An excellent, succinct, sensible description of web 2.0. Of course it'll never catch on because it lacks the hype factor. His punch line: "Web 2.0 apps are different from 1.0 apps in that they're native to the web, and you can do things with them that simply were not possible before."
My metaphor for Doval's concept would be web 2.0 is a STEW... which came into being because a bunch of (not necessarily related) tasty ingredients became available at approximately the same time.
One small quibble: This doesn't really mean that a higher quantum-level web3.0 tech-stew will not bless us at some future date. [Not holding my breath.]
The web has always been 2.0 ... this potential of the Internet could've been seen since the early days of Usenet.
The problem with websites was that companies couldn't wrap their head around the many-to-many communication and collaboration systems we see in use today ... and when O'Reilly coined the term suddenly people became aware like flies spotting honey :)
My metaphor for Doval's concept would be web 2.0 is a STEW... which came into being because a bunch of (not necessarily related) tasty ingredients became available at approximately the same time.
One small quibble: This doesn't really mean that a higher quantum-level web3.0 tech-stew will not bless us at some future date. [Not holding my breath.]