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Following is a contribution from SaasWebgroup member, A Mahdi Abdulrazak, The GravityZoo:

One of the most exciting features of true SaaS is that it delivers software freed from all the complexities attached to desktop applications. Open Source is all about flexibility, sure, a nice thing, but it can also scare people away. Maybe you remember installing your last Linux distribution and getting all your applications up and running again? Although things are getting easier these days, Open Source is still quite hairy for the average user.A A A A A A

The simplest and most effective way to increase OSS adoption by the ordinary user across Open Source and proprietary Operating Systems like Linux, Windows XP and Mac OS X, is by guaranteeing the ordinary user a productive and non-complex use of the application.Deploying OSS in a SaaS model is exciting because it provides the OSS community a distribution model that is capable of delivering the current desktop applications as a service to the end-users across any operating system on fixed and handheld devices, thereby maximizing the application supply to the market. At the same time it guarantees the ordinary user the so desired productive and non-complex use of the applications provided. Apart from the latter it also allows for the quick realization of new software ideas via the re-use of open source building blocks and by mashing up existing services.A A A A A

The emergence of Web2.0 applications highlights the need for RIA's (Rich Internet Applications) that comply with true interactivity and rich end-user experience. There are tons of good OSS applications out there, what needs to happen is that they are brought to the Net. Only, how are we going to do this? Porting them to some AJAX framework? Maybe AJAX is a solution? I think the answer is no, we need something more solid and flexible. Something that enables SaaS, while at the same time giving the user a Desktop experience.A A A A A

It is just that what The GravityZoo Framework provides and thereby making it ideal for building Net-enabled applications. For software developers the GravityZoo technology is therefore an easy tool to build or port and host applications for deployment as a service over the internet.A A A A A

What would the software market be like if FOSS applications like OpenOffice or Gaim can be provided as a service in competition with their desktop equivalents like Microsoft Office? What will the competitive online landscape look like with players such as Windows Live and Google's Spreadsheet or Writely compared to fully SaaS-based FOSS aDesktopa applications?A A A A A A A A A

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