It’s only natural for people to be getting sick of the term that’s plastered on the interent EVERY SINGLE DAY. Yes, this post in part will be about the crazy little buzz word, Web 2.0. I hate that term:"(So we’ll not use it again, in the future that word will be replaced with ***** [5 stars])":

It’s being thrown around the blogosphere like crazy. I guess I’m one of those crazy fools out there that believes in the future, that we won’t be paying for software. There will be an operating system that compliments everything we do, there will be software that will be far more advanced than anything you can buy, and the development will be ongoing, constant and open to everyone. I’m a firm believer in Open Source software.

At this particular moment in time we’ve been caught off guard. The Web applications are fresh and new now, so obviously they’re going to be gaining some momentum and money. In 5 years time (hopefully much less) all of the 37 Signals applications will be available to the end user in the form of an open source project. If people want to have those programs on their systems without paying a monthly fee, they’re more than welcome to do so, and can get at the code and do whatever they want as well. It’s only a matter of time. People will be paying for the work, the service rather than the software.

The reason I mention the 37 Signals programs in particular is because I started using Backpack this weekend. I’ve got an account from when it was first released, however I never really got into it. I’ve added yet another project to the stuff I’m working on. This one is with Bryan Veloso and we’re both thinking what the hell took us so long.

5 years ago this collaboration would have been possible, but it wouldn’t have been as easy and clear to follow as it is now, thanks to Backpack. I’m even considering buying a basic account. That’s pretty big thing since I just haven’t gotten into that whole ***** thing. If you’re collaborating on the interent (and you really should it’s an amazing resource to waste on porn) this application will make things more fun for sure.

Now I’m just waiting for the time when we actually can host this on my server. Anyone working on a Backpack alternative (with Whiteboard of course).