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Foil 11 Collaboratory systems: Taxonomy I

From Overview of Tango System and Application to Distance Education Tango Presentation San Diego MRA -- June 26 98 Datemod;June 26 98. by TangoInteractive Team
1 Shared display (SIMD Model of Collaboration):
2 Single instance of application, user input & display replicated via conference agent
  • Entire functionality of application is shared
  • Examples: Shared X (HP), NetMeeting (MS), ProShare (Intel), ShowMe (Sun), Timbuktu (Farallon)
  • Advantages: relatively simple to implement
  • Disadvantages:
    • functional: Passive model does not allow full collaboration with multiple people interacting
    • performance: generate significant data traffic, unsuitable for WANs
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