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		_pius on April 21, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SimpleGeo puts 20 million places in the public dom... Foursquare and its venue classifications are probably can be argued for, but strict POIs are probably not. True. All in all, I have to say thank you to SimpleGeo though. This is a huge step in the right direction. Agreed on that! Good for them too ... great example of commoditizing one's complements. (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html)

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