[webteam] vendor lock-in, what the .... is it?

[Hal Rottenberg]

On 9/25/07, Susan <HedgeMage at binaryredneck.net> wrote:
> What this all boils down to is that open protocols like XMPP exist to
> provide users with choices about the software and services they
> consume.  I fear that the term "vendor lock" is not sufficiently
> descriptive for our purpose here, and should be replaced.  That said,
> the ONLY responsible course of action is to clearly tag and allow
> filtering of client listings by whether or not they are restricted to a
> particular service, and let each user decide whether or not that
> matters to him or her.

Susan is my new BFF. *chuckle*

What she said.

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