Now I truly understand why you spend so much time on this thread.
Don't you have some television to watch Steve? I think the amount of time spent on this thread is less than 15 minutes every other day or so with gaps of several weeks between visits. Don't make up facts as you go along.
There is an old saying "those who can do, those who can't teach."
Do what? Dig oneself deeper into the dirt as Corel has been doing for the last two years or more? I'm not teaching anybody here; I'm making a few casual comments like everybody else.
It is interesting that you don't take into account any technologies that circumvent the OS and make it irrelevant.
You know, comprehension is the better part of reading. Perhaps it was the way I phrased it: "Java on Windows, wheat, white or whatever." I suppose that was too deep to interpret. Missed also were the remarks about the OS being free, as in not particularly interesting in terms of a revenue stream. We don't have a transparent OS, yet, that's where Java and the JavaOS come in. In the meantime, reality dictates that software be built for Windows and to a lesser extent Apple. BTW, I've never used a Mac (UNIX, Windows, even CP/M and RSTS) but it would be great if iMac re-ignites Mac software development. ABM!
You don't discuss Microsoft's obsession with the set top box.
I've got things to do, why don't you teach us about it. What are you trying to say: that Corel is going after set-top market? That makes perfect sense. You read about trends in, say, PC Week. Look at what Intel is doing, Broadcom, Scientific Atlanta, @Home, and so on and so forth. Now what conclusion can you draw from this? That an arm-waving reactionary who seems to have lost his ability to learn would throw the resources of his 80 million dollar tragicomedy at a market where they don't have the expertise, experience or resources to compete? I could see that happening, anther Corel fiasco.
Predicting the future is tough. Most would argue however that the next iteration of technology will not be dominated by a single OS.
Duh! What's needed is an set of international standards for component software technology. That is, everything and everything encapsulated in a well-defined interface and interoperable with everything else. Right now the only hope for that is Java but the tools still aren't there, nor is the speed. Still it shall happen.
laurels will go to companies which embrace open standard and innovate technologies that circumvent proprietary standards.
I agree wholeheartedly but how much are Laurels worth these days? Giants like IBM, Sun and Oracle will get laurels + cash. Corel isn't in any position to be driving anything as far as standards are concerned.
I am interested in your honest evaluation of the jBridge technology.
Lemme have an honest look at it. We have to have a bridge from Java back to Windows. That's critically important but why isn't somebody with some clout doing this? Like Sun or IBM? Terminals are utterly fantastic devices as evidenced by their popularity over the years. What one could not do on a terminal was execute code, per se. Java changes all that plus adds portability, security, multi-threading, distribution, et cetera. |
