Silverlight came very late to the internet party. And it came here as an obvious attempt to usurp flash. However, Flash had already been upstaged, somewhat by Javascript and what people call AJAX (thanks jQuery, mochikit, scriptaculus, yui and others).
I'm not 100% sure on this but don't you have to use.NET to work with Silverlight. Anyone who writes HTML, CSS or Javascript code will have a bad taste for how.NET's WebControls generate code. Basically, the code is generated based on discovered browsers that Microsoft acknowledges.
To see for yourself, try to browse a.NET site with Galeon, or Epiphany? Basic things like links and buttons don't work. Debian had to put the words "like Firefox" in the User-Agent string for Iceweasel partly because of this stupid type of browser detection.
Then there's the fact that it always costs less to host on anything but Windows. It also costs less to develop for other platforms as well (e.g. Eclipse is cheaper than Visual Studio).
We already had javascript, actionscript, html and ways to communicate between them. Okay, so flash isn't perfect. Did you (the legion of Silverlight developers), really think that Microsoft could have done better at a cross-platform web-based interactivity player than Macromedia? Forget Adobe, they bought the DJ to get into the club.
I mean seriously, do you remember Microsoft Java from back in the days when applets were popular?
If you ask me, the only good things Microsoft makes (considering their wealth and influence) are keyboard, mouse and xbox.
I've been following this project for a couple of years now. Tiny ERP is an open-source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suite written in Python and uses PostgreSQL.
It's a client server application, with the client available on Windows, Linux and Mac. The server will run on Linux.
It has HR and many other modules that you can use. And you can use one module or many modules for your installation. It will also allow you to integrate with your existing data sources. Check it out.
Oh, and I don't work for them, just like the software.
See why I don't like software patents, because they're stupid and everyone gets hurt.
Unless of course, you manage to patent something that a large company will have to pay you $500+ million for.
But if that's my large company, I'll be upset.
At this rate, we might as well patent integration and differentiation.
I saw LooseChange 2nd Edition, and I saw Farenheit 9/11. I'm not particularly pro or anti American but I'd like to know which parts of Loose Change are not credible.
I'd like to know what parts of Loose Change are, well falsified, for dramatic (or other) effect.
I've been using an Averatec AV4155-EH1 with Breezy since December 05. Almost always on wireless. Everything detected out-of-the-box.
I had to tweak the xorg.conf file to get the touchpad just right, but that was ok. Mine has a 13" widescreen and an AMD Turion64 MT-30 processor (1.6Ghz 64bit).
The article states that the rumour (Google/Comcast buying into AOL) was false, end of story.
Then it goes on to talk crap about what-ifs.
I get the feeling that BBC is running this story just to get better search engine rankings at Google, MSN and AOL.
If you've used Debian, you'll understand why we like apt-get and synaptic. If you haven't, I say try it out for a week, and see if you go back.
I originally arrived at the Ubuntu party back when "Warty Warthog" was the tune everyone danced to. I stepped in fresh from the Suse 9.0 party after being thrown out by bad Gnome support.
When I arrived (after installing WW on a 3rd partition), I was greeted by a desktop that had all the gnome/mac-ish looking fonts and everything seemed to be just SIMPLE. No need to wade through 2000 menus to figure what is already installed. And no more YAST.
Configuring the Synaptic thingy was easier this time than any previous experiences getting yast or yum/rpm to download packages and their dependencies. The closest I got to that on Suse was red-carpet/rug.
Ignoring all the hype (as hard as it is), I use Ubuntu because it works (like everyone else says).
I currently use Ubuntu "Hoary" as my main OS in daily work. I've been using it since the day it released. To upgrade I opened synaptic, changed the repository distribution labels from warty to hoary, hit save, hit the reload button, then click "mark all upgrades". After applying the selection, I switched workspace and went back to what I was doing before.
If you're not a big fan of the Ubuntu brown default theme, check out the Blended metacity theme and the nuoveXT icon set. They definetly add a 2005.10 (modern day) feel to the system.
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Silverlight came very late to the internet party. And it came here as an obvious attempt to usurp flash. However, Flash had already been upstaged, somewhat by Javascript and what people call AJAX (thanks jQuery, mochikit, scriptaculus, yui and others).
