Sounds like they're just using a high-frequency section of the spectrum to do something like what they boys at Ricochet have been doing for a couple of years now except with more bandwidth.
I might, however, be skeptical of the "highly secure" claim unless they're layering on some sort of encryption, which is doubtful.
Considering Sun's track record with quote-unquote open source licenses, I seriously doubt this will happen. If it does, it's going to be something like the "Sun Community Source License" a.k.a. the "We can take advantage of the latest buzz and still give nothing back to the community" license, which is nearly worthless since it makes it virtually impossible for people to make modifications to the source and be able to redistribute them. (See the Blackdown Linux JDK port for reference on how difficult it is to be an open development group and still work within the boundaries of Sun's SCSL.)
Just write an app that reads data from the database, then streams it raw across the connection with a content header like so:
Content-type: image/jpeg
[image data...........]
You should be able to find examples all over the 'net. Look for CGI-related sites and hunt for graphics-related examples. I've found examples in Perl and Java quite easily before.
The harder part is getting the raw image data into the database in the first place, but only barely harder. (Hint: prepared statements.)
I wonder if he had some inklings of this sort of thing a couple months ago when he yoinked linuxhq.com back under his control...
More power to him for getting away with it, but this so far looks to be much more profit-driven than community-driven as most of the others involved in this recent spat of Linux-related site purchases, etc.
Slashdot Mirror
>> word.)
> Yes it is
> happen or begin.
Hmm, someone's not a _Sam and Max_ fan.
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Step 2) Download ApacheJMeter
Step 3) Point ApacheJMeter at the new slashdot.
Step 4) Watch fun and hijinks ensue
(Ensue, ensue... I don't think that's a real word.)
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I might, however, be skeptical of the "highly secure" claim unless they're layering on some sort of encryption, which is doubtful.
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In short, I'll believe it when I see it.
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Just write an app that reads data from the database, then streams it raw across the connection with a content header like so:
Content-type: image/jpeg
[image data...........]
You should be able to find examples all over the 'net. Look for CGI-related sites and hunt for graphics-related examples. I've found examples in Perl and Java quite easily before.
The harder part is getting the raw image data into the database in the first place, but only barely harder. (Hint: prepared statements.)
I wonder if he had some inklings of this sort of thing a couple months ago when he yoinked linuxhq.com back under his control...
More power to him for getting away with it, but this so far looks to be much more profit-driven than community-driven as most of the others involved in this recent spat of Linux-related site purchases, etc.