First off, OpenSocial is Google. It is just called Facebook Connect API on Facebook.

You said “How does developing for Facebook or integrating “Open” Social help anyone but Facebook?”

Lets see, a powerful Facebooker visits my Facebook Connected blog. He recommends the blog to his FIVE THOUSAND FRIENDS with a button click. I make lots of money. Need I say more?

I have over TEN THOUSAND friends on networks that will use Google FriendConnect. I go to your blog and I love it. With a button click I send all TEN THOUSAND a link. You make lots of money. Any questions?

Developers and content creators of the world, it is time to free yourselves from the share cropping model that is web 2.0.

What will facebook give back to the developer community for their efforts ?

Will face book share a percentage of the value that is created in their company with the developers and content creators that have added the most value.

The value of that content creators and the developers add is something that is measurable. I doubt Microsoft invested close to a billion dollars in face book for their technology.

How does developing for face book or integrating “Open” Social help anyone but facebook ?

Why does developing for face book involve using non standard development methods when there are well known open source standards that could be used ? Because facebook like Microsoft and Google wants to be the standard and they want you to develop for their platform so that you can help them become the standard. I think we have seen this before; and we are still living with the repercussions.

This is very interesting to see the division amongst the big players. It seems a line has been clearly drawn in the sand and there are only 2 sides…the Googlers and Microsoft.

Wonder which side Yahoo is going to fall on and whether the ad serving deal with Google will have any influence on there decision?

Google, go to the whip and beat those programmers like a tired horse at the Kentucky Derby finish line. You better watch those guys more closely, I think they are surfing porn instead of getting any work done. Get a truck full of Red Bull, open a Starbucks in the Googleplex and chain them to their cubicles.

They way you are lallygagging and putzing around Google, Microsoft is going to catch you and all they seem to do lately is chase their tail and push Facebook Connect to their media partners. This is war and you better wake up or Facebook Connect is going to disconnect you FriendConnect and Google.

Good work … I will be using you to follow what is going on as the next evolution of social connectivity unfolds.

Good details here, I can see you’ve done your homework… keep it coming!

- Charles