IBM: Internet is killing off Windows

According to a report by Computer Reseller News, scientists at IBM havedetermined that the "bloatware" known as Windows is history thanks to theInternet. Tony Temple, an IBM fellow and user interface expert, says that amodern user interface would be written in XML not C++ so that it couldeasily be stitched together with components from all over the Web.

"You have to write more code [with C++] and the more code you write, themore code you have to rewrite if you've got to change it," he told CRN. "Youwant the least amount of code so if you want to change or adjust things youcan do it in a very simple, speedy manner."

IBM fellow Alex Morrow agrees, calling XML the "lingua franca" of the Web.

"The Web has already nailed half of it," Temple said during a Lotustechnology roundtable this week. "It has already taken out the double clicksand all those other complicated things. You don't have icons in the sameshape and size.