But that's not what Web 2.0 is. It's commonly understood as the era of interactive web technologies, like: - AJAX (Google Maps, Gmail) - RSS (podcasts, blogs)

But that's not what Web 2.0 is. It's commonly understood as the era of interactive web technologies, like: - AJAX (Google Maps, Gmail) - RSS (podcasts, blogs) - Bittorrent - jQuery (website interactivity) - Flash games - Flash video (early YouTube) - database driven server-side CMSes (Wordpress, Drupal) There is nothing about corporate ownership in these technologies in and of themselves.