One can "just" use Object Web technologies as a software infrastructure for building parallel, distributed or sequential computing environments which can have a very different architecture from the Web
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e.g. write software in Java
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e.g. adopt interfaces/standards such as JDBC, VRML, Java3D
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As above, but specifically build a metacomputing environment
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One can view the Object Web as a distributed information system with modest performance and build a metacomputing system with the Web architecture
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we "only" need to enhance the Object Web to get high performance
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several ways of doing this -- common feature is that they all inherit rich web capabilities -- typically Web Server based
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By inheriting Object Web architecture, naturally track evolving and improving commodity technology base
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Harness the power of the Web as a computer -- use up the idle cycles on the WebTV's in every home -- typically a Web Client based system
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