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Great article. I actually sat and listened to the budget and there was a lot of really positive stuff in there for businesses, it's just a shame so much it was overlooked because o…

"first time we've seen" Maybe they haven't been looking around - cough Clojure cough

Doing all the rendering on the server side is certainly an interesting approach - however, I wonder if the speed comparison will be as favourable once that server is doing the rend…

This is the kind of thing that Adobe should be working on. Tools and libraries for a post Flash world.

Whilst this is interesting technology wise and may open impressive possibilities... so what? Without a solid install base why would I spend my time writing impressive software that…

I'm sure Microsoft want to see the back of Flash too. However, I suspect they would rather see Silverlight replace it than SVG!

I completely agree with this. It then leads to what you charge for your product - if 1% at $10 per month breaks even you'd need $20 at .5% and so on. But it's not even that simple …

"puzzling because Windows 7 is one of the few Microsoft products that actually is somewhat fresh and not just a minor version bump" Interesting... granted I don't particularly foll…

The money an MBA costs would be better spent as seed capital to get something released! Even if your start up fails, it still could be cheaper than what you'd spend on the MBA and …

Apologies - I read "in that the code doesn't live directly behind the GUI elements" as an inference that it lived somewhere else. I just wanted to add a clarification in case other…

To be precise Interface Builder doesn't actually generate ANY code at all. You are manipulating in-memory objects and setting their properties. When you save your UI it's effective…

I have always wanted to say 'my greatest weakness is Chocolate Cheesecake, can't get enough of it'. Seriously though, things I would consider weaknesses in one context are strength…

I'm uneasy with this development too. But, if the WWDC presentations were freely available it would be one less reason to go. Also, Apple give me Xcode and supporting tools for fre…

Sun's fate was always a concern before Java was GPL'd, but it is an entity in its own right now. So, whilst Sun is the lead cheerleader, should they fail there are enough big compa…