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Comments on: Google to open source Orkut?

Google may be planning to open source its Orkut service to compete with Facebook.

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Not Open Source
by royrusso October 10, 2007 8:22 AM PDT: If I read the article correctly, they're just exposing APIs. By this definition, SalesForce.com is Open Source. My understanding is that they will keep their code and their domain, and just open APIs for developers to extend it... Johnny-come-lately to the FaceBook move.; Like this Reply to this comment


by ahamerali June 2, 2008 5:59 AM PDT: its ReallYy a Gudd Fink .. :) EnJoy; Like this Reply to this comment


by gotencnet July 18, 2009 7:30 AM PDT: Hai I like to create a web application like orkut or face book... so i need its source could u help me...; Like this Reply to this comment


by siddarthkakkar October 21, 2009 4:18 AM PDT: hey i too need 2 create a social networking site.....
plz help
siddarthkakkar@gmail.com; Like this Reply to this comment

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Matt Asay brings a decade of in-the-trenches open-source business and legal experience to the Open Road, with an emphasis on emerging open-source business strategies and opportunities. Matt is general manager of the Americas division and vice president of business development at Alfresco, a company that develops open-source software for content management. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.