Re: The next Internet giant: linking open data, providing open access to repositories

Sw-MetaPortal-ProjectParadigm wrote:
> The next Internet giant company will be linking open data and 
> providing open access to repositories, in the process seamlessly 
> combining both paid for subscriptions, Creative Commons or similar 
> license based or open source software schemes.
>
> Revenues will be generated among other things from online advertising 
> streams currently not utilized by Google or Yahoo!
>
> In the big scheme of things this company will redefine the concept of 
> internet search to provide access to deep(er) web levels of data and 
> information for which users will be willing to pay an annual flat fee 
> subscription.
>
> Sound improbable? Non-profit organizations dedicated to providing 
> global open access will soon start exploring just such business 
> schemes to determine if it is feasible to fund and maintain the server 
> farms, hard and software to do just that.
>
Milton,

Not improbable, that's what coming :-)

The only tweak of you statement would be this: there will be a 
federation of linked data spaces rather than a single behemoth :-)

Kingsley
>
> Milton Ponson
> GSM: +297 747 8280
> Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation
> PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
> Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
> www.rainbowwarriors.net
> Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for 
> sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide
> www.projectparadigm.info
> NGO-Opensource: Creating ICT tools for NGOs worldwide for Project Paradigm
> www.ngo-opensource.org
> MetaPortal: providing online access to web sites and repositories of 
> data and information for sustainable development
> www.metaportal.info
> SemanticWebSoftware, part of NGO-Opensource to enable SW technologies 
> in the Metaportal project
> www.semanticwebsoftware.org
>
>


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Regards,

Kingsley Idehen	      Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen
President & CEO 
OpenLink Software     Web: http://www.openlinksw.com

Received on Sunday, 7 December 2008 19:14:43 UTC