The Internet stimulates innovation so splendidly because it is an open, neutral platform.

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Equinix is a neutral platform.

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Yet, the company developed the industry's best hardware-neutral streaming platform and fended off challenges from Blockbuster, Wal-Mart, Hulu and Amazon.

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It fulfilled the Trust's demand that the iPlayer be "platform neutral", he said.

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Facebook does occasionally work closely with one application in order to make it especially functional for users, but it prefers not to favor any one application over another, thereby keeping its platform neutral.

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"I recommend to everyone to be platform-neutral, because there could be other social media worth pursuing, " Engage121's Monson says.

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Like any public square or any platform for commerce, the Internet is neutral.

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