Does that mean there will be Linux version of the Notes client? IBM's whole internal communication and intranet applications depends heavily on Notes/Domino.
We need to distinguish between 'want' and 'need'. I think not all people who pay for Microsoft software actually 'want' Microsoft software. I think most of them did that because of compatibility requirement and lack of alternatives.
Paying for a crappy service from a mobile/broadband provider doesn't necessarily mean I WANT particularly THEIR service.
This seems to me that IBM wants to get closer to the kernel bug-tracking which is very important for them to adopt and support Linux on their products, especially on the high-end side. They've got to know the kernel inside out in order to introduce Linux and provide top quality service to prestigious customers.
The tips and tricks in the article have been widely known and practised by many wireless developer for long time. The problems with wireless apps outside Japan are: 1. The dot-com burst 2. Poorly designed spec, e.g. WAP. And varying level of compliance by handsets. 3. Slow and inconvenient access.(Packet-basd network e.g. GPRS/W-CDMA might hel 3. Ridiculous pricing. In some places it is often much cheaper and more convenient to just call up a restaurant/cinema for enquiry/booking.
RTFM: "click the Windows Update item under the Start Menu once a week to keep your refrigerator up and running"
Don't you hate the EULA sticker saying "By opening this refrigerator door you......"
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with a broadband connectivity and its (very likely) real-time mpeg encoding power, and if it does dominate the living rooms, we'll then have millions of online (pRoN) video servers...is this just what Bill Gate want to see?
But I could understand the obsession with geek toys. After all, most of them are high-tech devices that you'll find it useful ONLY during social interactions(e.g. showing an iPAQ with Linux in front someone). And in daily social interactions, I often need to have some pricy gizmos in order to be entertained. :)
From the FAQ: --- Q: Which key enabling technologies are the priorities in the Open Mobile Alliance? A: The companies involved in the alliance will decide the key enabling technologies jointly. However, it is evident that Multimedia Messaging (MMS), Java and WAP 2.0/XHTML browsing are among the most relevant ones. Some other technologies driving the mobile services market include service enablers such as Digital Rights Management (DRM), authentication, location and presence identification and device management. ---
Being a mobile application developer for several years I do feel that WAP has been a complete failure due to that it is just re-inventing the 'web' wheel and however it lacks of functionality, flexibility and extensibility (which are indeed some of the success factors of the web). Yes may be it is god damn hard to squeeze any more stuff into the phone without compromise. But take a look at the evolution of PDA and the latest Japanese phones in action. What the hell's going on in those mobile phone vendors' R&D? All the stuff that they claim to be available on the 3G phone 'in future' (e.g. music/movie/video-conf) are in fact old stuff and should be available NOW. We already have: lower power XXXMHz CPU(strongArm/Crusoe/whatever) + XXMB of RAM + wireless LAN/GPRS/Bluetooth connectivity + C/Java/etc = unlimited imagination for applications
A wireless data enabled PDA can now and will continue to surpass a phone with handicapped PDA functions 'squeezed' in. On the PDA we have common, standardized, (sort of) open platform that seamlessly inherit all the existing internet technology and its even ready for steering the technology ahead, as opposed to the mobile phone industry where it is full of proprietary hardware/interfaces and they just try to keep following the internet trend but can never catch up. (You might argue that I'm comparing apple to orange, but it is the vendor of orange who's trying to make it more apple-like.)
J2ME may have some hope but it depends on how much phone capability can actually be exploited through the JVM. I want more than the just ability to print some "Hello World" or draw several types of GUI widgets. I want the ability to program the phone functions(such as the voice codec, the built-in modem, the phone's firmware, the external interface, etc...). These may be in conflict with the philosophy of Java. But we developers do need this kind of extensibility/programmability do more.
MMS is just too little too late. And is being exploited by mobile service providers say in Hong Kong as gimmick to make money. There might be some kids willing to pay for downloading some fancy cartoon character animations but this is far from my expectation for what can be done with 'multimedia'.
The big vendors in the mobile industry keep creating this kind of alliances trying to take/stay in control of the industry advancement but so far hadn't created anything worthwhile. They decided that they don't need to release too much capability/control to the developer/consumer and that's why we can't do much with WAP other than just browsing some down-scaled text content. Now they see and feel the failure and are crazy coming up solutions to save the industry. I hope that they can actually work out a nice standard with full implementation everywhere.
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Does that mean there will be Linux version of the Notes client? IBM's whole internal communication and intranet applications depends heavily on Notes/Domino.
We need to distinguish between 'want' and 'need'. I think not all people who pay for Microsoft software actually 'want' Microsoft software. I think most of them did that because of compatibility requirement and lack of alternatives.
Paying for a crappy service from a mobile/broadband provider doesn't necessarily mean I WANT particularly THEIR service.
so when can we power our PC and laptops with crazy mouse movements and keyboard slamming?
And how can we tell if MS has really taken the code from Firebird/Mozilla?
Say Cheese!!!
Instead it will be a good idea if IBM, Maxtor, WD, etc...are distributing their hd with free OS preloaded. The volume will be huge!
