Facebook Connect the New “Hailstorm”
Facebook is starting to stir up some noise around their Facebook Connect service. The New York Times said within a few weeks a number of prominent Web sites including Digg, Hulu, and CBS properties would weave Facebook Connect into their sites.
This is a lot like circa 2001 when Microsoft launch “Hailstorm”, a set of XML Web services that were going to give people more control over their personal information regardless of device or platfofm. “Hailstorm” later launched as a set of .Net services that were part of the Microsoft Passport service. It even launched with prominent Web sites like eBay and Expedia adopting it. Many of the people working at Facebook were probably enjoying college too much to remember. Facebook Connect is nothing more than “Hailstorm” connected to someone’s social graph.
This is a great point. I think that Facebook should not get credit for doing anything innovative here
It seems like its really dejvu all over again…They are trying to own all the PII and want to say they are “open” that is total BS
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