Yes. Personally, I am getting deep into XUL, and there is a lot you can do with it, including making your own widgets using XBL, and having dynamic GUI data using RDF.
Apparently Mozilla is going to release a separate, cleaned up, developers toolkit for creating applications using Mozilla technology. I think once that is released, you are going to see a lot of applications being built using XUL.
Right now, all this is pretty buggy, but in a few months, I think it will be ready to go prime time.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
It is easy to get a BeOS app to compile on both versions of BeOS. It is just that people do not have Macs running BeOS to test their apps on. Plus, they don't care. "...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
I don't understand how something like this could have made it onto Slashdot. It is poorly written and has no basis for its claims and predictions.
First of all, Apple has always been a hardware company. Now, this might not be true in a few years, but it would really be a hard transition to make, if impossible.
Apple is optimizing the Mac OS X for the G3 and G4 processors. The OS is made to run on the iMacs, the PowerBooks, and the PowerMacs. Not x86. It would be a sad disaster to see the OS on x86 because it would take YEARS to support all the different hardware configurations and pitfalls.
They would have to take the BeOS strategy, only support a limited amount of hardware. Doing that is not exactly consumer friendly, as people don't care what hardware is in their computers.
Therefore, I see no MacOS X on the x86. It would be a failure unless (maybe) it was aimed at the workstation market where people are willing to configure their hardware around an OS.
As for Steve Jobs pulling a rabbit out of the hat? He needs to pull out some new G4s that run faster than 500 MHz. Right now, RISC processors should be able to have the MHz advantage because of their simpler design. They need to whip some Motorola asses, because they are being held back by them.
In conclusion, I hope that a new Microsoft embraces MacOS X and possibly Linux down the road. Hopefully the new company will redesign their software so it can be more easily ported to other OSes. Just don't look for Apple to port their OS to x86.
P.S. Apple could possibly create their own closed x86 platform. It would have a lot of advantages for Apple. "...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
PowerQuest has a product called BootMagic that comes with Partition Magic. It is excellent software and very flexible. It can do most anything you want or need.
Just try to mange 5 OSes without it! This software makes it easy.
EverCode
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
I have Caldera 2.3 and 2.4 running on my Athlon 700 system using the KA7. I had no problems installing the OS on the system, but all sorts of troubles with Windows 98 and 2000.
Overall, I don't love the KA7 like most people. Check out my review for more information.
Also, the BeOS would install, but not run on the system.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
The article states that IBM believes it is 2 years ahead of its competators. Well, I think they better act on their belief and prove it.
I can't figure out why a Copper PowerPC has not been released yet. It has always been in the wings for 2 years.
Also, I remember way back when in the days of the optimism over the open PowerPC Platform, there was some information about a PowerPC 615 processor with built-in x86 emulation. I don't remember if the chip was designed by Motorola or IBM, but that should have been great technology released to the public.
So, I am skeptical about IBM immediately acting upon their advantages. If they wait 2 years to do it, there is no point.
It is really a shame that the PowerPC G4 is currently only at 500 MHz. RISC processors should easily have a MHz advantage because they are simpler in design. Man, imagine a 1 GHz PowerPC G4 available today. People would definitely notice.
So, IBM, prove your new advantage.
EC
P.S. AMD has access to Motorola's Copper CPU patents. I bet they will use them here soon.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Before the show closes, I want to see one episode where Mulder and Scully act upon their sexual attraction between each other!
It has to happen because we have been putting up with their self-restraints for years, and we desrve to see it happen.
Also, the Simpsons is the stalest show on TV IMHO. I do not even watch it anymore because I am always disappointed by it. I am so sick of everything revolving around stupid Homer who acts like a retard constantly getting into troubles.
Futurama is 10x better than the Simpsons.
Also, I think the X-Files could probably be massively reworked and saved. Or maybe there could be an X-Files, The Next Generation series where Mulder and Scully's kid, Fox Jr, pursues the Cigarette-Smoking-Man's grandson. haha.
Or maybe not...
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
XML is not the only thing that can be cool. There is also DOM (Document Object Model), the way XML can be accessed and manipulated. There are different versions of DOM, and the functions keep progressing.
