You definitely have a good point. I think one thing that makes this complicated, however, is the fact that Microsoft used ActiveX to create the functionality. Being that it was implemented on a non-standard base from the getgo, I think it's somewhat fair to call their original implementation non-standard.
There's definitely a grey area there and I'm a bit unsure how I feel about the situation myself. In the end, though. I am glad that Microsoft has chosen to go with the de facto standard that has been created.
To my knowledge, there is no formal standard for XMLHttpRequest. Therefore, the next best thing is a de facto standard, which is what Safari, Opera, Firefox and now IE7 have created by sticking to the same implementation. Thus, the original ActiveX implementation is non-standard.
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And it's our choice to implement it in a more secure fashion if we see fit. That's what happened and now MS has decided to go that route as well.
Maybe they'll continue to follow in Apple's footsteps and actually produce a decent OS one of these days. I, for one, welcome disruptions like this in stagnant companies. With all of the press releases and developers videos coming out it's starting to feel like developers are actually taking hold of the software and moving it in the direction they want it to go rather than the marketing department controlling everything.
I'll still be a proponent of alternative operating systems because it's just not good to be limited, but I would be very happy to see MS turn out a decent product for once.
Apple might want to consider releasing something like that for free. Yes, they'd lose some money in the development process, but in the end it might help more people decide to switch to the mac platform.
All I'm saying, though, is that if you don't play for the love of the music then there's no point. Find some other way to make money if that's all you're looking for. If the music you love is good enough, then find a venue that will appreciate it instead of just catering to whatever people want to hear.
Either that or you could do it for the love of the music and be able to sleep at night. It's true that music selection is probably the biggest part of what makes one DJ different from another, but if you just play the same old poppy tracks that everyone has heard over and over again you're only going to attract people with no musical taste.
When an open source company is purchased it creates a pause in development while people decide what to do and while a fork is being started, if that happens. You can also expect other developers to be working on the fork, so the quality of the product isn't necessarily going to be the same as the original. I'd hardly call that a non-issue.
As I've said before, open source is good, but it doesn't perform miracles.
Granted I don't do heavy development and I'm still in the learning stages right now, but it seems to me that it might be a good idea for the GUI to be rewritten per OS. Every OS has it's own usability guidelines and one of the problems with Java apps is that they don't adhere to them when they're made for multiple operating systems.
Then again, I don't entirely know how much work this entails.
Sentiment and nostalgia may play a part, but the big thing about those old games is that they were acutally fun, where the games on the market now are just about graphics.
That could happen, but something tells me that Oracle would be able to provide much more incentive to work on their projects than MySQL. It's also very possible that agreements were signed that would limit Oracle's employee's ability to work on open source software. HP had (has?) a long standing agreement that anything their customers created / invented was HP's property whether it was created during working hours or not. The original Apple almost became HP's because the Woz worked there. Luckily they weren't interested.
No, it's looking at how the market works instead of the technology, which is how any reletively smart business person is going to see things. If you have people in your market that are deciding between your product and another, those products are competing for marketshare no matter what the workings behind them are.
BDB and Oracle work in very different ways, but they both still store data. It's perfectly concievable that some PHB might want Oracle just because they know the name while BDB is a much better choice. In this scenario, they're competing against each other.
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You definitely have a good point. I think one thing that makes this complicated, however, is the fact that Microsoft used ActiveX to create the functionality. Being that it was implemented on a non-standard base from the getgo, I think it's somewhat fair to call their original implementation non-standard.
There's definitely a grey area there and I'm a bit unsure how I feel about the situation myself. In the end, though. I am glad that Microsoft has chosen to go with the de facto standard that has been created.
To my knowledge, there is no formal standard for XMLHttpRequest. Therefore, the next best thing is a de facto standard, which is what Safari, Opera, Firefox and now IE7 have created by sticking to the same implementation. Thus, the original ActiveX implementation is non-standard.
And it's our choice to implement it in a more secure fashion if we see fit. That's what happened and now MS has decided to go that route as well.
Is there a problem with that?
Maybe they'll continue to follow in Apple's footsteps and actually produce a decent OS one of these days. I, for one, welcome disruptions like this in stagnant companies. With all of the press releases and developers videos coming out it's starting to feel like developers are actually taking hold of the software and moving it in the direction they want it to go rather than the marketing department controlling everything.
I'll still be a proponent of alternative operating systems because it's just not good to be limited, but I would be very happy to see MS turn out a decent product for once.
The more accepted the fact that Ballmer throws chairs is, the more ubiquitous it will become. Is that what you're after? Is it? I didn't think so.
Apple might want to consider releasing something like that for free. Yes, they'd lose some money in the development process, but in the end it might help more people decide to switch to the mac platform.
MS doesn't have to include a browser in the OS. You have OEMs that can do that.
Ok, I hear that.
All I'm saying, though, is that if you don't play for the love of the music then there's no point. Find some other way to make money if that's all you're looking for. If the music you love is good enough, then find a venue that will appreciate it instead of just catering to whatever people want to hear.
Either that or you could do it for the love of the music and be able to sleep at night. It's true that music selection is probably the biggest part of what makes one DJ different from another, but if you just play the same old poppy tracks that everyone has heard over and over again you're only going to attract people with no musical taste.
10K for a basic setup?
Top end Techs: ~$1,500
Rane Empath: ~$1000.00
Good Headphones: ~$100.00
That's a basic high end setup for $2,600.00 unless you're talking about an amp and speakers as well.
Take that extra money and spend it on music.
When an open source company is purchased it creates a pause in development while people decide what to do and while a fork is being started, if that happens. You can also expect other developers to be working on the fork, so the quality of the product isn't necessarily going to be the same as the original. I'd hardly call that a non-issue.
As I've said before, open source is good, but it doesn't perform miracles.
How unfortunate. I seem to have spit coffee all over my monitor.
Would it have been so hard to just type "joint venture"?
Do you have any links relevant to that subject by chance? I'm quite interested in how that works.
Granted I don't do heavy development and I'm still in the learning stages right now, but it seems to me that it might be a good idea for the GUI to be rewritten per OS. Every OS has it's own usability guidelines and one of the problems with Java apps is that they don't adhere to them when they're made for multiple operating systems.
Then again, I don't entirely know how much work this entails.
I don't know that I'd consider the sony root-kit malware. It's just piss poorly written software in my eyes.
Sentiment and nostalgia may play a part, but the big thing about those old games is that they were acutally fun, where the games on the market now are just about graphics.
Well, BS or not, it's nice to dream sometimes. Otherwise things just get boring.
They don't really seem to care. With all the junk they load onto machines from the factory I'm surprised they work at all.
Well shit-a-damn, I thought we were playing Jeopardy!
Actually, the abacus (or soroban) is still in use in Japan.
Ok, now you're just being ridiculous. I'm done with this.
That could happen, but something tells me that Oracle would be able to provide much more incentive to work on their projects than MySQL. It's also very possible that agreements were signed that would limit Oracle's employee's ability to work on open source software. HP had (has?) a long standing agreement that anything their customers created / invented was HP's property whether it was created during working hours or not. The original Apple almost became HP's because the Woz worked there. Luckily they weren't interested.
No, it's looking at how the market works instead of the technology, which is how any reletively smart business person is going to see things. If you have people in your market that are deciding between your product and another, those products are competing for marketshare no matter what the workings behind them are.
BDB and Oracle work in very different ways, but they both still store data. It's perfectly concievable that some PHB might want Oracle just because they know the name while BDB is a much better choice. In this scenario, they're competing against each other.
Did anyone else see Rocko's modern life when they read this? I was confused for a moment. I think I need some sleep.