[dba-Tech] A new compiled JavaScript?

> Didn't Microsoft just announce they are removing messenger capabilities from Skype

> Google has just dropped Google Docs

Wait... when did this happen? I haven't heard of this.

- Hans


On 2013-03-19, at 7:12 PM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Shamil:
> 
> An aside: I have always been a little apprehensive of either Microsoft's or
> Google's commitment to any type of programming environment as they may pull
> support at a moments notice for any number of reasons.
> 
> <rant on>
> They sometimes just create an application for training purposes of their
> staff, or because of some GPL licensing agreement, or to muddy the waters of
> another competitor, or on some wild prospecting adventure. Then they may
> just pull or drop the program as it may be challenging their high-end
> products, or they loose interest, or a application no longer fits their new
> model. 
> 
> That is why, no matter how interested I am in any application that either
> make; I always find myself looking for a quick exit if or when they bale,
> yet again.
> 
> Didn't Microsoft just announce they are removing messenger capabilities from
> Skype, I guess to many were using it instead of their other Messenger. Then
> they are dropping Windows 8 support from their phones, just like
> Silverlight. Google has just dropped Google Docs and RSS feeds for anyone
> but their paying customers...Most of Google translation functionality has
> gone. Google has been making great strides designing on top of open GPL
> products and now is trying apply charges to their efforts.
> 
> Then Microsoft has been censured because they have left an backdoor into
> their Skype that any government can use...I understand it is a big problem
> in Russia. Then the ECM is threatening to out right ban Google's Glass
> project unless they will absolutely guarantee privacy for the users.
> 
> Both are becoming more untrustworthy but the day.
> <rant off>
> 
> It is now so hard to know which way to go in product development.
> 
> Jim 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov
> Shamil
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:17 PM
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> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new compiled JavaScript?
> 
> Hi Jim --
> 
> Thank you for your link.
> 
> Concerning your question: "No, I haven't worked with DART."
> 
> Quick googling gives:
> 
> Douglas Crockford, when asked about Dart during his Programming Style and
> Your Brain lecture, replied: "So, I've thought for a long time ... if I
> could take a clean sheet of paper and write [a new language] that retains
> all the goodness of [Javascript] ... I would not have come up with anything
> like Dart."  (Source:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dart_(programming_language ) ) Resume: if not
> pure JavaScript (with jQuery etc.) then go TypeScript (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TypeScript ) not DART. :)
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> -- Shamil
> 
> 
> Вторник, 19 марта 2013, 11:15 -07:00 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>:
>> Hi All:
>> 
>> Has anyone seen or worked with the Dart product? It looks interesting in
>> that it allows a developer to design in a structured language and then it
>> compiles to standard HTML5 JavaScript code.
>> 
>> http://www.dartlang.org/
>> 
>> Jim 
>> 
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