O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference 2005: (About Flickr an opening up API's as a business strategy): "Capturing the creative energy of the hive can be scary. It requires giving up some control, and eliminating lock-in as a strategy."
Opening up your API's doesn't reduce lock-in! If an ecosystem of applications develop that depend on your API, how exactly does that reduce lock-in?
# Dec 19, 2004