Why do I have the overwhelming sense that something immensely stupid is about to occur? I've got my popcorn ready. Who knows, SCO did it...they banked everything on a whim. Maybe M$ will follow suit and bank everything on a hostile takeover. I wouldn't put it past Ballmer. But with the insanity that seems to be taking firm hold of the world and everything in it, I wouldn't be surprised if Ballmer, in a monumental display of egotistical machismo, tries to take down Yahoo, and his own company with it.
OSS is the antithesis of the profit model. The only reason people make money from OSS is because money still exists, and is a necessity. In a more spiritually mature society, people will give of their talents and abilities freely, and those that seek profit margin from the work of others will be marginalized and neutralized.
What's so wonderful about OSS is that it is a glimmer of the future, and what that future holds. If a recession comes, and it looks like its coming, people will continue on, using whatever's available to them. The companies that put making money before all else will be the ones to suffer, and as they suffer, they'll insure that others suffer with them (or for them). Nonetheless, when the depression came, people turned to farming and living in self-sustaining environments as much as they could, same with OSS, people will use the tools that are as freely available as possible. I believe, however, that this will only widen the gap between rich and poor, but the poor will have more powerful tools available, alive with creativity and originality, while the greedy continue to inbreed and die out.
...which is probably the most harmful to human health, and which allows corporations the most ability to cut corners, maximize profits, and make off like bandits while people quietly contract leukemia.
I've made dozens of web video streaming applications and interactive web pages and right now am working on a multi-user video conferencing app.
I maintain them myself, which I know is always easier than maintaining someone else's, however, I always try to write code (any code-HTML/CSS, Actionscript, PHP) very cleanly and clearly.
Anyhow, I know Flash isn't the answer to the world's problems, but I do appreciate the advances in Actionscript 3 they've made, by turning it into a full-on OO language which resembles Java in many ways. In fact, I like the clean structure of AS3 so much that I wont program in AS2 or (defintely not) AS1 anymore.
Peace.
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THE CAKE IS A LIE!!!!
It's just different DBs for different purposes. (I'm the poster of the comment you replied to, I hit AC on accident).
Why do I have the overwhelming sense that something immensely stupid is about to occur? I've got my popcorn ready. Who knows, SCO did it...they banked everything on a whim. Maybe M$ will follow suit and bank everything on a hostile takeover. I wouldn't put it past Ballmer. But with the insanity that seems to be taking firm hold of the world and everything in it, I wouldn't be surprised if Ballmer, in a monumental display of egotistical machismo, tries to take down Yahoo, and his own company with it.
OSS is the antithesis of the profit model. The only reason people make money from OSS is because money still exists, and is a necessity. In a more spiritually mature society, people will give of their talents and abilities freely, and those that seek profit margin from the work of others will be marginalized and neutralized.
What's so wonderful about OSS is that it is a glimmer of the future, and what that future holds. If a recession comes, and it looks like its coming, people will continue on, using whatever's available to them. The companies that put making money before all else will be the ones to suffer, and as they suffer, they'll insure that others suffer with them (or for them). Nonetheless, when the depression came, people turned to farming and living in self-sustaining environments as much as they could, same with OSS, people will use the tools that are as freely available as possible. I believe, however, that this will only widen the gap between rich and poor, but the poor will have more powerful tools available, alive with creativity and originality, while the greedy continue to inbreed and die out.
...which is probably the most harmful to human health, and which allows corporations the most ability to cut corners, maximize profits, and make off like bandits while people quietly contract leukemia.
I've made dozens of web video streaming applications and interactive web pages and right now am working on a multi-user video conferencing app. I maintain them myself, which I know is always easier than maintaining someone else's, however, I always try to write code (any code-HTML/CSS, Actionscript, PHP) very cleanly and clearly. Anyhow, I know Flash isn't the answer to the world's problems, but I do appreciate the advances in Actionscript 3 they've made, by turning it into a full-on OO language which resembles Java in many ways. In fact, I like the clean structure of AS3 so much that I wont program in AS2 or (defintely not) AS1 anymore. Peace.
>Have you every built an application in flash? It's a nightmare to maintain.
Yes, I do it all the time. My apps are easy to maintain, because I make them that way. What about yours?
It's not the code, it's the coder. It's not the language, but the skillful use of that language.