Open AJAX Initiative
IBM is leading a group of vendors in the Open AJAX initiative. The group which includes BEA, Borland, the Dojo Foundation, the Eclipse Foundation, Laszlo Systems, Mozilla Corporation, Novell, Openwave Systems, Oracle, Red Hat, Yahoo, Zend and Zimbra, hopes to drive collaboration to simplify the browsing experience, and make it easier for users to shop, work, plan, correspond and navigate online
I don’t get it…what value can they bring? I mean, it’s pretty simple stuff to use and add to an app, designing it in a webapp from the ground up isn’t hard easier.
the browser supports functionality, the language provides the API/abstracts the interface and the programmer adds it in the app…so IBM are going to write my app for me or something?
>> “intend to promote Ajax’s promise of universal compatibility with any computer device, application, desktop or operating system, and easy incorporation into new and existing software programs”
so what? it’s up to the browser makers, really, IBM’s, Borland, et al have nothing to do with it…
there are already JS classes out there. MS has a .NET AJAX class and nothing’s stopping Borland adding the same to Delphi…
so they’re going to sprout lots of hot air and make an AJAX “PetMarket” demo app?
haven’t all these “big irons” got better thnigs to do? or is it the lure of being on a committee and the prospect of a free lunch?