Questions tagged [lock-in]
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Google Play services: How to handle devices that do not have Google Play?
Google Play services is an Android library whose goal is to provide:
OAuth 2.0 authentication
Google+ sign-in
Google+ +1 button
various other goodies
If I were to use it (for instance because I want Google+ sign-in), what would happen to users…

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Breaking out of the Google App Engine Python lock-in?
Are there any guidelines to writing Google App Engine Python code that would work without Google's infrastructure on other platforms?
Is there any known attempt to create an open source framework which can run applications designed for Google App…

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Chrome or Firefox (or browser-agnostic) for an intranet app?
If you were designing a core business intranet app for a small business, and wanted it to be as responsive-feeling as possible, where the staff are indifferent to being stuck with a certain browser, would you design for Firefox, Chrome, or test more…

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Cloud Foundry Certified Provider vendor lock-in?
I'm trying to figure out, how the Cloud Foundry Certified Provider Program is tackling vendor lock-in. I've read that it enables Developers to migrate their apps to another certified provider without bigger problems. I'm not sure how this works…

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