“Since the Web’s beginnings, developers and entrepreneurs have
pointed to sites’ abilities to host software applications
traditionally found on personal computers. Web sites that focus on
these types of programs–known as application service
providers–have proliferated.”
“But independent developers working through Mozilla.org, America
Online’s open-source browser development group, want to take those
capabilities a step further. They are laying plans to turn the
browser itself into a multitasking application that can surf the
Web, edit Web pages, and handle spreadsheets, presentations and
traditional word-processing tasks.”
“To this end, Mozilla participant James Russell has launched
an effort to integrate into the Mozilla browser the StarOffice
productivity applications soon to be released into open-source
development by Sun Microsystems.”