A Lens into the Future of Enterprise Software

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> Enterprise applications must also be platforms if they want to scale into the largest enterprises...every SAAS application should have APIs that allow their users to plug enterprise software together

An API does not a platform make.

The author makes some rather uncontroversial assertions about the "future of the enterprise" but doesn't talk about how the architecture of enterprise software is going to change. This strikes me as the more interesting question since the developer's choice of technology hinges on this. The three points made apply equally to Rails as they do to Java EE.

This isn't directly related to the article, but I cannot imagine wanting to plug into this kind of infrastructure.

All it does is commodify your work. Commodities have their price driven down, because they are, by definition, substitutable.

So, if you want to have your labor driven down to the global minimum for the work you do, sign up for an platform like this.

Yes, if you can get a good deal flow from your own network and sales efforts, it doesn't make sense to sign up for a marketplace. But for many small companies and freelancers, efficient customer acquisition is a big problem and marketplaces can solve that. Steady deal flow is more important to many people than maximizing revenue from a single deal.

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