OK -- do you have a link? Sun's page still says Release Candidate, if you go to the download page it still has 'rc' in the filename. So, to me, it still looks like a Release Candidate, not the final release.
StarView, I believe (a home-grown C++ API/Framework -- see next item)
(2) It's a nice GUI, and if it was extracted and made into a GUI/API Framework, possibly companies could use it to port their apps to linux easier.
Already done, although StarDivision no longer markets this (why not??). I played with it several years ago when I was a Windows programmer (Win3.0/3.1 days). At that time, cross-platform was not an issue, so we ended up using Borland's OWL. Had a Unix version been part of the req'ts, it definitely would have gotten the nod. The API even implemented MDI and WinHelp on *nix, plus it was a very clean API (unlike MFC).
Are you sure? It's not slash, it's Squishdot (built on Zope, which is built on Python).
Admittedly, the look-and-feel is "borrowed" from Slashdot, but the underlying technology is completely different. Check The Technology behind TECHNOCRAT.NET for more info.
Nope. It's a Development-only license. No time restrictions, but once you implement your application, you (or your customers) have to purchase a license. They're attempting to jump-start the Linux market by persuading developers to create and/or port their applications on Oracle (for free), then sell server licenses when the apps go 'live'. Pretty smart move on their part, if you ask me.
Other computer companies are either fixing their flawed applications free of charge, or are in court because of customer demands. Even IBM has been to court because of Y2K-related litigation, and they are huge!
So what EDS needs to do is sue MS to recoup the cost of upgrading, since one of the recurring arguments against Linux is that there's nobody to sue. That might make MS think twice about pulling this kind of sh** in the future.
Slashdot Mirror
OK -- do you have a link? Sun's page still says Release Candidate, if you go to the download page it still has 'rc' in the filename. So, to me, it still looks like a Release Candidate, not the final release.
What am I missing?
Flamers would quickly disappear, good posts would rise to the top, and it would be more difficult for a "bad" moderator to skew the ratings.
C++, AFAIK
and what GUI toolkit does it use
StarView, I believe (a home-grown C++ API/Framework -- see next item)
(2) It's a nice GUI, and if it was extracted and made into a GUI/API Framework, possibly companies could use it to port their apps to linux easier.
Already done, although StarDivision no longer markets this (why not??). I played with it several years ago when I was a Windows programmer (Win3.0/3.1 days). At that time, cross-platform was not an issue, so we ended up using Borland's OWL. Had a Unix version been part of the req'ts, it definitely would have gotten the nod. The API even implemented MDI and WinHelp on *nix, plus it was a very clean API (unlike MFC).
I managed to connect to it (momentarily) before it was totally slashdotted. The transfer rate (according to Netscape) was 3 bytes/sec!!
Are you sure? It's not slash, it's Squishdot (built on Zope, which is built on Python).
Admittedly, the look-and-feel is "borrowed" from Slashdot, but the underlying technology is completely different. Check The Technology behind TECHNOCRAT.NET for more info.
I believe the latter (or close to it). There's too much consistency in the misspellings and grammar for it to be anything but a parody.
http://www.freeyellow.co m/members7/geraldholmes/index.html
Nope. It's a Development-only license. No time restrictions, but once you implement your application, you (or your customers) have to purchase a license. They're attempting to jump-start the Linux market by persuading developers to create and/or port their applications on Oracle (for free), then sell server licenses when the apps go 'live'. Pretty smart move on their part, if you ask me.
So what EDS needs to do is sue MS to recoup the cost of upgrading, since one of the recurring arguments against Linux is that there's nobody to sue. That might make MS think twice about pulling this kind of sh** in the future.