This starts to sound like a software giant scuffle

Further to the post introducing OpenSocial the following is a decent review and assessment of the relative value of each Social Network.

clipped from dondodge.typepad.com Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing 50M Facebook users don't care about OpenSocial APIsEmail This There are 50 Million Facebook users who don't know what OpenSocial APIs are...and don't care. There are about 5,000 tech bloggers and developers who think it is a revolution that will "Checkmate" Facebook and leave them with no moves. TechMeme has over 100 stories saying that OpenSocial is awesome and Facebook is dead. MySpace joins Google on OpenSocial initiative. OK, surely that settles it, Facebook is dead toast. Nope, not in my opinion. Are Facebook users going to cancel their account? No, I doubt it. Facebook was a runaway success long before they allowed 3rd party apps and widgets. I don't see Facbook users leaving because some widget might not be available, and I don't see widget developers abandoning Facebook just because there is a new OpenSocial API. Facebook is about the user community Facebook has always been focused on the user community and providing a great user experience.