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1.4.2 Paving the Way to Component Software

   OpenDoc is designed to improve the way people use computers, the way 
   enterprises manage information, and the way the computer software industry 
   develops software applications.  Even as software developers compete with 
   each other in the delivery of OpenDoc software components, they continue 
   to collaborate with each other on ideas and share the software 
   architecture of OpenDoc. 

   OpenDoc reduces the complexity of today's feature-packed software 
   applications, enabling the creation of interchangeable components of 
   software functionality.  OpenDoc will ease the user experience and provide 
   efficient customer solutions in an open and competitive market. 

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