To tell you the truth, it really does not matter if a document is XML to be DOM compatible. You can make an SQL database DOM compatible. You can make a filesystem DOM compatible. You can make a binary Word 2004 file DOM compatible.
If companies and organizations make everything DOM compatible, it won't matter very much how the actual data is stored. Just as long as it can be accessed using the same functions.
Imagine if there was a DOM compatible filesystem... Hell, a server could use the filesystem for a database instead of something else. Can you imagine the efficiency improvements! Scot Hacker wrote a script to use the BeOS filesystem in a similar manner. He has a website running off of it, www.betips.net. I think he has the site running off a cable modem (or used to), so please don't slashdot it, just take my word for it, or visit it later.
Anyway, XML is only one option to store data. XML has a lot of potential, and I think it is one of the best routes to go, but it should not be the only choice.
Also, I think that Word Processors, Spreadsheets, Web Page editors, etc, are all going to become synonymous over the next few years. It is likely that they will use XML and XHTML (XML namespace).
Also, please support Mozilla (mozilla.org), the organization has potential to expand beyond making a new web browser suite, as maybe the next major project could be implmenting better XML support into *nix.
Thanks,
EC
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
I agree that English is becoming a universal language, but it will not happen "all the way".
Foreign people are only going to want to learn just enough to communicate relatively efficiently. They are not going to want to learn all the little details and rules of the English language (there are a lot of them).
In conclusion, I look for simple English to be the "standard international language", even though there will never be an official one.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
I use Register.com for all my domain names. They have an excellent online control panel that lets you add level 1 and level 3 subdomains, no problems nor confusions like Network Solutions.
Also, they have FREE DNS services, so all you have to worry about is IP addresses. So easy!
Also, one time my DNS table got corrupted, but they promptly fixed it.
Network Solutions can kiss my ass. They charge extra for everything, and also make things overly complicated.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Not true. Be does not want to take a chance (legally) with Apple. For them to support their machines, they have to reverse engineer, and that is always tricky business.
Linux can do it because it is non-profit, open source. Apple has nothing to gain by suing them.
If I ran Be, I would not support new Apple machines either. Even though they might be cool and powerful, there is nothing that can be done about Apple's closed platform.
I am glad to see Be supporting x86 for the desktop. Hopefully, PowerPC support will remain, as some Internet appliances will probably be using it.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Celery 2 has 256k of Cache, but 128k is permanently disabled because Intel wants to make sure that the Celeron perfoms worse than the P!!!. It is cheaper for them to do it this way too, rather than have two lines.
A small amount of fast L2 cache is faster than a large amount of slow L2 cache. However, you should start seeing L3 caches becoming common in upcoming Athlon systems... maybe 1 meg and higher!
EC "...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
This is a good idea. Users could possibly even configure their kernel through a web browser, and CSS could be implemented to make the process pretty.
RDF might work better for this though, as Mozilla uses it. RDF is just a specification of XML, thought it used to not be, if I understand its history correctly, as it was an SGML application.
EC "...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Slashdot Mirror
Yes. Personally, I am getting deep into XUL, and there is a lot you can do with it, including making your own widgets using XBL, and having dynamic GUI data using RDF.
Apparently Mozilla is going to release a separate, cleaned up, developers toolkit for creating applications using Mozilla technology. I think once that is released, you are going to see a lot of applications being built using XUL.
Right now, all this is pretty buggy, but in a few months, I think it will be ready to go prime time.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
It is easy to get a BeOS app to compile on both versions of BeOS. It is just that people do not have Macs running BeOS to test their apps on. Plus, they don't care.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
I don't understand how something like this could have made it onto Slashdot. It is poorly written and has no basis for its claims and predictions.
First of all, Apple has always been a hardware company. Now, this might not be true in a few years, but it would really be a hard transition to make, if impossible.
Apple is optimizing the Mac OS X for the G3 and G4 processors. The OS is made to run on the iMacs, the PowerBooks, and the PowerMacs. Not x86. It would be a sad disaster to see the OS on x86 because it would take YEARS to support all the different hardware configurations and pitfalls.
