Most of the researchers behind it scattered to other companies. Born out of academic and government research projects, conceived by scientists working independently, the Internet is imperfectly designed. Geoplex was meant to change that. Its goal was a software platform, or basic architecture, for making Net-based networks run more smoothly. With Geoplex, companies and other entities would be able to more easily exchange data and build businesses.
Techies refer to the project as middleware, a nebulous term for software that connects systems.
Think of the United Nations. In the U.N.'s General Assembly, representatives of many different nations speak many different languages. Each one, however, can pick up a headset and listen in his or her own language. Geoplex was intended to work in a similar fashion. An imposing former international water-polo player with a thick Croatian accent, Vrsalavic looks as much like an Olympic wrestler stuffed into a suit as he does a research scientist.