eBay has launched an open source developer website to encourage the creation of new applications for its auction site and PayPal online payment service.
The eBay Community Codebase site gives developers the source code for existing eBay applications and tools and allows them to collaborate on projects with others.
They are obviously trying to keep on top of things in competition to Google. They are supposed to release a similar service to PayPal later in the year. It wouldn’t surprise me if a Google auction service was in the works either. Read the story at Computer Weekly.