The Futu re is a
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What is aplatform?

A platform technology is a
technologythat enables the creation of productsand processes...

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The Bezos Mandate https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX

The Bezos Mandate1. All teams
will expose their data and functionality through service interfaces. https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX

The Bezos Mandate1. All teams
will expose their data and functionality through service interfaces.2. Teams must communicate with each other through these interfaces. https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX

The Bezos Mandate1. All teams
will expose their data and functionality through service interfaces.2. Teams must communicate with each other through these interfaces.3. There will be no other form of interprocess communication allowed: no direct linking, no direct reads of another teams data store, no shared- memory model, no back-doors. https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX

The Bezos Mandate https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX

The Bezos Mandate4. It doesnt
matter what technology they use. https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX

The Bezos Mandate4. It doesnt
matter what technology they use.5. All service interfaces, without exception, must be designed from the ground up to be externalizable. That is to say, the team must plan and design to be able to expose the interface to developers in the outside world. No exceptions. https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX

The Bezos Mandate4. It doesnt
matter what technology they use.5. All service interfaces, without exception, must be designed from the ground up to be externalizable. That is to say, the team must plan and design to be able to expose the interface to developers in the outside world. No exceptions.6. Anyone who doesnt do this will be fired. https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX

Amazon is a platform

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P latforms are magical Photo
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th eLW hit her Photo by Boston Public Library - http://flic.kr/p/anhWWy

Photo by JD Hancock -
http://flic.kr/p/834e93 How do weshare our data?

bit.ly/oclcplatform

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Different libraries. Same web.

We can makeconnections Photo by
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can support each other

We can build with each
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if we are going to
build the future

if we are going to
build the futurewe need somewhere to stand

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