Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Wed Mar 20 11:22:41 CDT 2013
Hi Hans: Google did not drop Google Docs just the free access to it. My bad; Microsoft Messenger as a stand alone will be removed but left in Skype. (But note: there are rumoured plans of moving Skype to a fully paid model...whether this is true, I have no idea.) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:03 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [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----- > 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