The need for Open Marketplace is becoming more apparent to the world at large...

[Jose Leal]

Hey everyone,

Thanks to many of the changes that the big boys (Facebook, Google
etc.) are doing we are now seeing others starting to understand the
need for OM. In the last couple of weeks there have been a number of
calls for OM. Not specifically, but something that meets the need -
there seems to be an understanding of the need for an open places
directory - which is the heart of OM. See some articles below (thanks
for Dragan and Derek for the links):

http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/08/place-database/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/08/place-database/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue/

What are your thoughts?

jal

[Jose Leal]

[Jose Leal]

Here is another story - This one is about digitizing retail....it must
be open. NOT Microsoft tags, but open tags!

Closing line of the article:

Retailers of the future must embrace transparency, social networks,
integrated systems, and the mobile phone as the connective tissue that
binds it all together. You, Mr. Retailer, can either own the
experience this way, or let some random third party (or worse yet,
your competitor) bring these valuable tools to your shopper.

Sounds yet again like OM!

jal

On May 10, 1:36 pm, Jose Leal <jlea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> Thanks to many of the changes that the big boys (Facebook, Google
> etc.) are doing we are now seeing others starting to understand the
> need for OM. In the last couple of weeks there have been a number of
> calls for OM. Not specifically, but something that meets the need -
> there seems to be an understanding of the need for an open places
> directory - which is the heart of OM. See some articles below (thanks
> for Dragan and Derek for the links):
>

> http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/08/place-database/?utm_source=feedburne...)
>
> http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/08/place-database/?utm_source=feedburne...)