Comments on: Mashups: Feature Not A Company? http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2006/11/16/mashups-feature-not-a-company/ Lee Semel's thoughts on internet and technology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:23:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Dan http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2006/11/16/mashups-feature-not-a-company/#comment-68 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:17:00 +0000 http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2006/11/16/mashups-feature-not-a-company/#comment-68 Lee - I agree that trust in the most important issue here. When I want to use an API I think about why the company is offering it. In the case of Amazon, they have a clear objective - to drive sales or to charge you a metered amount per API call. But with a company like AOL I really question why they are doing it (other than to keep up with the jones-googles). Even the SVP from AOL said last night - we think of it as a way to easily date startups and see which one we like. I don't want them to think of me as a "test". btw - this input box is really screwed up in FF2.0 on OSX. Lee - I agree that trust in the most important issue here. When I want to use an API I
think about why the company is offering it. In the case of Amazon, they have a clear objective -
to drive sales or to charge you a metered amount per API call. But with a company like AOL
I really question why they are doing it (other than to keep up with the jones-googles).

Even the SVP from AOL said last night - we think of it as a way to easily date startups and see
which one we like. I don’t want them to think of me as a “test”.

btw - this input box is really screwed up in FF2.0 on OSX.

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