Building an open source stack for social software
It would be hard to deny that open source has changed enterprise computing in a big way. Linux, MySQL, PHP and a slew of other tools have allowed companies to test ideas and implement solutions at a fraction of the cost of some closed-commercial software.
Right now however, it is mostly commercial vendors creating enterprise social software products, both as on-premise and SaaS based services. Innovation and thought is being driven almost entirely by these vendor, and while that is healthy, we also need to consider the opportunities for Open Source to play a role.
So, what’s next for Open Source in the enterprise? Specifically, what’s next for Open Source and Social Software?
I was watching Fred Wilson talking about the next layer of the social software stack. He says it is Aggregation and Filtering.
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