RE: And so it continues...

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Aaron Bartell
>
> Potatoe, potato.  You can't have a mash-up without integration of
> technologies.  Or at least if you look at mash-ups recent popularity, it
> has just as much to do about integrating technologies as it does with
> data - the data had to get there somehow.

But, Aaron, you can't just change the meaning of an accepted term!

Mash-up has a specific meaning, obscuring that meaning by confusing it with
a different but related term causes misunderstandings.

Mash-up does not mean integration of technologies.  It means using data from
multiple sources, regardless of their technology.  In fact, the original use
of mashup was in mixing music, where they combined multiple songs (you can
read about it on Wikipedia).  Nothing to do with technology.

Anyway, my point is this: when I use the term "mash-up" I am using the
accepted definition of combining data from multiple applications, typically
through the use of an Ajax-like technology in a browser.  By that definition
EGL is not a mash-up.

If you want to change the meaning of the term mash-up, and then argue that
EGL (or even a browser) is indeed a mash-up by your personal definition,
then that's cool.  I can't dispute the point since we are no longer are
using the same terminology, and by your definitions you are absolutely
correct.

Don't wanna argue opinions this year.  Just want to make things clear.

Joe