To generalize the question, Ximian is putting effort into the Mono project. How does Ximian plan to leverage Mono and.Net in the future released of Ximian software? (I don't think they would put so much into Mono just for the sake of creating a.Net for Linux.)
I've yet to see what C# has over C++ except an entire new way to do things that won't really be portable.
C# offers Microsoft a way to fix their mistakes in the past with VB. VB is a god-awful language with a lot of legacy overhead and design problems. So instead of changing the VB language, which would piss off numerous developers, just make a new language.
Anyone remember some of the first J++ frameworks that appeared? I even think it was called WinForms, but it was a clean Java library for Windows development and people liked it more than VB. So MS is going to keep VB, and use the WinForms concept to make C# into the next VB. My guess is VB dies in the next three years.
I enjoyed some of the user comments about the lack of new features in the software. How's this for a new feature, it runs under a stable OS without using the error prone Classic envrionment. I would be willing to put up the cash even if they just ported Photoshop 6 to OS X.
I'm getting sick of all the comments complaining about the moderation on certian items. Things like "Mod this one up!" from all the AC's are just a pain to sort through. Do you want the ability to mod somehting? Get and account and login.
Then I guess people need to start learning that if they say something in public, anyone can quote and store that. Imagine an election where a canidate can say something stupid one day and then prevent the media from publishing it again or allowing people to talk about it. Same thing here except YOU put the material on the web for other people.
And that is the Microsoft plan. They have always focused on building troops of developers for their platform. In the early 90s, MS was selling their development tools to Universities and students are rates much lower that the professional developer. Thus, the students left school with an understanding of the Microsoft way of development and pushed the companies to adopt this way of development.
Now the story is the same, but MS is targeting the open source icons. If they can get these people to join in the.Net craze, then more people will learn.Net and start pushing that idea at work. Once again, MS wins because then they change the platform all they want.
This is becomming the key difference between developers. There is this group that understands C, assembly and the architecture of the hardware. They can move between all of these different SDKs and still grasp the concepts. It's the MIS professional who are going to get screwed. When your education depeneds on the current SDK for developing applications, what happens when no one uses the SDK? Look at where everyone who just learend Java is worried about going. I'd rather take the CS degree path and learn about all the theory. I can always learn new languages that MS is pushing later on.
When you purchase a Mac, you make the decision to use Apple as a primary source for software and hardware. It's not like Apple is running around looking for people to put out of business with iPhoto. Now if iPhoto was available on all platforms and started dictating standards, then people would have a problem.
The argument is much more simplistic than conspiracy theories and detachments from reality. The idea is that legal matters must be exact in the spelling of any proper noun. For instance, if I drew up a contract with American Online, that could be an entirly different business than America Online. People have been looking for these little differences for years.
I prefer to believe that the all caps is a legacy from the days of early computing where mixed case was just too much for something so small (or a lazy programmer).
So the article talks about using the technology to improve the conference phone that so many businesses have placed. But if everyone is seated and taking notes, won't their contact with the table stop the vibrations? Same with the desk. If I have a lot of crap on it, does the soundbug quality reduce because the desk can't vibrate?
You can be all political if you like, but the simple fact is that IE and office are the best applications in their class.
That's only true if:
You want to exchange files with another user that only has Office (or yourself for work).
You started learning MS Office as the first package.
I withheld the need to use GUI text editors for a long time. vi has everything I need and with tools like ispell, I was fine. My first GUI office suite was StarOffice. I've been using it without problem since 1998.
I tried using MS Office XP recently for work and found it was difficult and hard to use. Why? Because I know StarOffice and I keep thinking in terms of StarOffice. Since MS Office doesn't act the same, I don't like it.
Where am I going? There is no truth to the statement that MS Office is the best. It may be the best for you, but not for everyone. I'm personally waiting for OpenOffice to get the Mac OS X version ready so I can ditch MS Office.
It fits more into subitle usability features. The "drain" effect is basically the Window manager showing you where it wants to put the application. Is this necessary for the power user? Not really. Do newbies like it? Yes.
I used to work at the university call center. You wouldn't believe the number of people who claimed that Windows lost the program they were working on. It turns out that they would hit the minimize button or some keystroke. Then the application would minimize without warning. By having Aqua show you where things went, you can find them without any knowldege of computers.
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The book was written a few years ago just as companies started to see how XML could be used with the different technologies you mentioned. While the general concepts of the book are the same, I would be warry about purchasing the book and expcet to leverage the new Web Service model that both Microsoft and Sun are pushing.
Is it just me or does it look like some new MP3 player design. I don't know about the rest of the world, but I don't want to clip my phone/PDA on my belt and walk around like some G-man.
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To generalize the question, Ximian is putting effort into the Mono project. How does Ximian plan to leverage Mono and .Net in the future released of Ximian software? (I don't think they would put so much into Mono just for the sake of creating a .Net for Linux.)
Even if you are the highest moderated question, do you think the editors are going to pass it along? We can only hope they do....
But they need to keep the volume up to justify the subscription model. When it doubt, start looking for crap in the trash can.
