[jaj324]

Definition of ECOSYSTEM

: the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit....

[Skeet1981]

Doesn't mean they have to be organic.

[o Aperture o]

Welcome to evolution of communication in the modern world.

[jaj324]

Doesn't mean they have to be organic.

ecosystem

noun (Concise Encyclopedia)
Complex of living organisms, their physical environment, and all their interrelationships in a particular unit of space.

[Laura Knotek]

I also find it somewhat silly that the word has entered the tech sector, but we can blame professors at Harvard, University of California-Berkeley, and University of California-Irvine. Business ecosystem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[iamtim]

Dude, get used to it. "Upgradation" didn't used to be a word. Now it's in tech dictionaries around the world.

...

And I freakin' HATE that word.

[jaj324]

Doesn't mean they have to be organic.

Definition of ORGANISM

1
: a living being

[mpelti]

Definition of ECOSYSTEM

: the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit....

What word would you provide as an alternative?

[Isror]

ecosystem is generally thrown around by smug iFanboys to bash anything that doesn't cost 5x what it should and is missing an i infront of it.

[Laura Knotek]

Organic can also mean "carbon based".

[socialcarpet]

ecosystem is generally thrown around by smug iFanboys to bash anything that doesn't cost 5x what it should and is missing an i infront of it.

No, ecosystem is not exclusive to "smug iFanboys" at all.

Right or wrong, it's enter the lexicon for all phones/devices and it's a good way to describe the interrelationship between devices of the same or related platforms.

[socialcarpet]

Organic can also mean "carbon based".

Yes, Carl Sagan taught me that.

[stmav]

I also find it somewhat silly that the word has entered the tech sector, but we can blame professors at Harvard, University of California-Berkeley, and University of California-Irvine. Business ecosystem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I blame global warming.

[jaj324]

What word would you provide as an alternative?

That's a good question. Platform or operating system just don't have that "all-inclusive" sound to them. Environment maybe...

[Isror]

No, ecosystem is not exclusive to "smug iFanboys" at all.

Right or wrong, it's enter the lexicon for all phones/devices and it's a good way to describe the interrelationship between devices of the same or related platforms.

It is my opinion that ecosystem in technology terms is generally thrown around by smug iFanboys; that's when I see it used. Every time an argument comes up about another OS that competes with an Apple product, the first shots fired in the debate are ecosystem and how "evolved" Apple's is. When enough people with MBAs sitting around the table in Starbucks collecting unemployment checks parrot themselves with a word, eventually it becomes gospel.

[vedichymn]

That's a good question. Platform or operating system just don't have that "all-inclusive" sound to them. Environment maybe...

I don't think any of those make any more sense than ecosystem. Ecosystem is used to describe an interconnected "web" of products/services, could be across multiple platform/operating systems.

[Laura Knotek]

It is my opinion that ecosystem in technology terms is generally thrown around by smug iFanboys; that's when I see it used. Every time an argument comes up about another OS that competes with an Apple product, the first shots fired in the debate are ecosystem and how "evolved" Apple's is. When enough people with MBAs sitting around the table in Starbucks collecting unemployment checks parrot themselves with a word, eventually it becomes gospel.

Microsoft has used the term since at least 2004, before the iPhone existed. Microsoft Partner Ecosystem Flourishes

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/...DC_WP_0211.pdf

Windows Hardware Ecosystem Events

[Isror]

Microsoft has used the term since at least 2004, before the iPhone existed. Microsoft Partner Ecosystem Flourishes

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/...DC_WP_0211.pdf

Windows Hardware Ecosystem Events

Yes, I understand that, just like MS was the first to introduce the tablet, but nothing came of it until Apple's Prometheus decided it was time for the world to adopt what it wanted.

[gsquared]

Don't worry. It will be replaced by some other buzz-work by next year.

[mlm1950]

How about technosystem.

Or techosystem.

Copyrighted, just in case.

[TonyDedrick]

ecosystem is generally thrown around by smug iFanboys to bash anything that doesn't cost 5x what it should and is missing an i infront of it.

Really?

Cause I've seen it thrown around these parts pretty often......

[power5]

Dont forget people, once a word hits the Dictionary, its definition cannot be altered. You have to come up with a completely new word because using a word that was penned in the 1930s to also describe something that only started happening recently is unacceptable. How dare A.G. Tansley not realize that his word could be applied to the technosphere of the future. Actually I wish the Technosphere was relaunched as todays tech could really make it take off.

[Isror]

Really?

Cause I've seen it thrown around these parts pretty often......

Yes, by trolls

[mlm1950]

Yes, by trolls

I am not a troll and have used ecosystem to describe Windows 8/XBOX/Windows Phone 8 inter-compatibility.

[cgk]

It's almost like language changes over time!