[jamesbiv]

Although there are literally dozens of tools out there that aim to facilitate SaaS, if you look at the definition of SaaS and what makes SaaS, SaaS. Things like “on demand” activation, licensing models, and resource management are the key definition points, not so much the nuts and bolts libraries needed behind the scenes.

I wrote a funcional specification for a SaaS provider platform about a month ago (see https://abstractionlayer.jamesbiv.tech/Abstraction%20Layer%2...) its initial chapters deal with the definition of SaaS.

[KRains]

WOW! You put a lot of work into it, and I'm going to research it. Just wondering, what made you create this phenomenal work?

[jamesbiv]

Hi KRains

Thanks for the kind words. To answer your question, I can say I had a many reasons to create this document. First and foremost I’d like to create an open source project around these specifications and see if I could generate interest and invite contributors to jump on board. Second, is to provide a working document for the community scrutinize and critique as it’s still very much work in progress, and before committing to building the solution I wanted to ensure what is built is done so in a way that gains acceptance and use.

Also, I see that Cloud and more particularly SaaS has a lot of bias surrounding it’s use both from a commercial and personal perspective. This largely has to do with how SaaS providers store and use peoples’ data. My aim with PAL is to create a flexible solution that takes all perspectives into consideration based on the type of offering and what is acceptable by the customer or user of the SaaS offering.

I could go on further to say that since SaaS has become such a large segment of the Cloud market I also feel it’s important to keep as much of it as open and free as possible as to allow smaller players the chance to offer SaaS solutions. Since the market is largely dominated by Big Tech this is becoming increasingly more difficult and that has a lot to do with the lack of resources available to smaller companies. It may not seem apparent to most people especially those in countries where internet services are easily available but currently where I’m located, a country where the economy suffers greatly, the low cost of establishing SaaS solutions for businesses vs offering custom built in-house solutions is a far more feasible option.

Anyway, I hope the you find the contents of the document useful and helps you in some way with your project :)

Regards James

[KRains]

Okay, I got your position. And thanks a lot for your efforts! I will contact you if I have questions/suggestions (I found your email at the end of the doc).