Simon, being software, will follow a slightly different path than other types of technology in that there is only one variation and the marketing will be done over the Web via software distribution services such as the many shareware download Sites. Manufacture, when speaking of software, is a simple download/duplication function.

Simon will be released as "Shareware" in order to prevent others from finding it profitable to make the attempt to copy our interface. Simon's first 2 modules will be launched simultaneously for a shareware price in the $20-25 dollar range. After a 3 month grace period to allow the shareware to be well saturated through the Web using community, a window will appear intermittently asking for the shareware fee. Upon payment of the fee, a "key" will be e-mailed to the user and the user will be added to the database for notification of the release of the remaining 3 modules. Those remaining modules will not be shareware but will instead be priced at market rates.

The page-related Web is not a naturally intuitive interface and relies on a level of education and intellect that many people do not have. The Web also relies very heavily on English which is a difficult language for many in the international audience. As a result, only a small % of the "FirstWorld" use the internet. People in the lesser developed areas who need the information solutions the most, are almost completely shut-out.

The page-interface language-dependent Web cannot compete with the space-related, language-independent, naturally easy to understand and navigate interface that SIMON provides. It can fit seemlessly into the existing Web structure, "morphing" the existing Web, over time, into a new structure. It also includes a new coding language that allows users to script in "short-word international North American Phoenetic English". This means that the "owner's manual" is also direct instructions for the SoftWare. Users can run their entire systems thru this structure, including use of their Apps and storage of their data. This is very hard to explain. I hope the above helps more than it confuses. Simon turns the Web into a space-related environment that mimics the real world and so opens up the Web to the world by making it natural to use and easy to understand. Simon's space-related language-independent interface is far easier to understand and navigate than the existing page-related language-dependent interface of the present Web. I have completed the design work on this "Spacial Browser". I started this project in April 1985, with a desire to create a "Web". The Web came into being since I began the project, but my approach is better because it mimics the real world. I finally completed it last year. I am now in need of coding work.

I plan to code and release Simon in 5 distinct modules creating a "Radical Heterogenous Distributed Database Shell". Module 4 and 5 will eliminate the need for Servers, URLs, and MainFrames in the system. It makes every individual computer ..... "like a colony-cluster of cells partly within a giant colonial-brain, yet always independent and decentralized."

The first two modules, if the development costs of Netscape are any indication, should take around $4M and 6-8 months.

• The first 2 modules are expected to take 6-8 months to code.
• The 3rd module 12 months.
• The 4th module 12 months.
• The 5th module 24 months.

Find out more about IDS .... Link: Simon Overview