It may not be particularly small or geared for documentation but is quite intuitive to set-up and use, and seems pretty powerful and flexible. It also outputs pretty clean HTML.
It's riculous for the record companies to worry about copy protection when as long as the music comes out of the cd-player it can always be redirected from speakers to a recording device or computer and from there made into an exact copy with minimal work. I think the only way to make cd's that truly can't be copied or ripped is to make some that won't play in anything (which it looks as if they're working towards).
All these companies that are working so hard to prevent piracy are probably spending far more on combatting it than they would lose if it went totally unchecked. Piracy isn't new, it's just getting more hi-tech. All the enormous companies got big with piracy going on (and occasionally helping them), so it would probably be easier on them if they didn't waste money on law suits and R&D which people will always find a way around.
No mention of modularization or reusability? I think it may also be a good idea to at least somewhat seperate the documentation and possibly to a lesser extent even the organization of code from the quality of code.
Well of course you need to have quality hardware to run those 10 extra services (with probably another 5 for embedded) MS throws in XP with meaningless names and functions known only to those who created the Nintendo-looking icons (half of them probably manage the display of the garish UI...and of course a couple for solitaire).
I can see some promise in the basic idea of the whole concept but it would definitely need some work. The penny-a-page idea as it is stated I think could ruin the Internet, since one of the big reasons the Internet has grown as large as it is is because of the fact that the majority of it is free. Personally I browse a decent amount of websites and am exposed to a lot of new ideas due to somewhat random browsing, but if I knew I was to be charged for each page I would limit my browsing enormously. I think the model the way it is could change the Internet from an almost entirely free enterprise system to a place where only the largest sites continue to get visitors. I think a more viable solution would be to develop an easy system to charge a very small amount for certain pages with defined content, either per viewing or subscription-based. Maybe a nickel for a detailed news story for which you're provided a synopsis, or $1 a month for a search engine. If the site is worth the money then most people will be willing to pay that small of an amount and if it's good enough for a lot of people to visit the cents will add up. As far as the comment in the story about all these brilliant ideas going uncompensated...if you have something that's worth money don't give it away for free unless you know what you're doing.
Microsoft might not have to spend so much effort trying to stop people from insulting their software if they spent a little more effort putting out software that doesn't earn as many disparaging remarks.
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It may not be particularly small or geared for documentation but is quite intuitive to set-up and use, and seems pretty powerful and flexible. It also outputs pretty clean HTML.
It's riculous for the record companies to worry about copy protection when as long as the music comes out of the cd-player it can always be redirected from speakers to a recording device or computer and from there made into an exact copy with minimal work. I think the only way to make cd's that truly can't be copied or ripped is to make some that won't play in anything (which it looks as if they're working towards).
All these companies that are working so hard to prevent piracy are probably spending far more on combatting it than they would lose if it went totally unchecked. Piracy isn't new, it's just getting more hi-tech. All the enormous companies got big with piracy going on (and occasionally helping them), so it would probably be easier on them if they didn't waste money on law suits and R&D which people will always find a way around.
No mention of modularization or reusability? I think it may also be a good idea to at least somewhat seperate the documentation and possibly to a lesser extent even the organization of code from the quality of code.
Well of course you need to have quality hardware to run those 10 extra services (with probably another 5 for embedded) MS throws in XP with meaningless names and functions known only to those who created the Nintendo-looking icons (half of them probably manage the display of the garish UI...and of course a couple for solitaire).
I can see some promise in the basic idea of the whole concept but it would definitely need some work. The penny-a-page idea as it is stated I think could ruin the Internet, since one of the big reasons the Internet has grown as large as it is is because of the fact that the majority of it is free. Personally I browse a decent amount of websites and am exposed to a lot of new ideas due to somewhat random browsing, but if I knew I was to be charged for each page I would limit my browsing enormously. I think the model the way it is could change the Internet from an almost entirely free enterprise system to a place where only the largest sites continue to get visitors. I think a more viable solution would be to develop an easy system to charge a very small amount for certain pages with defined content, either per viewing or subscription-based. Maybe a nickel for a detailed news story for which you're provided a synopsis, or $1 a month for a search engine. If the site is worth the money then most people will be willing to pay that small of an amount and if it's good enough for a lot of people to visit the cents will add up. As far as the comment in the story about all these brilliant ideas going uncompensated...if you have something that's worth money don't give it away for free unless you know what you're doing.
Support? We don't need no stinkin' support.
Microsoft might not have to spend so much effort trying to stop people from insulting their software if they spent a little more effort putting out software that doesn't earn as many disparaging remarks.