Salakhetdinov Shamil
mcp2004 at mail.ru
Wed Mar 20 04:50:26 CDT 2013
Hi Jim -- <<< Both are becoming more untrustworthy but the day. >>> Yes. <<< I understand it is a big problem in Russia. >>> Well, one there might suppose that everything is a big problem here :) I assure you - it's not - quite a few but not everything:) BTW, quite some foreigners are working and are living here in Russia. Easy solution for the 'Skype case': Just ignore it - there are many other communication tools free from 'KGB eye and ear'. :) Thank you. -- Shamil Вторник, 19 марта 2013, 19:12 -07:00 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: >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----- >From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov >Shamil >Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:17 PM >To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >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 > >