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by steveklabnik 4922 days ago
> their main benefit as I perceive it, which is putting resources into the perspective of a global namespace.

Sometimes people do. I mentioned this problem in my talk at Øredev this year: http://oredev.org/2012/sessions/designing-hypermedia-apis

> Where am I missing the point ?

Well, you're on HN: everyone wants to control everything. Startups don't 'win' by playing nicely with each other, they drive their competitors out of business.