Rebol: Internet Operating System - FYI

From: Internet Product Watch http://ipw.internet.com/e-business/development/1004459315.html Internet Operating System New Approach To Collaborative Computing First there was E-Mail, then the Web, then instant messenging. Now there is REBOL/IOS. IOS lets people work together in real-time from anywhere in the world. It transforms physically separated groups into productive, unified teams by providing a direct, secure, and responsive environment for collaboration and sharing. IOS combines REBOL's powerful distributed X-Internet platform with dozens of collaborative Reblets: Conference, Roll-Call, Taskmaster, Presenter, Messenger, Agenda, Calendar, Brainstorm, Desktop, Poll, Journal, Expert, Notify, Reserve, Auction, Outliner, Contacts, Whiteboard, Timeline, Revisor. IOS Reblets are extremely agile, making them easy to customize and extend. Consultants, value-added resellers, and OEMs can rapidly adapt Reblets for their markets: Insurance, Medical, Financial, Sales, Real Estate, Legal, Executives, Education, Construction, Travel, Government, Organizations. IOS is system independent. Reblets run across a wide range of systems without code modification and operate without changes to your existing network infrastructure: Windows, Macintosh, Solaris, Linux, IBM AIX, HP/UX, SGI, BSD, BeOS, Amiga, QNX, SCO, and more. IOS products include: IOS Express - for large/midsize business collaboration IOS Lite - for small business collaboration IOS Host - for hosted business collaboration IOS Group - for non-profit organizations Other IOS features: - Instant, interactive 2-way communications. - Both inter- and intra-enterprise uses. - Robust security with full strength encryption, certificates, and authentication. - Interconnects via HTTP as well as direct peer-to-peer. - Integrates quickly with legacy systems and existing databases. - Works with the client both on-line and off-line. - Trivial to download, install, and operate. - Greater user satisfaction with reduced network load. - Custom applications created in days, not months. - All applications can be dynamically updated. - Administrative functions can be script operated. - Affordable for businesses of all sizes. --------------- Peter