The future is new kinds of communities.(open source communities)

Open source communities provide the commonly available creative environment for software developers to share in the building of operating systems, Web servers, browsers, desktops, productivity suites -- the building block for network services. But even if service providers choose to use open source...

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Published in:Network World 2006-02, Vol.23 (6), p.46-46
Main Author: Papadopoulos, Greg
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Competition
Forecasts and trends
Infrastructure
Market trend/market analysis
Open source software
Peer to peer computing
Public software
Search engines
Services
Software industry
Software services
Trends
User groups
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Summary:Open source communities provide the commonly available creative environment for software developers to share in the building of operating systems, Web servers, browsers, desktops, productivity suites -- the building block for network services. But even if service providers choose to use open source building blocks, software as a service is at heart a much different trend. Just as there have always been costs associated with switching among traditional software vendors, there are costs associated with switching services -- and interfaces are key. Most of today's communities are built around code. But to create open services, people need more communities built around compute power.
ISSN:0887-7661