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BY now, most people are familiar with Web applications such as Google Documents, Zoho, and ThinkFree, which offer some of the features of traditional office productivity software through the browser. These so-called Web 2.0 applications are attractive, because people don’t need to download or install any software to use them. What’s more, they’re often free and usually work on any operating system—Windows, Mac OS X or Linux—because they are run through the browser.
WEB 2.0 is the term increasingly being used to describe the next generation World Wide Web. Rising from the ashes of hundreds of dot-com companies that crashed and burned in 2001, new players as well as survivors are using the Web as a platform to create more interactive and collaborative experiences online.
I’M trying out a nifty new word processor these days. The program didn’t come on a CD and I didn’t have to download it from the Internet, either. In fact, it’s running on my browser.
The program, called Writely, is a good example of software that’s delivered over the Internet as a service rather than as a product that comes in a box.
