It seems that some folks have seen a business opportunity in developing an open source social network platform. From Insoshi’s website:
Insoshi is a product and a project. The product aims to be the best open-source social networking platform. The project is to make the product!
I posted my perspective on such an endeavour about six months ago on OS Social Networking Application. I thought for a while that Elgg had the makings of such a platform but it never really took off, except in a the educational field. We’ll see how Insoshi does and it’s good to have several OS options. I know that it will be a platform that I will look at for my clients.
I found out about Insoshi via Dan Martell on Twitter, so I’m sure the team at Spheric Technologies will be playing with it soon.
Hi Harold,
While Elgg did make its name within Education, it is expanding rapidly into other areas; we have just announced the securing of a very large project within financial services with more coming shortly. So I for one, am feeling very confident about the future. It is worth remembering that these things take time.
Cheers.
That’s great news, Dave. As you know, I have been a long-time supporter of the Elgg project.
Spheric has had the chance to play with it in the early stages. It has the beginnings of a solid solution but currently lacks a few key features, including invites, groups and a few other items. We are excited to see the future of the product since it’s a big part of what we do and the future of the industry.