Saturday, June 16, 2007

blog.pmarca.com: Analyzing the Facebook Platform, three weeks in

blog.pmarca.com: Analyzing the Facebook Platform, three weeks in: "In this post, I provide an overview and analysis of the Facebook Plaform and what we have learned about it in the three weeks since it launched.

To start, my personal opinion is that the new Facebook Platform is a dramatic leap forward for the Internet industry.

Here's why:

Veterans of the software industry have, hardcoded into their DNA, the assumption that in any fight between a platform and an application, the platform will always win."