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[andrewducker]

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[andrewducker]

Because it's so incredibly locked down. The Web works because you can do anything with it, and it doesn't get in the way - Xanadu is pretty much the opposite of "small pieces, loosely joined", which gets in the way of innovation.

[nmg.livejournal.com]

True enough. In that sense, Xanadu would have been more like the French Minitel.

[broin.livejournal.com]

"Xanadu is ... the opposite of "small pieces, loosely joined""

See, if we'd been using Xanadu, I could have charged you for quoting me. Quoting David Weinberger.

[andrewducker]

And thankfully we're spared that lunacy!