Comments on: Twitter Opens Their Messaging Platform http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/ Social Media, Tech, and Rants From Jesse Stay, The "Social" Geek Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:42:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: LinkFog http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-458 LinkFog Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:11:17 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-458 <p><strong>Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source</strong></p> <p>It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter. A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink...</p> Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source

It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter.
A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink…

]]> By: LinkFog http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-4157 LinkFog Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:11:17 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-4157 <p><strong>Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source</strong></p><br><p>It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter.<br>A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink...</p> Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source

It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter.
A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink…

]]> By: LinkFog http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-5206 LinkFog Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:11:17 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-5206 <p><strong>Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source</strong></p><br><p>It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter.<br>A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink...</p> Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source

It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter.
A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink…

]]> By: LinkFog http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-5208 LinkFog Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:11:17 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-5208 <p><strong>Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source</strong></p><br><p>It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter.<br>A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink...</p> Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source

It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter.
A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink…

]]> By: LinkFog http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-6413 LinkFog Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:11:17 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-6413 <p><strong>Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source</strong></p><br><p>It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter.<br>A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink...</p> Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source

It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter.
A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink…

]]> By: LinkFog http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-10009 LinkFog Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:11:17 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-10009 <p><strong>Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source</strong></p><br><p>It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter.<br>A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink...</p> Twitter releases it’s engine to Open Source

It went under the radar of most people and tech bloggers, but this is an important news from the micro-blogging giant Twitter.
A few days ago Starling the messaging queue platform used by Twitter has been released to the open source community to tink…

]]> By: Jesse Stay http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-459 Jesse Stay Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:19:46 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-459 <p>Ari (nice meeting you yesterday!), we may, but if history shows, when you are the one releasing the open source software, that means you are also the one controlling the development. You will always be one step ahead of your competition, and as your competition evolves, they have to also publish their changes for you to use as well. Twitter knows their software inside and out, and can release features much faster than that of their competition because of that.</p> <p>Not just that, but this isn't new Technology. As I mentioned, this is just a Ruby version of Perl's POE Framework, which has been around for years. It still hasn't affected Twitter's success.</p> Ari (nice meeting you yesterday!), we may, but if history shows, when you are the one releasing the open source software, that means you are also the one controlling the development. You will always be one step ahead of your competition, and as your competition evolves, they have to also publish their changes for you to use as well. Twitter knows their software inside and out, and can release features much faster than that of their competition because of that.

Not just that, but this isn’t new Technology. As I mentioned, this is just a Ruby version of Perl’s POE Framework, which has been around for years. It still hasn’t affected Twitter’s success.

]]> By: Ari Newman http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-457 Ari Newman Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:25:41 +0000 http://staynalive.com/2008/01/16/twitter-opens-their-messaging-platform/#comment-457 <p>does this mean we'll see a new flurry of twitter clones? or that Twitter now feels secure enough in its market position and brand that giving away the core messaging tech won't impact their growth?</p> does this mean we’ll see a new flurry of twitter clones? or that Twitter now feels secure enough in its market position and brand that giving away the core messaging tech won’t impact their growth?

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