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Rich Zygler has pointed out, johnmccain.com used MS Windows and .NET while barackobama.com used LAMP with PHP.

Obama – LAMP won.

Yahoo releases the Yahoo! Application Platform (YAP) , Yahoo! Social Platform (YSP) and Yahoo! Query Language (YQL).

Yahoo! Social Platform consists of a suite of REST-based social APIs from Yahoo! including: Profiles, Connections, Updates, Contacts and Status. Yahoo! Query Language (YQL) is a new web service API that lets you access other web services using a SQL-like language rather than typical programmatic access. You can think of it as a command line version of Pipes. Yahoo! Application Platform (YAP) supports a few programming models including:
1. Developer hosted execution of applications with access to Yahoo’s Social APIs and YQL.
2. Support for OpenSocial’s JavaScript API
3. Support for server-side YML tags.

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OpenOffice released its new 3.0 version of the software suite on Monday. The 3.0 version of OpenOffice makes it more extensible for users, allowing them to add third-party features from an OpenOffice.org repository. The Writer application can now handle the editing of multiple pages at the same time. Calc application supports larger spreadsheets. 3.0 also features support for the .docx .xlsx or .pptx file format used by Microsoft Office 2007.

OpenOffice is a free open-source alternative to Microsoft Office.  OpenOffice is the only office suite that is available in all platforms including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac.

Google, Inc. announced on Wednesday the availability of Google Map Maker in RP.

Google Product Marketing Manager for Asia Pacific Jason Chuck said “Google Map Maker is a tool based on Google Maps where users can interface to solve key problems.”
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