Re: Imminent death of the WWW (film at 11)

>good points gavin, but don't sound the death knell just yet. why
>add the functionality instead. the www is not
>on the

Oh. I'm toward the
distributed object model<(and ideed, HTTP/CORBA gateways are being
d>veloped right now). The question is: is that then the WWW? The
dream of seamless integration and access that was the of the WWW will be extent, but little else will be.

My major disappoint>nt with the WWW was that it used older
technologies (indeed, even outdated technologies). It of a waste to expend a great deal of energy on something with a
limited life-span.

Still, I guess that kind of thinking could ultimately lead to not
doing than nothing, and the WWW is a great success in it's limited way.

VRML is very object oriented, and has great (even far reaching)
pot>ntial. Between VRML and distributed object technologies, I think
we have a hint of the future, laid

JAVA is also important, but I am afraid standard, when superiar technology is available (a similar, but
conceptually superiar technology is Phantom, for example). A great
d>al of energy (and money!) will be sp>nt on it, one way or another...