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[Ben Finney]

Michael Torrie <torriem at gmail.com> writes:

> On 03/12/2015 09:17 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > What do you mean by "federated"?
>
> I think it's a fancy way of saying you can run your own instance of the
> full web system on your own server under your own domain name.

With the corollary that *any* vendor motivated to do so can serve the
same function. Meaning the options aren't just “use this vendor or get
nothing”, as they are with a centralised service.

With a federated service, anyone *can* run their own instance, which
means that few people have to: vendors can pop up and compete with one
another, participants have the option of moving to a different vendor
taking their data and functionality and established relationships and
discussions and identity where they choose.

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Ben Finney