OpenSpaces.org - Develop Your Space

Launching the next Facebook or flickr isn’t easy. Most apps are born to go, but fail to reach a larger audience because of scalability issues. OpenSpaces.org hopes to change that. It’s goal is to help open source developers share and develop their software within a dynamic and innovative environment. OpenSource, a development from the folks at Gigaspaces, utilizes Gigaspaces core product, the extreme Application Platform, to help users develop their software to scale across all servers. XAP comes in two forms—individual and community. The former caters to those with less than $5 million in startup funds and revenue who qualify for OpenSpaces’ Startup Program. The latter, Community Edition, is more for the masses. It’s freeware that provides full functionality. OpenSources wants to provide you with the tools and framework you need. They want to develop a community that allows developers to freely share and contribute their ideas to the development framework. What’s more, currently OpenSpaces is holding a contest with a $10,000 grand prize for those who are ready and willing.

"OpenSpaces.org is a website dedicated to creating and serving a community that develops and shares open source software for the OpenSpaces development framework."

OpenSpaces is a comprehensive development framework that gives developers a chance to share and develop ideas within the open source community. It’s a much more detailed operation than applications like Amazon’s EC2, which help with hardware needs. It’s enticing contest isn’t a bad aspect either.

Does OpenSpaces have what it takes to appeal to the open source community? Is it truly conducive to community innovation and design? Or will users flock to other resources?