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Gloolabs Readies A Java-Based WiFi Audio Device
An anonymous reader writes "A new Java powered home entertainment audio device design promises to simplify sharing computer music files among computers and stereos in connected homes. Gloolabs's Gloo is Java middleware that puts an iPod-like interface on music files it "discovers" around the network. Gloo, which will be licensed to multiple device makers, is available now on one device that runs embedded Linux, and Gloolabs is currently bootstrapping a Gloo developer community. Gloolabs is currently taking orders for the $250 MacSense HomePod, the first Gloo-based device, which will ship in January 2004. A limited quantity of the $350 Developer Edition is available now."
Lets not forget that Java, itself, isn't open source. Its fun to tout something open, but you have to PAY for the source (which, no doubt, you can't "share") and we all know that java, and the JVM, are closed proprietary software that Sun is clingy on for dear life.
Whats worse is running multimedia on Java. My fourth wife was asked to be a part of this project, but declined mostly due to it containing java (the other part was it never gave us time together, which we needed, because we were trying to have a baby and needed 'baby making time'. She doesn't like doing it in the light, so we could only do it at night, and the job took a lot of night hours away that could be better spent on working on getting pregnant. And, funny as it may sound, she left me before I could knock her up, so maybe she should have taken the job). Multimedia programs should involve assembly or C. Programs that won't take the speed nor memory away from the multimedia that needs it.
Yeah, I'm a Republican AND a geek. It is possible.
I understand that Java is supposed to be able to be used anywhere, anytime, etc, but is this really something another language couldn't have done much better? Don't get me wrong, Java is a great language, for things like webpages, and stuff that needs to run on multiple OSs, but, come on, a mock MP3 player/server?
As of 10/06/03, I hate COBOL developers.
"While standard ACC files are supported, Apple Music Store Downloads are not due to DRM restrictions"
ACC files are not standard: few music devices play them, and few programs with with them compared to MP3 files, which are much more of a standard.