The Chief Architect of Platforms explains why Yahoo is opening itself up to developers and why you should want to build applications for them.
by Howard Wen
January 13, 2009
As Chief Architect of Platforms at Yahoo, Neal Sample is responsible for defining the technical design for the
Yahoo! Open Strategy initiative. Y!OS is a platform that enables third-party developers to create applications that integrate themselves with the Yahoo family of sites and services. It's similar to the API strategies adopted by Facebook and MySpace that let others develop apps on those sites. But Y!OS is much more ambitious in scale because it encompasses multiple sites (Yahoo-owned properties).
Sample also works closely in developer outreach. It is his job to, as he puts it, determine "what a developer needs to actually use" Y!OS and what "is usable in the wild, and this is something that's not." Basically, he evaluates feedback from developers who are tinkering with the platform, and implements their recommendations to refine Y!OS.
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