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
** PlatformWars/Logic
Things which are platforms
- Economies and currencies
- ProgrammingLanguages as platforms : TheArchitectureOfParticipation
** C++ dominance : http://ejohnson.blogs.com/software/2004/11/ifindc_intere.html
- TimBray on the danger if being a share-cropper : TheWebsThePlace
- 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
Backlinks (29 items)
- AddressableThings
- BazaarOfViolence
- BlobJects
- ConformityVsDiversityOfPlatforms
- EconomiesInVirtualPlaces
- GrowingALanguage
- InformationArchitectureOfThisWiki
- MicroContent
- MoneyAsNetworkProtocol
- NewEconomyCurriculum
- OnDemonstrations
- OnEclipse
- OpenSourceParadigmShift
- PhonesAsHackablePlatforms
- PlatformWars
- ReligiousWarsOfProgrammingLanguages
- SoftwareSupplyChain
- TheArchitectureOfParticipation
- TheLogicOfPlatformWars
- TheNetworkIsTheComputer
- TheUserIsThePlatform
- TheWebsThePlace
- ThemesOfThisWiki
- UnComputer
- UniversalCommunicator
- WeblogsAsPlatforms
- WhatArePlatforms
- WorldsWithinWheels