane way is building it on Open Standards.. not on a proprietary API.</p> http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog/node/679#comments open source open standards opensource proprietary toldyoubefore Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:17:07 +0000 Kris Buytaert 679 at http://127.0.0.1:8080/blog