Drupal vs Facebook?

Tonight I'm headed to a Drupal meetup for LA developers. I'm exploring options for deploying the next generation of our site. Looking for reliable developers to get bids.

The whole tech scene is changing so fast. Today I read that Facebook might be going Open Source to keep up with Open Social. I'm not sure what all this will mean in the long term. 

As our site moves more toward a social-platform in anticipation of the needs of the Collaboration Foundation, we have been looking to Drupal to give us an open and affordable way to provide many common social features. Drupal has always been one or two steps behind in terms of meeting these needs, although it has been getting better- hence one of the motivations for upgrading our site to a newer version of Drupal. 

But as established social networking platforms like Facebook enter the open source arena, I'm wondering if/when we we should be developing our site using a platform already geared toward social networking.

There is just a ton of things to consider. I currently have more questions than answers.

Maybe tonight I'll be able to meet some cool folks tuned in to these issues...

Meanwhile, the bookkeeping is getting done and I'm also getting ready for a big meeting with the LA members of our Board of Directors on Friday for the Collaboration Foundation.

Best to all,

n