I'm not 100% sure on this but don't you have to use .NET to work with Silverlight. Anyone who writes HTML, CSS or Javascript code will have a bad taste for how .NET's WebControls generate code. Basically, the code is generated based on discovered browsers that Microsoft acknowledges.
To see for yourself, try to browse a .NET site with Galeon, or Epiphany? Basic things like links and buttons don't work. Debian had to put the words "like Firefox" in the User-Agent string for Iceweasel partly because of this stupid type of browser detection.
Then there's the fact that it always costs less to host on anything but Windows. It also costs less to develop for other platforms as well (e.g. Eclipse is cheaper than Visual Studio).
We already had javascript, actionscript, html and ways to communicate between them. Okay, so flash isn't perfect. Did you (the legion of Silverlight developers), really think that Microsoft could have done better at a cross-platform web-based interactivity player than Macromedia? Forget Adobe, they bought the DJ to get into the club.
I mean seriously, do you remember Microsoft Java from back in the days when applets were popular?
If you ask me, the only good things Microsoft makes (considering their wealth and influence) are keyboard, mouse and xbox.
According to their FAQ the quick charger is a 3-phase 200v connection. This explains the quicker charging time.
I've been following this project for a couple of years now. Tiny ERP is an open-source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suite written in Python and uses PostgreSQL.
It's a client server application, with the client available on Windows, Linux and Mac. The server will run on Linux.
It has HR and many other modules that you can use. And you can use one module or many modules for your installation. It will also allow you to integrate with your existing data sources. Check it out.
Oh, and I don't work for them, just like the software.
Exactly my point. Everyone gets hurt. Especially you and I.
See why I don't like software patents, because they're stupid and everyone gets hurt.
Unless of course, you manage to patent something that a large company will have to pay you $500+ million for. But if that's my large company, I'll be upset.
At this rate, we might as well patent integration and differentiation.
I saw LooseChange 2nd Edition, and I saw Farenheit 9/11. I'm not particularly pro or anti American but I'd like to know which parts of Loose Change are not credible.
I'd like to know what parts of Loose Change are, well falsified, for dramatic (or other) effect.
My only issue with this is that the DIY refills are usually messy and of a lower quality than the original.
I'm looking forward to this as it could pave the way for cheaper photo-printing options.
I've been using an Averatec AV4155-EH1 with Breezy since December 05. Almost always on wireless. Everything detected out-of-the-box.
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I had to tweak the xorg.conf file to get the touchpad just right, but that was ok. Mine has a 13" widescreen and an AMD Turion64 MT-30 processor (1.6Ghz 64bit).
And cheap.$979.99 at amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009PDMQU/103-1
ok, relatively cheap.
The article states that the rumour (Google/Comcast buying into AOL) was false, end of story. Then it goes on to talk crap about what-ifs. I get the feeling that BBC is running this story just to get better search engine rankings at Google, MSN and AOL.
If you've used Debian, you'll understand why we like apt-get and synaptic. If you haven't, I say try it out for a week, and see if you go back.
I originally arrived at the Ubuntu party back when "Warty Warthog" was the tune everyone danced to. I stepped in fresh from the Suse 9.0 party after being thrown out by bad Gnome support.
When I arrived (after installing WW on a 3rd partition), I was greeted by a desktop that had all the gnome/mac-ish looking fonts and everything seemed to be just SIMPLE. No need to wade through 2000 menus to figure what is already installed. And no more YAST.
Configuring the Synaptic thingy was easier this time than any previous experiences getting yast or yum/rpm to download packages and their dependencies. The closest I got to that on Suse was red-carpet/rug.
Ignoring all the hype (as hard as it is), I use Ubuntu because it works (like everyone else says).
I currently use Ubuntu "Hoary" as my main OS in daily work. I've been using it since the day it released. To upgrade I opened synaptic, changed the repository distribution labels from warty to hoary, hit save, hit the reload button, then click "mark all upgrades". After applying the selection, I switched workspace and went back to what I was doing before.
If you're not a big fan of the Ubuntu brown default theme, check out the Blended metacity theme and the nuoveXT icon set. They definetly add a 2005.10 (modern day) feel to the system.
Go Ubuntu!