One bright little commenter on El Reg suggested that another reason for Apple buying this company could be for a console release, as Apple recently acquired a patent which could be for console gaming.
Apple's already been down that road with the late unlamented Apple Pippin I doubt they would go there again as they don't have the resources to compete against the big 3 console makers.
History shows that any "fence" or edifice to "security" is almost always, like the Great Wall designed to keep it's citizens in, rather than invaders out.
Keep the government fenced up sounds like a good idea to me.
He misses the most obvious way of making Mysql pay and that is Java. If Sun goes down the same route that Microsoft is with Sql Server/.NET and integrates Java into Mysql, Sun gets a powerful new platform for the enterprise.
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Ada Bryon's Notes on the analytical engine contains the oldest running code today. It can be run here.
Of course Charles Babbage holds the claim for longest vaporware project at 153 years. And also apparently the longest unfixed bug.
" sales of the Macintosh which showed an increase of 51 percent by units and 54 percent by dollars."
Sounds like Vista is paying dividends for somebody.
One bright little commenter on El Reg suggested that another reason for Apple buying this company could be for a console release, as Apple recently acquired a patent which could be for console gaming.
Apple's already been down that road with the late unlamented Apple Pippin I doubt they would go there again as they don't have the resources to compete against the big 3 console makers.
History shows that any "fence" or edifice to "security" is almost always, like the Great Wall designed to keep it's citizens in, rather than invaders out.
Keep the government fenced up sounds like a good idea to me.
A direct link in the summery would have been nice:
http://www.haiku-os.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_(operating_system)
He misses the most obvious way of making Mysql pay and that is Java. If Sun goes down the same route that Microsoft is with Sql Server/.NET and integrates Java into Mysql, Sun gets a powerful new platform for the enterprise.