The article Google “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI”, has many interesting details about how the sequence of events happened in just 1 month has completely naked Google.
I don’t mean they are out of the game, they are so much clever and have enough resources to play the game in many great ways, but what is being happening is something that if you ask me 6 months ago I would tell you: “you’re crazy man!!!”.
The article contains all details, if you read it that’s enough. I just want to add some visual content in terms of mapping that tries to visualize the situation.
Wardley Maps of the sequence
March 3rd, 2023
![](https://joapen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-17-1024x708.png)
March 13th, 2023
![](https://joapen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-18-1024x677.png)
April 3rd, 2023
![](https://joapen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-19-1024x518.png)
Takeaways
Open source as gameplay is an incredible accelerator of innovation and leaves the organization not using it behind. Those not using it can be trapped by others using or enabling it.
The uses of intellectual property in software will be there always, but those using it sooner or later can be threaten by Open Source.
Satya Nadella said: “I want people to know that we made them dance“, I say: “and Meta has stripped them all”.