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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JULY 28, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 30
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Breaking News - Operating Systems
& Middleware:
Netomat Introduces An New Way To
Communicate Via XML
Netomat, a pioneer in communication software and network-based art,
announces
the beta release of its new personal multimedia communication service. The
beta (for both PC and Mac) is now available as a free download at
www.netomat.net.
With the new netomat service, anyone can create and publish or send
multimedia
Web sites, emails and blogs using any combination of digital pictures, audio,
voice, text, free-form drawing and animation -- all in just a few minutes.
netomat also makes it easy to embed tools within these multimedia Web
sites,
emails and blogs -- instantly turning them into personal collaborative spaces,
communities and bulletin boards.
Because netomat is built upon open standards, formats and protocols,
viewers
of netomat-based communication do not have to download the application or any
proprietary plug-ins to view, interact, annotate, post, notify and
forward.
"The company, launched by a mix of artists, philosophers and early players
in
the growth of XML, could be on the verge of becoming -- dare we say it -- the
'next big thing.'" -- Erin Joyce, InternetNews.com
The core innovation underlying the netomat service is a powerful new
XML-based
language called nml (netomatic mark-up language). nml was created to enhance
people to people communication ... it's XML with personality.
nml was first introduced at the Postmasters Gallery in New York City as
part
of the netomat art project conceived by pioneering network artist/programmer
Maciej Wisniewski. The piece, which was downloaded by close to a million
people in over 80 countries, clearly touched a nerve.
Maciej then partnered with Tamas Banovich, curator and co-owner of
Postmasters, to expand the vision of the art project and to further develop
the powerful technology. Maciej and Tamas joined with two software veterans,
Alan Gershenfeld, former SVP of Activision Studios, and Kris Ramanathan,
former Head of US Operations for Financial Models, to found netomat Inc.
"Like the Tao, the netomat that can be explained is not the true netomat:
email, instant messaging, personal rich media creation tool, all get blended,
mixed, and re-defined in the netomat vision of software as art."
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