Wikitravel and Certifi.ca founder Evan Prodromou launched this week an open-source microblogging tool that will give users--including those in the enterprise--an alternative to industry leader Twitter.
Prodromou crafted an open source platform called Laconi.ca and a hub site, Identi.ca, to combat the "walled garden" situation of the Web 2.0 world where users can put content in, but they can't take it out. (Case in point: Robert Scoble being kicked off Facebook for running code to port out his many contacts.) "There's something not really Web-y about it," said Prodromou. "We want a Web that is open, that crosses boundaries, and that uses open standards."
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