Hey I know this guy! Spiceworks CEO: Scott Abel

If you use Spiceworks then you should know Scott Abel. If not he is the Co-Founder and CEO.  I recently met him in person at Spiceworld 08 and he was a very nice, down to earth & humble guy.  You can see in the video how much he loves his company and the half-a-million users that use it.  I couldn't agree more that the Spiceworks community has become the more valued aspect than the actual software alone.  What I loved most about his interview was the future of Spiceworks:

Open up the Platform with APIs.  This will allow 3rd Party Developers to create Widgets, Mobile Apps, integrate with  vendors (ie CDW) and create mash ups with services such as Google Maps.

As of now users can create "plug-ins" which is very limited but something to keep the community busy while they fix issues before launching an extensive API platform.