Eric, this is a most impressive beginning. I hope you
will not mind that I've forwarded it to the PORT list.
Gary
PS That must have been one helluva colloquium. . .
Eric Armstrong wrote:
I think I see a viable way to get resources devoted to
the development of a remote, persistent collaboration tool.
The train of thought began with a consideration of the "ABC"
organizations that Doug Engelbart described in the Unfinished
Revolution colloquium, and ended with the view that software
standards efforts provide the ideal "entry point" for the design
and development of collaboration tools.
This article describes that vision:
http://www.treelight.com/software/collaboration/abc.html