The lay of the landscape

I've just posted a message to the development list that might be of interest to more than just developers. Click through to read the full text, but a pertinent quote follows:

I'm very keen, on the other hand, to establish open, standardised way to interface with any number of other services. Furthermore, virtually all new visible functionality is going to be through optional plugins; we are not adding any more main core features to Elgg.

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