Remarks on Micro Tango I
Two features present in all future such collaboration systems will be incorporated
- Events will be serialized in terms of XML
- Micro Tango Interactive clients will be designed to respond to events that are generated either synchronously or asynchronously
In Synchronous case, interesting Tango applications include
- Chat Rooms
- White board for simple picture
- Tango mail
- Quizzes
- Possibly shared browser (at least to record URL)
Asynchronous events of interest include
- Ordinary mail
- Events generated by computing portal such as job completion, errors etc.
Jini and Java implementations are most elegant for micro device to Tango agent linkage. The necessary robust Java infrastructure will be available on a 12 month time scale
- Java will of course be particularly attractive for portable implementations useable on many different devices while
- Jini will support the inevitable mobile erratic linkages
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