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Extensibilityhttp://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/01/pinocchio-problem.html "Many software systems these days are accessible only remotely, over a network, e.g. via a browser and HTTP. Some of the bigger companies that have built such systems, including Yahoo!, Amazon.com and eBay, have begun to realize that programmer extensibility is a critical feature for the long-term survival of their systems. They have begun selectively opening up access to their internal systems, usually via web service interfaces. This provides a certain level of extensibility: in particular, it enables independent software developers to create their own interfaces to the system. Over time, I think a key differentiator in the web-application space will be the quality of the programmer access to the systems backing the web apps." |