OpenDoc is a revolutionary technology that brings a new class of applications and documents to the Windows, Mac OS, OS/2, UNIX, and other personal-computer platforms. With OpenDoc, hardware and software developers can deliver:
OpenDoc enables the creation of a new kind of software. This cooperative component software:
In doing so, OpenDoc fundamentally changes the nature of software development for personal computers.
This chapter starts with a review of the reasons why OpenDoc was created, followed by an overview of OpenDoc concepts:
Each of these topics is described more fully in subsequent chapters.