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1.4.9 Shaping the Future

   CI Labs and its members are committed to providing solutions to meet 
   today's complex and evolving computing needs.  OpenDoc is not technology 
   for the sake of technology; it empowers people and organizations with new 
   capabilities that are both powerful and easy to use.  The benefits of 
   widespread adoption of OpenDoc will be revolutionary for users and 
   developers alike. 

   OpenDoc is an architecture for applications.  Architecture is a word with 
   many connotations.  To clarify the meaning of the term, let's look at a 
   definition for architecture from Webster's Dictionary: 

     Architecture(n.) A method or style of building. A unifying form or 
     structure. 

   To apply this same idea to the term application architecture, read the 
   definition as follows: 

     Application architecture (n.) A style of building applications, 
     characterized by a particular program structure and user interface. 

   The purpose of an application architecture is to create a style of 
   building applications.  A recipe, if you will, for putting together a fine 
   program. 

   OpenDoc enables the creation of applications which will meet the needs of 
   users, developers, and platform vendors into the coming decade.  OpenDoc 
   applications provide greatly improved content integration, collaboration, 
   customization, and cross-platform interoperability. 

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