Comments on: Dogear-Nation – Episode 62 – eMetaversology

By: MichaelRowe

MichaelRowe — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:30:17 +0000

Thanks for the comment John. Hope to catch up at VW LA.. Plan on being there. I agree that their are many standards already in place which, if fully implemented by all platforms, could address many of the interoperability issues between platforms.

Right now, we are still in the days of Prodigy, Compuserve, and AOL. It is to the best interests of the big platforms to keep it closed. The current user investment is high, and as such, once they have you in, they want to be able to keep you there. Its similar to the reason that World of Warcraft comes out with expansion packs, once you start paying them $15/month, they want you coming back.

By: John Swords

John Swords — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:22:16 +0000

You guys did a nice job explaining our WebFlock product. Thanks for the mention

In terms of interoperability, I’m not in favor of much of the discussion around interoperability happening in the industry. I think there’s a few elements of interoperability that make sense, but most of the standards already exist and its a matter of adoption by publishers, which is not a big enough motivator right now for most of them. Can’t wait to debate it with Ian at VW LA

By: Judge Hocho

Judge Hocho — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:15:17 +0000

Ha! Man I do recall those old podcasts. This is a tremendous leap from those days.

By: eightbar » Blog Archive » Come hear my dulcet tones on Dogear Nation

eightbar » Blog Archive » Come hear my dulcet tones on Dogear Nation — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:55:14 +0000

[...] as it is today. So if you have a few minutes to hear us jam on various metaverse subjects and the odd anecdote then the podcast is here. Michael R. was streaming to Kyte.tv from his end of the podcast, though Michael M. and I were on [...]