Comments on: Applications vs. Platforms http://thoughts.davisjeff.com/2012/06/16/applications-vs-platforms/ Ideas on Databases, Logic, and Language by Jeff Davis Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:18:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kwabena Aning http://thoughts.davisjeff.com/2012/06/16/applications-vs-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-2547 Kwabena Aning Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:18:51 +0000 http://thoughts.davisjeff.com/?p=565#comment-2547 I find this very interesting as I am investigating architectures and the semantic web myself. I find that when you have very little visibility over or care for the language an application is built on and you are generally considering the architecture of the software you may want to start thinking of it as a platform. That notwithstanding, I find that you reduced this down to what one might define as a platform although you are looking at it from a "developer" end user perspective, one may also want to consider it from a "machine" end user perspective where another device be it abstractly composed or developed by someone may consume the end product of the software. This forms a very good basis for defining the scope of what you may consider a platform. Thanks for sharing this. I find this very interesting as I am investigating architectures and the semantic web myself. I find that when you have very little visibility over or care for the language an application is built on and you are generally considering the architecture of the software you may want to start thinking of it as a platform. That notwithstanding, I find that you reduced this down to what one might define as a platform although you are looking at it from a “developer” end user perspective, one may also want to consider it from a “machine” end user perspective where another device be it abstractly composed or developed by someone may consume the end product of the software.

This forms a very good basis for defining the scope of what you may consider a platform. Thanks for sharing this.

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