[Forum] A big step forward in cross-platform computing | ANN.lu |
Posted on 15-Sep-2004 22:32 GMT by Gary Goldberg | 39 comments View flat View list |
By Leander Kahney
02:00 AM Sep. 13, 2004 PT
A Silicon Valley startup claims to have cracked one of most elusive goals of the software industry: a near-universal emulator that
allows software developed for one platform to run on any other, with almost no performance hit.
Transitive Corp. of Los Gatos, California, claims its QuickTransit software allows applications to run "transparently" on multiple
hardware platforms, including Macs, PCs, and numerous servers and mainframes...
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64914,00.html?tw=wn_6techhead
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Posted by Fabio Alemagna on 16-Sep-2004 18:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 14 (Anonymous): > I did not say the idea is new. but it does not mean it is an bad idea.
I don't think anyone said it's a bad idea. I for sure didn't.
> You can always try to make things better than competitors, no matter how old
> your idea is. Ofcourse it is not easy task for the small company, but you can
> always try.
But let's face it: on cell phones there's Java, on desktops there's .NET and Tendra. What market does TAO's technology fit? Who uses it currently? And why? Is it worth its cost?
> If I would have to choose between .NET and Java I would definetaely select
> Java. .NET is still too MicroSoft related.
Parts of .NET, unlike Java, are standardized. Moreover, .NET bytecode and virtual machine is simply better than java. |
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