Comment The view of the MAS developers (Score 5, Informative) 226
This major code release is only our first step. We're putting the MAS core out there in order to create a useful open standard. We feel that this code represents a radical departure from prior attempts to manage time-critical data on the desktop and across the network. We see this as a valid and innovative architecture with extensive implications for the management of media of all modes. In particular, one of the important applications of this architecture is to time-critical accessibility tasks which can now be handled in a completely generic fashion.
We encourage close examination of the code and we will do our best in the near term to bring as much of our insight and intention to the open community. We see this as an opportunity for collective and collaborative innovation.
From our website:
MAS will provide a complete mechanism for media support, for all pluri-modal media, for all platforms, for all operating systems, for all window systems.
MAS supports the desktop and, transparently, the network. In particular, MAS will provide complete support for the X Window System, across the network.
MAS is an open system: the complete core will remain under the original MIT ("X") license, equally supporting open and proprietary use and development.
MAS provides mechanisms for structured extension, and will be supported by dedicated testing and certification processes.
We wish explicitly to thank Sun Microsystems and X.org for their generous support.
Leon Shiman for the MAS Development Team
We encourage close examination of the code and we will do our best in the near term to bring as much of our insight and intention to the open community. We see this as an opportunity for collective and collaborative innovation.
From our website:
MAS will provide a complete mechanism for media support, for all pluri-modal media, for all platforms, for all operating systems, for all window systems.
MAS supports the desktop and, transparently, the network. In particular, MAS will provide complete support for the X Window System, across the network.
MAS is an open system: the complete core will remain under the original MIT ("X") license, equally supporting open and proprietary use and development.
MAS provides mechanisms for structured extension, and will be supported by dedicated testing and certification processes.
We wish explicitly to thank Sun Microsystems and X.org for their generous support.
Leon Shiman for the MAS Development Team
