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Adventures inOpenSocial
Winter 2008
An Oracle AppsLab Production
StarringAnthony Lai
Rich Manalangwith
Jake Kuramotoas
“The Narrator”
An Oracle AppsLab Production
August 2007
• Connect launches
• 15,000 people log in
• 427,000 pages are viewed
An Oracle AppsLab Production
Today
• A year later
• 35,000 people have logged in
• 1,300,000 pages have beenviewed
An Oracle AppsLab Production
Problems
• Not enough hands to fix bugsand build new features
• Too many requirementsimpacting the platform’s code
• No code portability betweennetworks, platforms
• New skills required to assist
An Oracle AppsLab Production
Things looked Grimfor our heroes
An Oracle AppsLab Production
November 2007Google launched
OpenSocial
An Oracle AppsLab Production
Image by macropoulos from Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/markop/239111586/
But Why?
• Deliver on the promise of portals
• Leverage the skills of thousands ofdevelopers
• Tap the hidden demand for build aswell as use
• Merge the communities passively
• Top it off with social gravy
An Oracle AppsLab Production
Where are we?
• Working toward initial release to Connectin November
• Several apps built in the sandboxenvironments including:– OraTweet
– Bug DB
– Internal Blogging
– FriendFeed
• Major UI overhaul to support apps
An Oracle AppsLab Production
An Oracle AppsLab Production
An Oracle AppsLab Production
Questions?