Google acquires FeedBurner
Details here, but debates are sizzling at Global Voices Online (GVO).
One GVO author is getting skeptic about Google hegemony in the social web. "My question is what will be the social web if all those brillant projects (flickr, youtube, feedburner, etc.) will be a division of a large public corporation like Yahoo and Google? and what if tomorrow Google decide to filter feedburner RSS - in China- which is being used by ppl as a proxyfing tool?" he asks.
Another answers:
Any of these large sites are doing extensive user tracking. If you don't like it, you can access them through Tor, or use accounts that keep your real name separate from your online identity.One problem is that when you start an innovative web2.0 company, there are really only a few possible outcomes:
- You fail
- You suceed and get bought by Google/Yahoo/Rupert Murdoch
- You succeed and grow as large as Google/Yahoo/Rupert Murdoch.There are very few companies out there willing to do what Craigslist did and reject huge sums of money for the company... and even they've taken a 25% investment from Ebay, another huge company...
Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. StarTrek said that in its legacy over the 40 years past.
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please allow the geek in me to point out a minor technicality. although the original star trek series debuted some 40 years ago, the famous tag lines 'resistance is futile' and 'you will be assimilated' only appeared with the introduction of the borg race during the second incarnation of the series, the next generation, 20 years ago.
JEFF OOI says: The enduring quotes became the crux of StarTrek's 40-year legacy that started in 1966. It's seen from the wholesome lot -- not disjointed views -- of the entire script, tough it may have taken 20 years to develop and unfold to the movie audience and followers.
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July 6, 2007 10:01 AM
I thought the Borg were only introduced in about 10-15 years ago, and that's where the quote came from.
I like Google.
JEFF OOI says: When the 40-year old legacy of StarTrek ended -- revival and reprise not withstanding -- we remember the crux that took 20 years in between to reveal. Such is the core of epics.
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July 6, 2007 11:10 AM
Ha,ha,ha. I thought I am the only sci-fi geek here. In the final episode of Star Trek: Voyager, Adm. Janeway defeated the blog’s Queen, hence, putting an end to the 'assimilation and resistance is futile' thingy. Hope Malaysians will be as brave and as smart as Janeway when it comes to their future. My day is already brightening. ;)
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July 6, 2007 11:32 AM
Sorry guys, it is the Borg’s queen. No pun intended. Also made the mistake of reading this article with the top Petronas article. I am a Trekkie.
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July 6, 2007 04:42 PM