They would have to take the BeOS strategy, only support a limited amount of hardware. Doing that is not exactly consumer friendly, as people don't care what hardware is in their computers.
Therefore, I see no MacOS X on the x86. It would be a failure unless (maybe) it was aimed at the workstation market where people are willing to configure their hardware around an OS.
As for Steve Jobs pulling a rabbit out of the hat? He needs to pull out some new G4s that run faster than 500 MHz. Right now, RISC processors should be able to have the MHz advantage because of their simpler design. They need to whip some Motorola asses, because they are being held back by them.
In conclusion, I hope that a new Microsoft embraces MacOS X and possibly Linux down the road. Hopefully the new company will redesign their software so it can be more easily ported to other OSes. Just don't look for Apple to port their OS to x86.
P.S. Apple could possibly create their own closed x86 platform. It would have a lot of advantages for Apple.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Yeah, that is true. However, once you make a boot floppy, you don't need the Win98 version anymore. Same with PM. It can all be run from boot floppy.
Fun!
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
If the breakup does go through, I am willing to bet on these two names for the companies:
1. Microsoft - Applications
2. Windows - OSes
They are going to want to both have a pre-existing name identity.
EC
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
PowerQuest has a product called BootMagic that comes with Partition Magic. It is excellent software and very flexible. It can do most anything you want or need.
Just try to mange 5 OSes without it! This software makes it easy.
EverCode
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
I have Caldera 2.3 and 2.4 running on my Athlon 700 system using the KA7. I had no problems installing the OS on the system, but all sorts of troubles with Windows 98 and 2000.
Overall, I don't love the KA7 like most people. Check out my review for more information.
Also, the BeOS would install, but not run on the system.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
I believe that Pascal has probably the easiest-to-understand syntax of them all. Get them going with the basic text processing stuff.
They are not going to be able to jump into OOP GUIs and stuff...
Also, HTML is actually a good primer for programming, I would highly recommend teaching them that first.
EC
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
The article states that IBM believes it is 2 years ahead of its competators. Well, I think they better act on their belief and prove it.
I can't figure out why a Copper PowerPC has not been released yet. It has always been in the wings for 2 years.
Also, I remember way back when in the days of the optimism over the open PowerPC Platform, there was some information about a PowerPC 615 processor with built-in x86 emulation. I don't remember if the chip was designed by Motorola or IBM, but that should have been great technology released to the public.
So, I am skeptical about IBM immediately acting upon their advantages. If they wait 2 years to do it, there is no point.
It is really a shame that the PowerPC G4 is currently only at 500 MHz. RISC processors should easily have a MHz advantage because they are simpler in design. Man, imagine a 1 GHz PowerPC G4 available today. People would definitely notice.
So, IBM, prove your new advantage.
EC
P.S. AMD has access to Motorola's Copper CPU patents. I bet they will use them here soon.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Before the show closes, I want to see one episode where Mulder and Scully act upon their sexual attraction between each other!
It has to happen because we have been putting up with their self-restraints for years, and we desrve to see it happen.
Also, the Simpsons is the stalest show on TV IMHO. I do not even watch it anymore because I am always disappointed by it. I am so sick of everything revolving around stupid Homer who acts like a retard constantly getting into troubles.
Futurama is 10x better than the Simpsons.
Also, I think the X-Files could probably be massively reworked and saved. Or maybe there could be an X-Files, The Next Generation series where Mulder and Scully's kid, Fox Jr, pursues the Cigarette-Smoking-Man's grandson. haha.
Or maybe not...
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Was that the episode when Scully slept with that guy that had a tatoo that talked to him? That was a good one!
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
You cannot get anymore obscure than using Ada for a CGI app. Here is the packages for it.
Ada is the highest level language there is, even above Java. The military uses it the most.
If you need strong data-typing and easy code management, Ada is a good route to go. There are compilers for many platforms.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
XML is not the only thing that can be cool. There is also DOM (Document Object Model), the way XML can be accessed and manipulated. There are different versions of DOM, and the functions keep progressing.
