This seems great, but I'm having some trouble thinking of a particular example where I'd want to use it.
Can you give a brief example of a (real or imaginary) app that would run on Sandstorm and how I would benefit from the Sandstorm model in this case? I'm a programmer but I'd appreciate a "layman's terms" explanation if possible.
There's Vendor Relationship Management, which appears to be a group of fellow-travellers promoting technologies with a first-person first perspective. A recent blog post by Doc Searls mentions some existing technologies that are somehow affiliated to ProjectVRM.
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vrm/2014/03/19/why-we-need-firs...
The key is that it's just like normal web apps, except they talk to each other easily, despite possibly belonging to different suites, and don't put your data at as much risk by operating on an external server.
Can you give a brief example of a (real or imaginary) app that would run on Sandstorm and how I would benefit from the Sandstorm model in this case? I'm a programmer but I'd appreciate a "layman's terms" explanation if possible.