Fred Wilson: Apple is evil, and Facebook is just a photo-sharing site.

Fred Wilson (Fred Wilson), an investor for Twitter and Forsquare , dismissed the Open Graph Facebook - “social web layout strategy through the prism of people's tastes,” and also called Apple evil for its growing ambitions to control mobile devices and the entire mobile ecosystem. Then follow the paragraphs drawn from his speech. They are given in inconsistency, so do not be surprised by the sudden change of the topic.

“See really: Facebook is just a site for sharing photos. Well, maybe the chat is screwed, ”said Wilson at the Geo-Loco conference in San Francisco. “I don't think Open Graph is really important. All more or less large web applications have such a “social” side. I don’t think that Open Graph is something worth the wait or fear. ”

In short, with his statement, Wilson crossed the road 500 million Facebook followers. Then he will, of course, say that he has exaggerated a bit of everything to create a sharp and controversial situation on the stage. He, you see, loves to walk on the edge.

Wilson also noted that neither Google nor Twitter in their right mind would take advantage of Facebook social tools, since they have their own.
')
About Apple, he spoke as follows: “It seems to me that they believe in what they know, what you and I want. I feel evil in it. ”

But, despite the fact that the number of Android devices will be several times more than iOS , the developers have not yet arranged a massive migration to Android. Google will compete. They have done a lot so that we see the Internet as it is now. They bought YouTube cool, but since then they haven’t got anything sensible. Why not buy Google Facebook? - He said under the laughter in the hall.

Wilson also spoke about the fact that Twitter periodically lay because of the Championship in South Africa: “Twitter was not designed for the scale that it has reached. He grew up very quickly, and the developers do not keep up with him. ”

However, he added that over the past year Twitter has earned more than $ 100 million, which means that it has resources for infrastructure development. Now the company employs 100 engineers, plus, Michael Abbott, the head of Palm for services and software, has been invited to the position of vice-president for engineering.

Finally, the speaker shared his thoughts on companies operating in the mobile field:

“The prospects for Research in Motion (Blackberry maker) aren't bright”;
“The Gowalla service (a geo-oriented social network) gets the role of a second violin after Foursquare (he invested in the latter)”;
"The HP-Palm deal was a great purchase for the company."

Such are the comments.

via social.venturebeat.com