Zprávy o tom, že Facebook jedná s Microsoftem jsou takřka na denním pořádku, objevují se, aby zase v zápětí vyšuměly. Jen odvážné ocenění Facebooku na deset miliard amerických dolarů a pětiprocentní podíl (tedy za 500 milionů) se příliš nemění, a je tomu tak i v současné reinkarnaci jednání s Microsoftem.
Tentokrát je ale Facebook ve zcela jiné situaci. Ne že by se měl Facebook obávat projektů typu Playboy U, ale v době, kdy Google buduje vlastní alternativu platformy typu Facebook, se okruh případných “zachránců” (Google) před tím, aby se Facebook dostal do “špatných” rukou (Microsoftu), dramaticky zúžil. Pravděpodobnost, že Microsoft bude vlastnit 5 % Facebooku se naopak zvětšila.
A co ono slibované kopírování AOL? Už na konci června přišel Jason Kottke s tím, že Facebook je nové AOL, že model s aplikacemi pro platformu Facebooku se příliš neliší od Rainman platformy AOL z poloviny devadesátých let. Současná “aukce” mezi Microsoftem a Googlem o 5% Facebooku se taktéž nebezpečně podobá aukci o partnera pro vyhledávaní AOL mezi – Googlem a Microsoftem. Tenkrát Google vyhrál “za každou cenu”, konkrétně za 1 miliardu dolarů získal 5% AOL. Ale jak jsem zmiňoval, situace je teď jiná.
Těžko říct, jestli má Google v době kdy staví vlastní social síť, ještě o podíl na Facebooku zájem.
Zdroj: A VC, foto: Elaine Chan a Priscilla Chan.
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Hello Pavel!
we would really appreciate to know what you think about the first European Social Network with a social agenda. http://www.mypacis.eu/ has been released this week, and your opinion as expert blogger can make a difference!
Which kind of impact can a Social Network have on European peace, stability, co-operation and policies? Can we make a difference by expressing our opinions online, in a hub where they can benefit from critical mass? What will be Czech Web 2.0 users’ attitude about it?
If you support this project, it would be great if you decide to blog about MyPacis.eu. Below, we enclose a press-release with some more information.
If you have any question, I am happy to answer! By providing your opinion and blogging about MyPacis.eu, you can already make a difference!
THANKS!
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—– European Social Network: MyPacis.eu —–
A European Social Network with a social agenda has been officially released this week: http://www.mypacis.eu/ mission is to promote peace, sustainable development, co-operation and enlargement by linking Europeans together.
MyPacis.eu is different from other social networks: it is made by Europeans for other Europeans. Compared to existing social networks in Europe, it has been designed to be easily localized in every European language, instead of focusing on one or two national markets.
MyPacis.eu uses Web 2.0 tools which are very attractive for younger generations, but still accessible to more mature ones. Users can choose their level of involvement in the community: from browsing users, just watching pictures, videos and news; to active participants in the discussion about European Union enlargement and other European opportunities, sharing stories, posting opinions and creating groups of interests.
Younger generations are the ones who will affected the most by changes in Europe. A social network is an effective media to reach them. Now, Europeans can get to know each other better, keep in touch with friends met offline and get informed using a familiar media. Several other projects are in the pipeline, including mobile social network http://www.mypacis.mobi . Also, a free, open source and multilingual suite of web-publishing tools will be released, allowing every Internet user (even without IT skills), to create communities and foster freedom of speech all around Europe, especially where it is needed the most.
ABOUT MYPACIS.EU
http://www.mypacis.eu/ is a European Social Network with a social agenda: promoting peace by linking Europeans together. It is an open source, integrated and multilingual social network, developed using Web 2.0 tools with a European prospective.