<s>
Fractal	O
is	O
a	O
modular	O
and	O
extensible	O
component	O
model	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
various	O
programming	O
languages	O
to	O
design	O
,	O
implement	O
,	O
deploy	B-Application
and	O
reconfigure	O
various	O
systems	O
and	O
applications	O
,	O
from	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
to	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
platforms	O
and	O
to	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
Fractal	O
is	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
development	O
,	O
deployment	O
and	O
maintenance	O
costs	O
of	O
software	O
systems	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
and	O
of	O
OW2	B-Architecture
projects	O
in	O
particular	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fractal	O
is	O
hosted	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
OW2	B-Architecture
consortium	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
open-source	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Component	O
Model	O
sub	O
project	O
deals	O
with	O
the	O
definition	O
of	O
the	O
Fractal	B-Language
component	I-Language
model	I-Language
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
Julia	O
,	O
the	O
reference	O
implementation	O
in	O
Java	O
maintained	O
in	O
the	O
ObjectWeb	B-Architecture
Fractal	O
project	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
several	O
other	O
implementations	O
of	O
the	O
Fractal	B-Language
component	I-Language
model	I-Language
in	O
other	O
projects	O
,	O
including	O
non	O
ObjectWeb	B-Architecture
projects	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
FracTalk	O
is	O
a	O
SmallTalk	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Fractal	B-Language
component	I-Language
model	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
FractNet	O
is	O
a	O
.Net	B-Application
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Fractal	B-Language
component	I-Language
model	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
ProActive	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
distributed	O
and	O
asynchronous	O
implementation	O
of	O
Fractal	O
geared	O
at	O
Grid	O
Computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Think	O
is	O
a	O
C	O
implementation	O
of	O
Fractal	O
geared	O
at	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fractal	O
GUI	B-Application
editor	O
is	O
a	O
tool	O
made	O
of	O
several	O
Fractal	O
components	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
tool	I-Application
to	O
design	O
and	O
edit	O
Fractal	O
component	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
