ThoughtStorms Wiki :: OnPlatforms

Platforms or economic / ecological niches.

ChristopherAlexander defines his patterns as being both patterns of space and patterns of activity. Platforms are both patterns of information and patterns of activity.

General theory

• AddressableThings

• PlatformWars

** PlatformWars/Logic

• WhatArePlatforms

• ConformityVsDiversityOfPlatforms

• ConservationOfModularity

Things which are platforms

• TheUserIsThePlatform / UniversalCommunicator

• WeblogsAsPlatforms

• RssAsAPlatform

• Economies and currencies

** EconomiesInVirtualPlaces

** AltMoneyBarriersToEntry

• ProgrammingLanguages as platforms : TheArchitectureOfParticipation

** C++ dominance : http://ejohnson.blogs.com/software/2004/11/ifindc_intere.html

• PhonesAsHackablePlatforms

• TimBray on the danger if being a share-cropper : TheWebsThePlace

• AdamBosworth : http://www.adambosworth.net/archives/000026.html

• JohnRobb says the BazaarOfViolence is one, so taming a bazaar and NationState/NationBuilding is a kind of PlatformWar

A marketing perspective : http://software.ericsink.com/Positioning.html