Dropping ODF after it has been ratified as a standard and after it stands a chance of being more standard than Microsoft is just ridiculous.
A move like this would empower Microsoft because they'd be able to say that the ODF (and the replacement format) aren't stable.
Do this and you can retire the open source office systems tomorrow.
I decided some time ago that I wouldn't EVER buy a CD again... I was going to only buy DVDs. Unfortunately, some artists haven't released DVDs of their music so I've had to go back on that promise a couple of times.
I also tried using one of those LEGAL download machines, but it gave me WMA files instead of MP3, so that's out too.
I like the idea of dual mode CDs (one side DVD one side CD) or Dual Disk (One CD + one DVD). I'm mainly interested in music videos, though concert footage or making-of featurettes might be good too.
I just don't get it.
One of the "selling points" of DVD was the "Parental Modes". If I remember correctly, there are several levels.
I don't see why certain DVD watchdog Groups couldn't be set up to "OWN" the various levels. ie: One level may be exclusion of "adult material" (standard censorship). Another level could be Extended Censorship (Same Plus Exclusion of swear words etc) while the final level could be "Exclusion of anything objectionable".
These DVDs could have certification marks (ie: Censor-Certified Stickers) to alert consumers. I'm sure that studios would oblige. Uncensored Mode on the DVD would be the "guts and all movie".
That way, everyone could have their cake and eat it too.
Yes, it's nice to get something for free, and the commentaries may be fun, but remember - anything on the internet is temporary. The url is bound to be moved at some point, so these commentaries are nothing on having a commentary on the disc itself.
I used to love VB and it was for years a great language. Granted, it wasn't the most powerful language in the world, but it was easy to use and stable enough for smaller applications.
The.NET came along and Microsoft Changed the language. Now VB isn't compatible with VB.NET and I've lost my faith.
REASONS FOR NOT USING VB/VB.NET 1. It's Microsoft ONLY and your "potential customers" arent. 2. It's a Non-Standard language and therefore not portable. 3. It's a VERSION 1 Product - Yep VB.Net is NOT VB7. 4. Microsoft's history of upgrade compatibility is poor, and you'll need to rewrite whenever they decide to make a change to their systems (which is often). 5. VB is usually tied to ACCESS Databases, which are not platform independent.
I'd recommed throwing these arguements at the boss and asking him to provide a good reason for the choice of language.
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Dropping ODF after it has been ratified as a standard and after it stands a chance of being more standard than Microsoft is just ridiculous. A move like this would empower Microsoft because they'd be able to say that the ODF (and the replacement format) aren't stable. Do this and you can retire the open source office systems tomorrow.
I decided some time ago that I wouldn't EVER buy a CD again... I was going to only buy DVDs. Unfortunately, some artists haven't released DVDs of their music so I've had to go back on that promise a couple of times.
I also tried using one of those LEGAL download machines, but it gave me WMA files instead of MP3, so that's out too.
I like the idea of dual mode CDs (one side DVD one side CD) or Dual Disk (One CD + one DVD). I'm mainly interested in music videos, though concert footage or making-of featurettes might be good too.
I just don't get it. One of the "selling points" of DVD was the "Parental Modes". If I remember correctly, there are several levels. I don't see why certain DVD watchdog Groups couldn't be set up to "OWN" the various levels. ie: One level may be exclusion of "adult material" (standard censorship). Another level could be Extended Censorship (Same Plus Exclusion of swear words etc) while the final level could be "Exclusion of anything objectionable". These DVDs could have certification marks (ie: Censor-Certified Stickers) to alert consumers. I'm sure that studios would oblige. Uncensored Mode on the DVD would be the "guts and all movie". That way, everyone could have their cake and eat it too.
Yes, it's nice to get something for free, and the commentaries may be fun, but remember - anything on the internet is temporary. The url is bound to be moved at some point, so these commentaries are nothing on having a commentary on the disc itself.
I used to love VB and it was for years a great language. Granted, it wasn't the most powerful language in the world, but it was easy to use and stable enough for smaller applications.
.NET came along and Microsoft Changed the language.
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Now VB isn't compatible with VB.NET and I've lost my faith.
REASONS FOR NOT USING VB/VB.NET
1. It's Microsoft ONLY and your "potential customers" arent.
2. It's a Non-Standard language and therefore not portable.
3. It's a VERSION 1 Product - Yep VB.Net is NOT VB7.
4. Microsoft's history of upgrade compatibility is poor, and you'll need to rewrite whenever they decide to make a change to their systems (which is often).
5. VB is usually tied to ACCESS Databases, which are not platform independent.
I'd recommed throwing these arguements at the boss and asking him to provide a good reason for the choice of language.