Salakhetdinov Shamil
mcp2004 at mail.ru
Wed Sep 19 01:36:34 CDT 2012
Hi Jim -- Standardization is an "enemy" of innovation. (No pun intended). Look at what Apple is doing - they are "breaking" standards "as crazy". (Last news - they are becoming proprietary chip-maker - http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/18/the-iphone-5s-greatest-inside-story-chipmaking-maturation-for-apple/ ) <<< The new young developers are looking for Open standards so in fifty years they will still be working >>> I'd say "open end" standards - common communication interfaces, APIs, ... - open for consumption and extension. But programming languages are a "special story" IMO. More like natural languages, cultures - they tend to "borrow & adapt" each other words/features/habits/cuisines/... but in the same time preserve and develop there own intrinsic features - or die. <<< " XAML and SilverLight " are the latest of a long list of proprietary coding efforts and are not universally accepted or are not likely to be so. Most browser are not IE and every year the percentage number of IE browser get less. >>> I meant that XAML and SilverLight are used to develop Windows Phone native applications, as ObjectiveC is used to develop native iPhone/iPad apps and Android Development Kit/Java is used to develop Android native apps. Of course "there is no “right answer” between native and mobile web applications other than the right answer for a particular application based on its design, functionality and business plan": http://blog.cloudfour.com/the-five-most-common-arguments-for-native-iphone-development/ ... Generalized Recap: I'm voting/looking for the open standards, free competition and this world without confines but I'm also for diversity and I'm not for standardized faceless crowd... Thank you. --Shamil P.S. Free competition does require "fair rules" and "fair arbiters" - no illusions here - now and very probably forever... Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:45:20 -0700 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: >Hi Shamil: > > You have just brought up the reason for standards like HTML5/CSS3. > > They became necessary when companies started creating, half-heartedly > supporting and eventually dumping proprietary coding standards that only > worked correctly in certain environments. > > " XAML and SilverLight " are the latest of a long list of proprietary coding > efforts and are not universally accepted or are not likely to be so. Most > browser are not IE and every year the percentage number of IE browser get > less. > > According to the latest statistics only 16 percent of web developers develop > in IE and for good reason. Lack universal standards and proprietary products > is the main cause. > > The new young developers are looking for Open standards so in fifty years > they will still be working. > > Jim ><<< skipped >>> >