TheArchitectureOfParticipation

ManageAbility comments on OpenSource/ParadigmShift here :

• https://web.archive.org/web/20071223013522/http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/the-architecture-of-participation

He thinks that open-source is really GroupForming software. Good languages and architectures are extensible, encourage add-ons, and the add-ons create a NetworkEffect with LockIn. Calls it "The Architecture Of Participation".

Ughh ... I suppose this is becoming a big point in favour of JavaLanguage. (See ProgrammingLanguagePlatformWar)

TimOReilly at a conference : http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/002766.html

More general issue :

• DesignForHackability

• Maybe even CustomerMade

JavaLanguage good at it :http://www.manageability.org/blog/archive/20030404%23doesyourlanguagesupportcommunities/view

Compare JonUdell : http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2005/03/30.html#a1205

EricGamma on reusability : compare http://www.artima.com/lejava/articles/reuse.html compare ShearingLayers

See also :

• OnPlatforms / PlatformWars

• OnEclipse

• Meatball:LittleEconomy