PHP, it's dynamite
Excellent, does this include MySQL for a database. Hopefully Google will tune these babies superfast, maybe we'll even see node.js there one day, the more the merrier.
Posts by dognolegs
22 publicly visible posts • joined 29 Aug 2010
Google platform cloud now takes PHP apps
Look ma, no plugins! Streaming web video with just JavaScript
Friday 3rd May 2013 18:38 GMT
Application Virtualization...
Amazing, if they can do this, then why would you even need the bloat of a browser client-side? You could push sophisticated client/server type apps to the dumbest of dumb terminals then, maybe just a screen with some input devices...I don't know how this will lead to a world takeover, but I stand ready to welcome our new overlords.
Appliances are the new data centre onesie
Wednesday 24th April 2013 17:23 GMT 
A question of priorities...
In general, this is a good idea - I recommended something like this to my previous company about 5 years ago. The software we were selling was a bugger to install and maintain, so giving a 'pret a porter' solution to a subset of clients would be a good thing. The slowness of managerial thinking was one reason why the idea did not take, but also they were used to sending a 'consultant', billable for mega-bucks, for a week or two to set things up, so this would have meant a significant drop in revenue.
Adobe's Flex grabs top project slot at Apache
Monday 14th January 2013 17:48 GMT
Re: Flex can still be made to work for iOS
I wish they would hand over development of the runtimes (AIR, player) to open source as well, as they (Adobe) haven't been very good stewards of Flash to date - they're more arty-farty than technical, and ideas about making it more efficient, such as driving it closer to the hardware (Flash SoC, anyone?) would be more likely to come from the Open Source community.
China seeks ‘Oceanauts’ for deep sea exploration
How can NetApp respond to Tintri?
Nokia on 'brink of failure', warns analyst
IT'S OFFICIAL: AT&T, T-Mobile deal is dead
Tuesday 20th December 2011 15:32 GMT
It's almost as if they WANTED to give $4 billion to Deutsche Telekom
Well, imagine telling this to the shareholders beforehand: "We're going to have a punt at world domination, very little chance of it succeeding given the history, but we'll be chucking $4 billion down the toilet with this little flutter." Doesn't make much sense unless there is a hidden motive.
Woz's key to success: Burn the tie, wear T-shirts to work
HP throws WebOS to open source community
TomTom axes 10% of workforce
Adobe Flex SDK bombshell STUNS developers
Tuesday 15th November 2011 22:24 GMT
HTML5 had better be good
HTML5 has the potential to kill all manner of technologies in current use, so it better work great out of the box and identically with all implementations of browsers, starting from a particular point in the future. Maybe it'll be like that IPv6 and never actually be implemented...
Citrix snaps up App-DNA for app migration
Apple slips, moneymen pounce
Dell shrinks vStart cloud boxes
Google points finger at human after robo car accident
Simply viewing Apple kit provokes religious euphoria
Desktop options today
Tuesday 22nd March 2011 14:03 GMT
Wishful thinking?
You say "But enterprises already need to cater for an increasing proportion of mobile workers, and that proportion is set to grow.", but can you link to any literature on the subject? I don't see the proportion of mobile users increasing vastly in my industry (I.T.), and the use of laptops has adequately catered to this segment , but I do agree (somewhat backhandedly) that current technologies provide the ability to push I.T. services to the client base in a targeted way, although cost of implementation is a grey area.
Ask.com kills Bloglines
Tuesday 14th September 2010 00:08 GMT
Any colour as long as it's Google.
I've had to revert to Google, but, out of the box it is not as intuitive as Bloglines, where you could see the lay of the land at a glance. Maybe some tweaking with the iGoogle API will allow the development of a gadget that looks more like Bloglines.
I feel very uncomfortable with Google being able to monitor what I'm reading, and who knows whether they won't take it upon themselves to censor news reports 'for my convenience and browsing security' at some time in the future?
I agree that this is a definite opportunity for an open source or not-for-profit initiative.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
