Insights Dr. David A. Kranz was a Principal Research Scientist in the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science from 1987 until 1998, when he left to start Curl Corporation. Before his involvement with what is now the Curl technology, he worked in the areas of programming languages, compilers, and parallel computing. David holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale University. When users run applications on their computers, they typically get instant results.
Processes are fast, using the local computing power of the machine.
Double click the mouse or hit Enter, and the computer starts its work, without delay. Computers become more powerful each day, and users expect ever more functionality. So when it comes to performance on the Internet, something's amiss. The promise of the Internet is connection. The World Wide Web is only the first step.