To tell you the truth, it really does not matter if a document is XML to be DOM compatible. You can make an SQL database DOM compatible. You can make a filesystem DOM compatible. You can make a binary Word 2004 file DOM compatible.
If companies and organizations make everything DOM compatible, it won't matter very much how the actual data is stored. Just as long as it can be accessed using the same functions.
Imagine if there was a DOM compatible filesystem... Hell, a server could use the filesystem for a database instead of something else. Can you imagine the efficiency improvements! Scot Hacker wrote a script to use the BeOS filesystem in a similar manner. He has a website running off of it, www.betips.net. I think he has the site running off a cable modem (or used to), so please don't slashdot it, just take my word for it, or visit it later.
Anyway, XML is only one option to store data. XML has a lot of potential, and I think it is one of the best routes to go, but it should not be the only choice.
Also, I think that Word Processors, Spreadsheets, Web Page editors, etc, are all going to become synonymous over the next few years. It is likely that they will use XML and XHTML (XML namespace).
Also, please support Mozilla (mozilla.org), the organization has potential to expand beyond making a new web browser suite, as maybe the next major project could be implmenting better XML support into *nix.
Thanks,
EC
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
I agree that English is becoming a universal language, but it will not happen "all the way".
Foreign people are only going to want to learn just enough to communicate relatively efficiently. They are not going to want to learn all the little details and rules of the English language (there are a lot of them).
In conclusion, I look for simple English to be the "standard international language", even though there will never be an official one.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
I have not had this problem. I have aliases pointing to different IPs. I do not understand what you are talking about.
(I am using their DNS, also)
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
I use Register.com for all my domain names. They have an excellent online control panel that lets you add level 1 and level 3 subdomains, no problems nor confusions like Network Solutions.
Also, they have FREE DNS services, so all you have to worry about is IP addresses. So easy!
Also, one time my DNS table got corrupted, but they promptly fixed it.
Network Solutions can kiss my ass. They charge extra for everything, and also make things overly complicated.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
You are probably right. We can dream, can't we? haha
EC
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Check out this article that I wrote about an ATX PPC board.
EC
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Not true. Be does not want to take a chance (legally) with Apple. For them to support their machines, they have to reverse engineer, and that is always tricky business.
Linux can do it because it is non-profit, open source. Apple has nothing to gain by suing them.
If I ran Be, I would not support new Apple machines either. Even though they might be cool and powerful, there is nothing that can be done about Apple's closed platform.
I am glad to see Be supporting x86 for the desktop. Hopefully, PowerPC support will remain, as some Internet appliances will probably be using it.
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Feature List.
Looks like this thing can do lots, Page Layout, Graphics, Photos, Web Pages, etc.
EC
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Celery 2 has 256k of Cache, but 128k is permanently disabled because Intel wants to make sure that the Celeron perfoms worse than the P!!!. It is cheaper for them to do it this way too, rather than have two lines.
A small amount of fast L2 cache is faster than a large amount of slow L2 cache. However, you should start seeing L3 caches becoming common in upcoming Athlon systems... maybe 1 meg and higher!
EC
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
Good luck! Try this:
b oy.com/magazine/current/english/nude.html
:-(
http://www.askjesus.org/ask.cgi?http://www.play
It don't work!
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
She knows all, and I would like to see her give Bill Gates a good tongue lashing!
On TV too!
EC
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
I have a Trinitron, and there is no way I am going back to anything else. If anything, I will move to a large LCD.
I know Sony is making some awesome short-neck Trinitrons right now that are in the 21" range. However, they cost an arm and a leg.
You best bet is to do some research on manufactorer sites, and make a decision from their specs.
Check out Buy.com, they always have good prices.
Good luck,
EC
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of
This is a good idea. Users could possibly even configure their kernel through a web browser, and CSS could be implemented to make the process pretty.
RDF might work better for this though, as Mozilla uses it. RDF is just a specification of XML, thought it used to not be, if I understand its history correctly, as it was an SGML application.
EC
"...we are moving toward a Web-centric stage and our dear PC will be one of