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Foil 50 WebWindows is Open Portable Environment

From Web Technology Overview CPS616 Basic Information Track for Computational Science -- Winter-Spring Semester 96. by Geoffrey Fox * See also color IMAGE
In future one will NOT write software for either
  • Windows95 if you are say, a game or word processor vendor
  • Current class of (primitive) OS for MPP's
Rather one will write software for WebWindows defined as the operating environment for World Wide Web
WebWindows builds on top of Web Servers and Web Client open interfaces as in
  • CGI interface for Servers
  • Java or equivalent applet technology for clients
Applications written for WebWindows will be portable to all computers running Web Servers or Clients
  • As an example NPAC's WebTools implements UNIX shell/PC file manager capabilities in terms CGI scripts -- allows universal access to these capabilities including powerful Web based mh mail
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University, npac@npac.syr.edu

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