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W3C Launches Technical Architecture Group
jdaly writes "
In an effort to build shared understanding of Web Architecture principles, W3C has chartered and assembled a Technical Architecture Group - the TAG for short. The TAG will document cross-technology Web architecture principles, and resolve architectural issues. The TAG will conduct its work on a public mailing list.
Chair Tim Berners-Lee, Paul Cotton, Roy Fielding, David Orchard, Norman Walsh, and Stuart Williams join appointees Tim Bray, Dan Connolly, and Chris Lilley as the first TAG participants.
Of note to Slashdot readers (perhaps): Neither Tim Bray nor Roy Fielding are connected with W3C Member organizations. Instead, they were chosen for their knowledge and achievements - as well as the importance they have in technical communities.
Here is the general press release and the TAG homepage.
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that I got First Post!
This early post for Ida!
Guten Tag, TAG! ;)
Ok, so that's probably not all that funny, but I enjoyed it. In all seriousness, I am glad to see this though, and that they have their mailing list up and running.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
Let's have a close look at the costs involved when running a Linux system.
An important factor in Linux' cost is its maintenance. Linux requires a *lot* of maintenance, work doable only by the relatively few high-paid Linux administrators that put themselves - of course willingly - at a great place in the market. Linux seems to be needing maintenance continuously, to keep it from breaking down.
Add to this the cost of loss of data. Linux' native file system, EXT2FS, is known to lose data like a firehose spouts water when the file system isn't unmounted properly. Other unix file systems are much more tolerant towards unexpected crashes. An example is the FreeBSD file system, which with soft updates enabled, performance-wise blows EXT2FS out of the water, and doesn't have the negative drawback of extreme data loss in case of a system breakdown.
According to Linux advocates, an alternative to EXT2FS would be ReiserFS. Unfortunately, ReiserFS is still in beta stage. This means it is not intended for production use (although according to many Linux advocates this shouldn't be a problem, which makes me wonder how (little) valuable they find your data).
The other proposed 'solution', EXT3FS, is nothing more than an ugly hack to put journaling into the file system. All the drawbacks of the ancient EXT2FS file system remain in EXT3FS, for the sake of 'forward- and backward compatibility'. This is interesting, considering that the DOS heritage in the Windows 9x/ME series was considered a very bad thing by the Linux community, even though it provided what could be called one of the best examples of compatibility, ever. When it's about Linux, compatibility constraints don't seem to be that much of a problem for Linux advocates.
Back to Linux' cost. Factor in also the fact that crashes happen much more often on Linux than on other unices. On other unices, crashes usually are caused by external sources like power outages. Crashes in Linux are a regular thing, and nobody seems to know what causes them, internally. Linux advocates try to hide this fact by denying crashes ever happen. Instead, they have frequent "hardware problems".
The steep learning curve compared to about any other operating system out there is a major factor in Linux' cost. The system is a mix of features from all kinds of unices, but not one of them is implemented right. A Linux user has to live with badly coded tools which have low performance, mangle data seemingly at random and are not in line with their specification. On top of that a lot of them spit out the most childish and unprofessional messages, indicating that they were created by 14-year olds with too much time, no talent and a bad attitude.
I could go on and on and on, but the conclusion is clear. Linux is not an option for any one who seeks a professional OS with high performance, scalability, stability, adherence to standards, etc.
Don't you love these... I remember when it was "software" then it became "solutions". Sites like IBM's didn't offer products anymore, they offered solutions or better yet "e-solutions". Its all the same thing people, for instance we provide web hosting, you can call it what you like... e-commerce, virtual server, e-business, it doesn't change a thing. Now everyone is talking about architecture and throwing around cool words like "IP" and "Pipeline", don't you just love those Qwest and Sprint commercials... Come on "VPN" most average TV viewers have no clue what that is, but it sounds cool to them, I guess. Its these big companies that are trying to re-market the same old thing with a new fancy label, some of the marketing execs need serious help.
Nathaniel P. Wilkerson
www.haidacarver.com
I am quite new and learning web design and new technologies at University, so my questions might not be that interesting.
However, I have a legitimate inquiry: does anyone still follow the cross platform issues? I mean, when I design I only bear in mind the IE users because, after all, they are the biggest group on the web.
I am sorry if my question comes out in a dumb manner, but I was just pointed to this wonderful website (by my girlfriend, but that's another story LOL!) and I am really trying to learn the arts of being a good designer.
I give in to sin because I like to practice what I preach.
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