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It is in the opinion o f those who partook in this study that MySpace not enter into Google’s Open Social platform. The reasons, as to why we enter this opinion, come from the thought that we must stay constant with our organizational commitments. Some of these commitments are to stay faithful to the customer by not entering any personal data on the customer that may be used to take away the privacy of the individual. Also, we feel that this undertaking will strip MySpace of the very thing that has lead to its success in the past, differentiation. Even with the attractive lure of a minuscule investment, we feel that MySpace should think of retaining its competitive advantage with long-range goals. We know that some will ask the question, “This deal will give us the ability to stay on top now.” We feel that even though this statement is true, it lacks one key ingredient. How will the customer view our product. We feel that by enter into this deal, we will be 1.) just giving the user something that they have grown to expect and use from our competitors, and 2.) making it harder to develop own brand of innovative products that may be enjoyed by the user. For these reasons we feel that MySpace should seek to make its own functional platform, so that we may keep to our organizational and IT commitments.