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virtual machines! With all these runtime elements available to developers and a
consistent server-side API (through the .NET Framework or server-side Java), rich,
high-performing applications built using the client/server model are now possible.
Thin Client Applications Save the Day
In the summer of 2001, I had my first ???wow??? experience with the power of what could be
done with a browser-based interface using scripting, DHTML, and asynchronous XML.
I was working for a product development group in a large financial services company in
New York and was invited by one of their Chief Technical Office (CTO) teams to take a
look at their new prototype of a zero-footprint technology for delivering financial information,
both streaming and static. They claimed they could stream news, quotes, and
charts to a browser with no installation necessary at the desktop, and they could do it in
such a manner that it met all the requirements of a typical client. In those days, the
biggest support problems were in the installation, maintenance, and support of heavy
Component Object Model (COM) desktop applications, and this would wipe them all
out in a single blow.
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