tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817804721700555503.post4327947476367369141..comments2009-11-23T00:33:07.438+01:00Daniel Kraftnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817804721700555503.post-1322001904924908802009-11-23T00:33:07.438+01:002009-11-23T00:33:07.438+01:00Exciting times!<br /><br />Thanks Danny, very good point with the community effect. While traditional vendors needed years and years to develop a closed and restricted partner universe, the new platforms allow for rapid shifts of entire communitiesDaniel Krafthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204132765371014712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817804721700555503.post-58723027781837359882009-11-22T21:25:32.904+01:002009-11-22T21:25:32.904+01:00Chatter certainly looks good but I really believe that it&#39;s impressive launch is actually only the tip of the ice berg!<br /><br />As Salesforce have already developed a productive and loyal community over the last few years, which empowers developers and businesses, enabling extension of their flagship CRM product, it is this &#39;ready to go&#39; and already engaged community that will provide the greatest value in the long term through their innovation in extending and applying Chatter. <br /><br />Google are hoping for the same approach with Wave (as you alluded to in your post) by providing well-documented hooks into the platform that can be extended by you or me. <br /><br />This is a truly exciting time as it becomes the choice of the community as to how a product or service is applied or used (e.g. Twitter). This cloud approach means that products are becoming platforms or frameworks and those product developers will have a stronger focus on serving the community where the crowd sourced innovation, through the enablement and empowerment, occurs.<br /><br />With two such players taking this approach amongst others, 2010 looks like it is going to be a great year to be a cloud developer as many will follow the examples that Salesforce, Google et al have/will set.<br /><br />The prospect of true cloud computing is an exciting one and I would agree with you in that we&#39;re close to a tipping point but think we&#39;re not quite there yet.<br /><br />Lastly, I wouldn&#39;t mind betting that some or many of these cloud-based such platforms will become Open Sourced within a year or two, as this will catalyse and invigorate many of the things that can be gleaned from an energised and engaged community. <br /><br />Exciting times!dannybaggshttp://dannybaggs.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com