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Web killer is the code name for V2. V2 is a
foundation technology that was built to take us
beyond the World Wide Web.
Building a solid foundation
on the internet is the single most important thing
we can do on the internet today. The problem with
the web is that it doesn’t have the plumbing we
need in order to build more useful applications
online. In fact anything and everything that can
be digitized and automated should and will be moved
online. The web does not have the plumbing to make
this a reality. The dot com meltdown was the first
sign that web technology wasn’t the path to
internet convergance. However, the web is a very important
first step. That’s why we call it V1; it is just
a first step.
A gentleman by the name of Tim Berners-Lee
designed and built the web. The problem is that
he never designed it with sophisticated human interaction
and commerce in mind. He never anticipated the
bustling online world that his little application
would morph into. His goal was just to design an
application to allow scientist to interact online
through a web of linked documents
and data. A very noble cause but it falls
far short of our needs if we ever intend to take
the internet to the next level.
Because time and
technology does not stand still, we all know someone,
some place at some time or another is going to
figure out a way to advance online computing.
That
time and place is here and now.
V2 was built from the
ground up to support what we call the
Cyber World.
Its main purpose is to build a foundation on the
internet so we can start building the plumbing
(infrastructure) that is missing from the internet.
Once we have the infrastructure frame work in place, there will be no limit on the types of applications
that we can build online. Indeed, strap on your
seat belts because everything that can be digitized
and automated will be made available online. We
believe this will cause a second internet gold
rush similar to the dot coms but on a much larger
scale.
Have you ever wondered why we aren’t doing
simple things like voting online? Why are we still
making trips to the DMV for new license tags? Is this not the information
age? Why
can’t we see every available product in any store
and just order it? Why don’t I have every record of information (dental records, medical records, credit
history, etc) about myself at my own fingertips? Why do I need a search engine
to experience the web at all? Why is so called
spam such a big problem? Why is it so hard to protect
my kids from online predators?
On the web, these
problems are nightmares that will never go away. It's simple, what we need is structure and securtiy, not more web pages and websites. The
hard part is how do we make that happen? Yes you guessed it, V2.
We realize that it will take some time for internet users and developers to get use to the idea that
an alternate world besides the World Wide Web can
and will exist. HTML is to the Web as V2 is to
the Cyber world. We call them base technologies
because without them, neither the web nor the Cyber World could be built. HTML is really not a true base
technology, it’s just the only thing that comes close.
It’s really just an interface and a mechanism for linking documents and data..
As time goes on we will share more details about
the V2 stack. Here is what we envision
for the future.
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