I've yet to see what C# has over C++ except an entire new way to do things that won't really be portable.
C# offers Microsoft a way to fix their mistakes in the past with VB. VB is a god-awful language with a lot of legacy overhead and design problems. So instead of changing the VB language, which would piss off numerous developers, just make a new language.
Anyone remember some of the first J++ frameworks that appeared? I even think it was called WinForms, but it was a clean Java library for Windows development and people liked it more than VB. So MS is going to keep VB, and use the WinForms concept to make C# into the next VB. My guess is VB dies in the next three years.
reproduction would be illegal since Billy would hold all the copyrights.
I enjoyed some of the user comments about the lack of new features in the software. How's this for a new feature, it runs under a stable OS without using the error prone Classic envrionment. I would be willing to put up the cash even if they just ported Photoshop 6 to OS X.
I'm getting sick of all the comments complaining about the moderation on certian items. Things like "Mod this one up!" from all the AC's are just a pain to sort through. Do you want the ability to mod somehting? Get and account and login.
And they want to charge me for all this too....
So I spent some time searching for stuff and voting up sites with my Google toolbar. :o)
Then I guess people need to start learning that if they say something in public, anyone can quote and store that. Imagine an election where a canidate can say something stupid one day and then prevent the media from publishing it again or allowing people to talk about it. Same thing here except YOU put the material on the web for other people.
And that is the Microsoft plan. They have always focused on building troops of developers for their platform. In the early 90s, MS was selling their development tools to Universities and students are rates much lower that the professional developer. Thus, the students left school with an understanding of the Microsoft way of development and pushed the companies to adopt this way of development.
.Net craze, then more people will learn .Net and start pushing that idea at work. Once again, MS wins because then they change the platform all they want.
Now the story is the same, but MS is targeting the open source icons. If they can get these people to join in the
This is becomming the key difference between developers. There is this group that understands C, assembly and the architecture of the hardware. They can move between all of these different SDKs and still grasp the concepts. It's the MIS professional who are going to get screwed. When your education depeneds on the current SDK for developing applications, what happens when no one uses the SDK? Look at where everyone who just learend Java is worried about going. I'd rather take the CS degree path and learn about all the theory. I can always learn new languages that MS is pushing later on.
When you purchase a Mac, you make the decision to use Apple as a primary source for software and hardware. It's not like Apple is running around looking for people to put out of business with iPhoto. Now if iPhoto was available on all platforms and started dictating standards, then people would have a problem.
SBC has a monopoly in the telcom world?
But that can't be. When we deregulated them, they promised to play nice.
And people will also be wondering how news and community sites gave away everything for free. Maybe the /. subscription isn't that bad.
More wonderful Microsoft coding. Subtraction is now defined as addition and vise versa.
Why think these days when you can just be told what to do and how to act. I took the red pill.....
The argument is much more simplistic than conspiracy theories and detachments from reality. The idea is that legal matters must be exact in the spelling of any proper noun. For instance, if I drew up a contract with American Online, that could be an entirly different business than America Online. People have been looking for these little differences for years.
I prefer to believe that the all caps is a legacy from the days of early computing where mixed case was just too much for something so small (or a lazy programmer).
So the article talks about using the technology to improve the conference phone that so many businesses have placed. But if everyone is seated and taking notes, won't their contact with the table stop the vibrations? Same with the desk. If I have a lot of crap on it, does the soundbug quality reduce because the desk can't vibrate?
Still better than Novell GroupWise.
See. The /. subscriptions do work. Taco has enough money to get married and still purchase a $1500 toy.
Does the music change depending on what data your retrieving? Like SMB, the music starts to speed up as your appointment approaches.
That's only true if:
I withheld the need to use GUI text editors for a long time. vi has everything I need and with tools like ispell, I was fine. My first GUI office suite was StarOffice. I've been using it without problem since 1998.
I tried using MS Office XP recently for work and found it was difficult and hard to use. Why? Because I know StarOffice and I keep thinking in terms of StarOffice. Since MS Office doesn't act the same, I don't like it.
Where am I going? There is no truth to the statement that MS Office is the best. It may be the best for you, but not for everyone. I'm personally waiting for OpenOffice to get the Mac OS X version ready so I can ditch MS Office.
It fits more into subitle usability features. The "drain" effect is basically the Window manager showing you where it wants to put the application. Is this necessary for the power user? Not really. Do newbies like it? Yes.
I used to work at the university call center. You wouldn't believe the number of people who claimed that Windows lost the program they were working on. It turns out that they would hit the minimize button or some keystroke. Then the application would minimize without warning. By having Aqua show you where things went, you can find them without any knowldege of computers.
The book was written a few years ago just as companies started to see how XML could be used with the different technologies you mentioned. While the general concepts of the book are the same, I would be warry about purchasing the book and expcet to leverage the new Web Service model that both Microsoft and Sun are pushing.
Is it just me or does it look like some new MP3 player design. I don't know about the rest of the world, but I don't want to clip my phone/PDA on my belt and walk around like some G-man.