Over the past few days Facebook has been reaching out to Silicon Valley insiders to see if they are interested in launching their services with the new Facebook Connect program. The purpose is get a few sample applications ready for when Connect launches next week at f8. From what I hear, Facebook is getting a mixed bag of responses. Some developers have expressed interest while others don’t want to dedicate their resources.

The real question is if developers will be able to pull off great applications by the time f8 rolls around next week. Last year, Facebook released their initial platform to developers a short time before the platform launched with little documentation forcing developers to deal with crashing applications and little communication from Facebook. Developers were still able to pull it off though, as illustrated by iLike who had to deal with a lack of server resources the day after the platform launched.

Will we see a repeat of the chaos again this year? I doubt it. Developers have much greater access to resources this time around but for many, making a significant shift from what they are working on won’t make much sense. An offer from Facebook though is much different than an offer from one of the competing platforms though so expect a number of companies to be ready to launch on Facebook Connect by the time f8 rolls around next week.