I think web 3.0 is going to be about the real time web. XMPP is going to play a major role in this movement… ~ Ezra Zygmuntowicz
I found this quote in an article up on InfoQ discussing EngineYards ‘backbone’ work in Cloud Computing. They are developing a new platform called Vertebra that will use Erlang and Ruby to ‘automate the cloud as well as distribute real time application development’. It sounds like Vertebra will be both a deployment tool and a back end messaging platform, using XMPP. XMPP is the messaging protocol used by the Jabber community.
This is exciting stuff, especially when Ezra mentioned that they will be open sourcing their technology. Imagine if hosting providers could standardize on one distribution platform whereby work could be passed along beyond institutional borders. One hitch may be billing, but I don’t think so. The math behind atomic charge-backs has already been calculated by the phone industry, a model they have always operated under.
Real Time Web. It makes more sense to me than a semantic web as far as a web 3.0 stake in the ground.