This is interesting as I just finished writing some code using Microchip's MpZBee stack on the PIC microcontroller.
It's interesting to note that ZigBee is a closed standard (last time I checked). In reality, it's a set of improvements on the IEEE standard 802.15.4 which is specifically designed for low rate networks.
I wonder what's the general view of ZigBee as a closed standard? Might that get in the way of it being adopted universally?
HTML+AJAX is doing now what X11 should've been doing 20 years ago. I don't know enough about Citrix or WTS to know how thin their client is, but I'm betting it's a lot thinner than X11.
That makes absolutely no sense. HTML/AJAX interfaces are anything but consistent. Every application has its own interface. X is used to display a complete GUI on top of a system with respect to its hardware and configuration while HTML/AJAX depend only on a compatible browser and a javascript engine.
It doesn't make any sense to compare X11 to HTML and AJAX, they're different things.
I saw a couple of episodes of the Arabic version, it's not that bad, although a lot of the humor is lost in translation. I think it's impossible to convey something like The Simpsons in any language other than English, and even then, some background knowledge is required to understand the jokes.
Interestingly enough, in Arabic, "The Simpsons" should translate to "Aal Simsim". "Aal Shamshoon" means "The Samsons".
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This is interesting as I just finished writing some code using Microchip's MpZBee stack on the PIC microcontroller. It's interesting to note that ZigBee is a closed standard (last time I checked). In reality, it's a set of improvements on the IEEE standard 802.15.4 which is specifically designed for low rate networks. I wonder what's the general view of ZigBee as a closed standard? Might that get in the way of it being adopted universally?
HTML+AJAX is doing now what X11 should've been doing 20 years ago. I don't know enough about Citrix or WTS to know how thin their client is, but I'm betting it's a lot thinner than X11.
That makes absolutely no sense. HTML/AJAX interfaces are anything but consistent. Every application has its own interface. X is used to display a complete GUI on top of a system with respect to its hardware and configuration while HTML/AJAX depend only on a compatible browser and a javascript engine. It doesn't make any sense to compare X11 to HTML and AJAX, they're different things.
I saw a couple of episodes of the Arabic version, it's not that bad, although a lot of the humor is lost in translation. I think it's impossible to convey something like The Simpsons in any language other than English, and even then, some background knowledge is required to understand the jokes. Interestingly enough, in Arabic, "The Simpsons" should translate to "Aal Simsim". "Aal Shamshoon" means "The Samsons".