The “write-once run-anywhere” fantasy ties up resources and restricts agility. The hindrances far outweigh the benefits and we’ll forget OpenSocial like we forgot Applets.

Running with wet sneakers down the shore doesn’t work, take off your shoes and go baby go!

My guess is that we’ll see the occasional press releases and responses, but nothing that will really change anything.

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Good points, thanks for the insight. However, if the user doesn’t benefit, what is the point? I hope to start seeing some benefit soon.

I had heard that LinkedIn and Plaxo were part of this but haven’t seen any ‘widgets’ I can start using on either of those sites.

Am I missing something?

Right now we (mediapops.com) leverage google analytics with our Open Social apps, but the data set is somewhat limited.

One example of this is in the Myspace model, there are 3 “view” types: my home page, profile page and canvas (the only view you can place ads on) so developers trying understand the usage of their apps to deliver better experiences and create revenue streams will need a new metrics model.

I think an eventual evolution of OpenSocial may also be data portability, but don’t quote me on that. The idea there is that you can move your pictures, your blog posts, etc., from one social network to another using OpenSocial and its data exchange standards. I’m not sure if that was a separate movement, though.