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Openness seems to be a guiding principle for Google. It seems inconceivable that they want to keep it closed to the web forever, so we can probably take their
by garuda 14y ago
Openness seems to be a guiding principle for Google. It seems inconceivable that they want to keep it closed to the web forever, so we can probably take their statements about protecting it until they understand how to protect it's unique attributes at face value.
- ihsw 14y agoGoogle has an awful history with regards to communication with developers and communication with customers (read: very few public APIs and terrible customer service).
- jacquesm 14y agoAnd they tend to shut down their APIs (or even whole projects) just when you start to think they're going to be reliable this time around.
- dannyr 14y agoSo why do you think then that they should offer a Write API? Shouldn't they put a lot of thought on their API offering so it won't be shut down in the future?