Radio UserLand Userland Software, Inc.
What is it? Web Server Content Manager Programming Platform Application package Publishing and routing tool Full web application development and R.T.E.
It all starts with a Name: RADIO Underlying ideal based on peer-to-peer computing typically characterized by music sharing. “Oversimplifying drastically, Radio UserLand is an abstracted version of Napster…” – Dave Winer, Radio UserLand lead developer.
Web Server Power comparable to IIS, Apache Distribution capacities once only found in service providers like Yahoo Decentralized Desktop: Mac/PC
Web Server cont. Security Performance Local store of your information Control
Content Manager Information Organization Peer – to – peer Both online/offline maintenance “live outlining” Support and chat Controlled access
Music Playlist
Programming Platform Integrated Outliner HTML/XML programming environment Allows simplified distributed application development Scripting environment UserTalk Language
Application Package/Tools Object Database UserTalk Language DocServer Multi-Threaded RTE XML-RPC client and server SOAP client and server HTTP server
Application Package/Tools, cont. Weblog publishing, Manilla Automatic Information Streaming based on RSS
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Personal Experience Relatively simple to initiate Seems to be good user community support Will take some time to utilize all features.
Final Thoughts Complete end-user application environment for online content building Still evolving Strongly based on Standards Breaks the “centralized model” Development in collaboration with Industry leaders: IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Lotus.
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