Web 3.0 Coming - Web 2.0 RIP?

So, you have heard it already and want to really believe our ears, right? :-)

Yes, my dear friend!

Web 3.0 is well on its way and it won't be too long before Web 2.0 will really RIP! Want some evidence, eh? You, unbelieving soul! ;-)

So, what is Web 3.0 anyways? How will Web 3.0 be better than Web 2.0? How does it affect us all?

For some answers, you may want to check out Phil Wainewright making a case of the online world's transition to Web 3.0 in his blog. Article 1, Article 2 and Article 3.

He insists that like Microsoft's Windows, the Web 2.0 phenomeon will also see its peak in the form of evolution into Web 3.0

Windows was a classic example. 1.0 was so buggy it was hardly worth using. 2.0 fixed some serious problems but still had a lot of shortcomings. 3.0, launched in May 1990, was an instant success, and the rest of the story, as they say, is history. Don’t be surprised, then, if Web 2.0 also turns out to be just a staging post on the way to a much more mature and durable Web 3.0 era.

He makes a case study of the stalwarts of the online economy today including Google, Amazon and eBay and some not so well known but case studies in themselves - WebEx, WebSideStory, NetSuite, Jamcracker, Rearden Commerce and Salesforce.com.

He is also quick to make it a point to his readers that just because these companies find a mention in his analysis of the Web 3.0 story, the reader shouldn’t assume these companies will emerge to be the dominant players of Web 3.0.

He also professes that Web 3.0 will revolutionize delivery of on-demand business applications like never before.

Web 3.0 isn’t just about shopping, entertainment and search. It’s also going to deliver a new generation of business applications that will see business computing converge on the same fundamental on-demand architecture as consumer applications.

He has a very interesting concept of three and a half layered topology for Web 3.0. These are - API services (the foundation layer), Aggregation services (the middle layer), Application services (the top layer) and the Serviced clients (the half-layer).

The series of articles on Web 3.0 are a must read for anyone who's fascinated with the evolution of Web 2.0

As far as I can surmise, there seems to be extremely exciting times ahead!

Tags: Web 3.0, Web 2.0, Microsoft, Windows, Google, Amazon, Ebay, Webex, WebSideStory, JamCracker, NetSuite, Rearden Commerce, Salesforce, Business Applications, API Services, Aggregation services, Application services, Business, Technology