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There was a good debate last week at O'Reilly Radar about the implications of open source software (OSS) in the movement to Software as a Service (SaaS). Of course it included all the "we vs. them." "we invented Web 2.0," "OSS adoption is massive," "we invented SaaS," and "we don't get no respect" that these inward-looking OSS blogs love.

But it showed why the IT industry needs to nail down some definitions and concepts before discussions like these begin in earnest. Political blogs are easy to follow because their followers have standard definitions for right/left, republican/democrat, blue/red, and so forth (if a third party were to ever take off in the U.S. it would put the political blogs out of business). Auto buffs have good online and cruise meetings because they all agree on the auto industry model. But IT industry conversations, especially OSS conversations, are more like religous wars with everyone talking past each other. More here

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