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https://github.com/ozoneplatform/owf-framework https://github.com/ozoneplatform/owf-framework looks very interesting - NSA wrote their own BI tool?

killjoywashere 9y ago
OWF came up in a meeting recently -- may not be as awesome as NSA wants you to believe.
- voltagex_ 9y ago
  Can you share any other info?
  - digitalzombie 9y ago
    reddit have a comment thread about this. Once comment described it as a "shit show". Apparently its terrible and they tried to get the company to rebuild it and they made it the same. Another comment comment on how "buggy" it was. Or that the only dev that willing to work with it are contractors that want money.
    - annnnd 9y ago
      > Or that the only dev that willing to work with it are contractors that want money. Greedy b*stards! </sarcasm>
  - ganoushoreilly 9y ago
    The Ozone Widget Framework is horrible, you have to build your application sets to function standalone as well as in a modular compatibility with other widgets. Things break frequently and for the longest time Silverlight was a requirement too (well after it was canceled). It was absolutely horrible when I used it.
- trigoman 9y ago
  Yeah OWF is kind of OK, we tried to use it but the docs aren't straightforward.
- Communitivity 9y ago
  The Ozone Widget Framework is a mess, albeit a mess that's usable once you learn its quirks. The idea is basically web components, portlets, etc. rehashed with some shared service capabilities added in. Something I find interesting and rarely see mentioned: OWF was built from Apache Shindig, an Open Social spec implementation Google donated to Apache. For more information on OWF, see (PDF) http://www.dataintelligencellc.com/uploads//DI-OWF-Capabilities%20-%204-28-2014.pdf http://www.dataintelligencellc.com/uploads//DI-OWF-Capabilit...
marcosdumay 9y ago
With the selling point being that it tracks you less than other tools. In fact, avoiding tracking seems to be a prevalent line on those projects... Yes, it's understandable, but still ironic.

killjoywashere 9y ago

OWF came up in a meeting recently -- may not be as awesome as NSA wants you to believe.

voltagex_ 9y ago
Can you share any other info?
- digitalzombie 9y ago
  reddit have a comment thread about this. Once comment described it as a "shit show". Apparently its terrible and they tried to get the company to rebuild it and they made it the same. Another comment comment on how "buggy" it was. Or that the only dev that willing to work with it are contractors that want money.
  - annnnd 9y ago
    > Or that the only dev that willing to work with it are contractors that want money. Greedy b*stards! </sarcasm>
- ganoushoreilly 9y ago
  The Ozone Widget Framework is horrible, you have to build your application sets to function standalone as well as in a modular compatibility with other widgets. Things break frequently and for the longest time Silverlight was a requirement too (well after it was canceled). It was absolutely horrible when I used it.
trigoman 9y ago
Yeah OWF is kind of OK, we tried to use it but the docs aren't straightforward.
Communitivity 9y ago
The Ozone Widget Framework is a mess, albeit a mess that's usable once you learn its quirks. The idea is basically web components, portlets, etc. rehashed with some shared service capabilities added in. Something I find interesting and rarely see mentioned: OWF was built from Apache Shindig, an Open Social spec implementation Google donated to Apache. For more information on OWF, see (PDF) http://www.dataintelligencellc.com/uploads//DI-OWF-Capabilities%20-%204-28-2014.pdf http://www.dataintelligencellc.com/uploads//DI-OWF-Capabilit...

marcosdumay 9y ago

With the selling point being that it tracks you less than other tools. In fact, avoiding tracking seems to be a prevalent line on those projects... Yes, it's understandable, but still ironic.