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SOLICITATION: Request for support -- Pragmatica's Mango for OS/2 (Web HTML)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph LoCicero IV)
Sun Sep 22 23:19:40 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 23 Sep 1996 02:51:16 GMT
From: jolo@jaguar.ece.cmu.edu (Joseph LoCicero IV)
Reply-To: jolo@jaguar.ece.cmu.edu (Joseph LoCicero IV)
Reply-to: jolo@jaguar.ece.cmu.edu (Joseph LoCicero IV)
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Fellow OS/2 enthusiasts:
Pragmatica, Inc. is considering porting their HTML authoring & assistance tool
known as "Mango" to OS/2. However, they are under the impression that most
web servers are UNIX and NT based, and are delaying the port to OS/2
"indefinitely due to lack of demand." Since I have been preliminarily chosen
as the porter of the software, and am very anxious to see Mango for OS/2
become a reality, I would like to know whether you would use and consider
purchasing Mango for OS/2.
Pragmatica is specifically looking for responses from those of you that run
OS/2 web servers, or author HTML and scripting content for any web server. If,
after reading about Mango below and on their web site, you feel that this might
be you, please send a letter to os2@pragmaticainc.com letting them know how
you feel! Mango for OS/2 will not happen unless there's enough of a demand
from OS/2 webmasters.
So what is Mango? Simply put, it's a system that extends HTML with "Active
Markup (tm)" to allow you to author web pages more quickly and easily. It
acts as a translator between this extended language and standard HTML --
either statically, or as a dynamic conversion when a document is requested --
so that you can maintain your web pages more efficiently. Some examples of
how Mango can be used include (in increasing order of coolness):
o Building basic HTML document elements automatically
o Generation of a table of contents for a web site
o Unified footers for every web page on your site
o Automatic classification of your links
o Automatic management of inter-document references and dependencies
o Create dynamic, interactive web pages, without resorting to CGI
programming in perl or C
o Organize an entire site using Mango's extensive Object Oriented
programming language, taking advantage of polymorphism, inheritance, and
encapsulation
For a better description of what Mango is capable of, along with some great
examples, visit Pragmatica's web site at http://www.pragmaticainc.com and see
for yourself!
Mango for OS/2 will contain all of the features that the 95/NT versions
contain, including the static and dynamic modes in a single executable. It
will also include full WPS integration, and perhaps some other OS/2
enhancements. I hope that you find Mango as exciting as I do! Please let
Pragmatica know if Mango for OS/2 would be a product you'd purchase and use.
Once again, email os2@pragmaticainc.com with your request for Mango for
OS/2.
Sincerely,
Joe LoCicero
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