Also, the large capacity of current HD will allow preloading a couple of free OSes together.
This seems to me that IBM wants to get closer to the kernel bug-tracking which is very important for them to adopt and support Linux on their products, especially on the high-end side. They've got to know the kernel inside out in order to introduce Linux and provide top quality service to prestigious customers.
The tips and tricks in the article have been widely known and practised by many wireless developer for long time. The problems with wireless apps outside Japan are:
1. The dot-com burst
2. Poorly designed spec, e.g. WAP. And varying level of compliance by handsets.
3. Slow and inconvenient access.(Packet-basd network e.g. GPRS/W-CDMA might hel
3. Ridiculous pricing. In some places it is often much cheaper and more convenient to just call up a restaurant/cinema for enquiry/booking.
> Those aliens are running NT7 already!
So when did Bill managed to find those guys for beta testing?
But anyway we are pretty safe - it's 17 years and I think it won't make it. My NT5 won't last longer than a month.
Even if it does make it we can simply send a hacker there and upload some virus to break its shield.
Son: Dad can I play Halo now?
...but it ran out of disc space last night already. I told you to clean up those pRoN thing...
Dad: boy don't touch my little Freon tonite
Son: (WTF...)
Dad: I've scheduled recording of Britney show
Son:
MS Freon contains BUGs that suck up people's ass
RTFM: "click the Windows Update item under the Start Menu once a week to keep your refrigerator up and running"
......"
Don't you hate the EULA sticker saying "By opening this refrigerator door you
with a broadband connectivity and its (very likely) real-time mpeg encoding power, and if it does dominate the living rooms, we'll then have millions of online (pRoN) video servers...is this just what Bill Gate want to see?
is it just an XBox with an additional bt878 + Philips Tuner? if so then it'd be cool to have xawtv and ffmpeg running on the forthcoming "XBox Linux"
But I could understand the obsession with geek toys. After all, most of them are high-tech devices that you'll find it useful ONLY during social interactions(e.g. showing an iPAQ with Linux in front someone). And in daily social interactions, I often need to have some pricy gizmos in order to be entertained.
:)
1. how fast does it crunch rc5?
2. imagine a b......
PDA now gets faster and faster and with so many people carrying lots of CPU cycles around, any interesting projects other than dnet and SETI?
how much does a fingerprint cost? cool if I can punch my thumb everywhere and get a few bucks each time!!
From the FAQ:
---
Q: Which key enabling technologies are the priorities in the Open Mobile Alliance?
A: The companies involved in the alliance will decide the key enabling technologies jointly. However, it is evident that Multimedia Messaging (MMS), Java and WAP 2.0/XHTML browsing are among the most relevant ones. Some other technologies driving the mobile services market include service enablers such as Digital Rights Management (DRM), authentication, location and presence identification and device management.
---
Being a mobile application developer for several years I do feel that WAP has been a complete failure due to that it is just re-inventing the 'web' wheel and however it lacks of functionality, flexibility and extensibility (which are indeed some of the success factors of the web). Yes may be it is god damn hard to squeeze any more stuff into the phone without compromise. But take a look at the evolution of PDA and the latest Japanese phones in action. What the hell's going on in those mobile phone vendors' R&D? All the stuff that they claim to be available on the 3G phone 'in future' (e.g. music/movie/video-conf) are in fact old stuff and should be available NOW. We already have:
lower power XXXMHz CPU(strongArm/Crusoe/whatever) + XXMB of RAM + wireless LAN/GPRS/Bluetooth connectivity + C/Java/etc = unlimited imagination for applications
A wireless data enabled PDA can now and will continue to surpass a phone with handicapped PDA functions 'squeezed' in. On the PDA we have common, standardized, (sort of) open platform that seamlessly inherit all the existing internet technology and its even ready for steering the technology ahead, as opposed to the mobile phone industry where it is full of proprietary hardware/interfaces and they just try to keep following the internet trend but can never catch up. (You might argue that I'm comparing apple to orange, but it is the vendor of orange who's trying to make it more apple-like.)
J2ME may have some hope but it depends on how much phone capability can actually be exploited through the JVM. I want more than the just ability to print some "Hello World" or draw several types of GUI widgets. I want the ability to program the phone functions(such as the voice codec, the built-in modem, the phone's firmware, the external interface, etc...). These may be in conflict with the philosophy of Java. But we developers do need this kind of extensibility/programmability do more.
MMS is just too little too late. And is being exploited by mobile service providers say in Hong Kong as gimmick to make money. There might be some kids willing to pay for downloading some fancy cartoon character animations but this is far from my expectation for what can be done with 'multimedia'.
The big vendors in the mobile industry keep creating this kind of alliances trying to take/stay in control of the industry advancement but so far hadn't created anything worthwhile. They decided that they don't need to release too much capability/control to the developer/consumer and that's why we can't do much with WAP other than just browsing some down-scaled text content. Now they see and feel the failure and are crazy coming up solutions to save the industry. I hope that they can actually work out a nice standard with full implementation everywhere.