As soon as we make headway, we should be able to improve the improvement process. Now his Bootstrap Insitute aims to help companies and organizations utilize his techniques. Dr. Engelbart has had it with commercial development. People keep telling me the marketplace will take care of it. Instead, he is planning a system of open software that can be distributed free over the Internet.
People can download it, adapt it, change it, use it.
For example, he and enthusiastic volunteer helpers are working to refine his system for open hypertext documents to be released to the public. It's going to evolve. Now SRI has rejoined the effort, and is looking for government funding to prepare Dr. Engelbart's systems for launching over the Internet. Dr. Lincoln calls it a viral model. Dr. Engelbart asks.