One big question arising out of the impending acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft is what happens to Flickr..
See Tris Husseys blog and also Mark Evans.
Scott Gilbertson says this.
The real question is, if not flickr, where?
Flickr, although not much innovation has happened to it since the Yahoo acquisition, still has very powerful community features which few other sites can beat.
In my limited knowledge, the closest to it would probably be SmugMug, which has a terrific UI, extensive APIs which can enable technologies like NitroDesk to complement, and a fairly robust sales mechanism.
However, this does not mean others need to worry, the world of photography is big enough for a lot more sites, especially sites with slants towards specific needs. Flickr was (now why am i already assuming past tense..) good for community building. SmugMug is good for showing off and selling.. PlanetEye is great for looking at your pictures in the context of location. PicasaWeb is good for sharing.
I think PlanetEye, SmugMug, and the likes MAY see a deluge of photo-refugees if the deal goes through.
But i strongly believe that being owned by Microsoft is not at all a good reason for hating Flickr.
For all the bad things you say about MS, you are still probably viewing this post on a windows machine.
-peace
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