After all this time (Wow, it's only been a year?!) when confronted with the simple question: "What is OpenGoo?" I still find it hard to give a simple, straightforward answer.
Why is that?
First, we started by calling it a '
Web Office'. I even contributed a lot to the definition of the term in Wikipedia, which was later moved to '
Online Office', clear sign that the moderator I argued with was right, it was, and still is, a
neologism. But Online Office doesn't sound cool, right?
Then I came across the
tags people used for OpenGoo at del.icio.us, and the tag cloud clearly shows that most people would rather call it 'Groupware'. Now, to me, '
Groupware' sounds old. It reminds me of
eGroupWare (which I admire, but feel it a bit too Web 1.0), and Wikipedia redirects 'Groupware' to the '
Collaborative software'. Besides, OpenGoo is a great tool for individuals too, not just groups. For instance, it has many of the features of Apple's new '
mobile me.
So how would you define OpenGoo?