tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135608907297595437.post3488807991393639110..comments2007-09-05T16:40:40.335-05:00Luis Derechinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272514100404887050noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135608907297595437.post-43896311928742374822007-09-05T16:40:00.000-05:002007-09-05T16:40:00.000-05:002007-09-05T16:40:00.000-05:00Thanks for your comments Bruce.<BR/><BR/>User-driven mashups provide business units with a simple way to attain the benefits from a lot of the technologies where budgets are/have been spent and as such will be very successful in the future whatever leg of the business cycle we find ourselves in.<BR/><BR/>When this "mashup" name started, there was a lot internal discussion as to whether or not to use it in biz literature for the same reason you are stating. However, it has stuck with analysts, biz types and the market in general.Luis Derechinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12272514100404887050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135608907297595437.post-83695234284221385842007-09-05T10:51:00.000-05:002007-09-05T10:51:00.000-05:002007-09-05T10:51:00.000-05:00Good post and good relationship between what JackBe is doing and what McAfee is talking about.<BR/><BR/>We are probably in the downward leg of a business cycle where there may be quite a bit of reduction in IT spending and (hopefully not) reluctance to experiment with new ideas. In many cases the people we build applications for are still trying to come to grips with all of the gadgets and gizmos they have loaded their enterprise IT with over the last 5 years, in some case technology fatigue is starting to show. Being able to sell a compelling solution that does not echo of code cowboys and the latest passing fad will be essential to staying afloat during any tech spending downturn.<BR/><BR/>Kudos for citing things such as governance, processes and architectural discipline. I also wonder if the term "Mashup" rings a bit too juvenile to be taken seriously at the highest business level of the enterprise.Bruce Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01529698634872242228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135608907297595437.post-17968012513310164552007-09-02T10:54:00.000-05:002007-09-02T10:54:00.000-05:002007-09-02T10:54:00.000-05:00Great post! I enjoyed McAfee's original post too and commented on it in my blog:<BR/><BR/>http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/business-web-20-demands-a-different-trust-fabric-than-social-web-20/<BR/><BR/>It will be important for businesses to make sure they have a seat at the table as the fabric for Open Social Networking is woven.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13033156044545355675noreply@blogger.com