Google’s Catch and Release Developer Ecosystem

November 20, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

I am very impressed lately by Google’s commitment to open source. Specifically, I love their “Catch and Release” strategy for developing their ecosystem of developers and partners. This strategy for ecosystem development is much different than Microsoft’s (MSFT) old model (closed ecosystem embrace and extend). Google (GOOG) is earning credibility in a new way by enabling key technology, and then by releasing code for open collaboration and development–Catch and Release.

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