Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Wed Mar 20 11:14:07 CDT 2013
That too? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:52 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A new compiled JavaScript? On 2013-03-19 10:03 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen wrote: > 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. I thought they'd just dropped support for old MS Office formats? PB ------ > > - 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----- >> 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 >> >> >> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dba-Tech mailing list >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com