IBM, Google and others start an initiative to take AJAX mainstream.
 "The project, called Open Ajax, aims to create a single framework that standardizes development and debugging on a common library of Ajax widgets that could run on multiple Ajax runtimes. Like J2EE before it, Open Ajax is all about assembling critical mass convergence around a stack to prevent Microsoft from co-opting it. And, like Linux before it, it's about vendors trying to hop a train that was already leaving the station with or without their support." cbronline.com
As initially proposed, the Open Ajax framework supports several run times including the Dojo DHTML (Dynamic HTML) framework; OpenRico, a JavaScript component framework created by the Sabre web development team; and Zimbra, which just released "Zimlet" APIs that tap into its JavaScript mail client. The goal of Open Ajax is to standardize around a common set of widgets, interfaces, and plug-ins to Eclipse so it can morph into an industrial strength rich web development environment. And with the standards, any Eclipse-compliant Ajax toolkit should be able to plug into any compliant Ajax run time, regardless of browser client or server deployment platform.
The following companies and projects (plus others) are member of the group leaded by IBM:
Microsoft, Adobe, and IBM/Laszlo have introduced their own frameworks for the next generation rich web client. Sun does not participate in this group too, but also includes Ajax in his (Java-)products.
Read more at Zimbra, or very good articles at Ajax Developers Journal and Computer Business online.
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