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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Social Times - Latest Comments in The Social Web Economy: Developers</title><link>http://socialtimes.disqus.com/</link><description></description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:03:32 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: The Social Web Economy: Developers</title><link>http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/08/social-web-economy-developers/#comment-1575189</link><description>When platforms change, it forces developers to change their applications.  If the platforms remain backwards compatible and ensure that applications continue to receive &lt;strong&gt;equal&lt;/strong&gt; exposure, there would be no tension.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Nick O'Neill</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:03:32 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: The Social Web Economy: Developers</title><link>http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/08/social-web-economy-developers/#comment-1575188</link><description>You refer to the 'platforms' as the source of tension for developers.  Interesting - would you say its the scalability of the system, limits in what it can do?  Or is it more of an architecture issue, having to change too much to make minor functional changes?</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Rugg</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:06:53 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>