-- Multiple platforms: On the matter of porting an app from site to site: “(With) Open social, there’s about a 20 percent cost to port from one version like MySpace to Hi5” Basically, even though the various members of Open Social use the same core operating system, so to speak, there’s still a cost to port from one to another—about 20 percent of the effort in first building the app has to be redone. On the matter of moving an app from Facebook to Open Social: ”That’s a rewrite.” Not only does moving a Facebook app to Open Social require a total rewrite, but the required developer skill set is different. More after the jump.
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