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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 internet 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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