Article,

WebOS: say goodbye to desktop applications

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netWorker, 9 (4): 18--26 (2005)
DOI: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1103940.1103941

Abstract

Some call it the second coming of the dot-coms. The blogosphere is buzzing, and new buzzwords are minted daily in the press: "Web 2.0," "Weblications," and "WebOS"—the Web-based Operating System. Email, the Internet's first killer app, has now largely migrated from the desktop to the Web. Instant messaging, word processing, and even spreadsheets aren't far behind. Something is happening here, as Bob Dylan once sang, but do we know what it is?

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