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Short Takes: August 1, 2009


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What the W3C is doing with WHATWG
What’s what with WHATWG? That’s the group that prompted the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to rethink its plans regarding XHTML 2, as reported on page 6 of this newspaper. WHATWG is the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group. It is a chartered organization that does not have a formal relationship with the W3C, but does have a relationship with the consortium’s HTML Working Group, according to Mike Smith of the W3C HTML Working Group.

The WHATWG charter defines membership. According to Smith, “It's a very short list of people; effectively, they could be seen as simply a sort of steering committee, and one that, as far as I understand, has rarely made any formal decisions as a group. I think the only decisions they may have made, other then the decision to charter the group, were taken when new members were
appointed.”

WHATWG participants are invited to take part in discussions on the organization’s mailing list or on irc.freenode.net. Many of those participants are also members of the HTML Working Group, Smith said.    — David Rubinstein

Tears of the Sun
The Sun may soon be gone. And we'll all the lesser for it. Or are we?

I must say, I haven't touched Solaris in years. Indeed, Sun's hardware has taken on a quaint, antique feel of late. It will soon be looked upon in much the same way DEC Alpha and VAX hardware is today: cool and kitschy, but certainly not useful anymore. Of course, Larry Ellison will keep cranking out the hardware from Sun's factories: He seems to think that he's purchased a consumer electronics company, after all. Does this mean we'll see the return of the network computer?

Sun does make “network computers,” though now we call them thin clients. And perhaps the death of the SPARCStation isn't so tragic. They've been gone for years already, and no one in their right minds would consider putting Sun hardware on their desktop anymore, anyway. What remains are the big rack servers and storage units, both of which are tough to get misty-eyed over.


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08/02/2009 07:21:27 PM EST

Dear Alex Handy, your statement "I must say, I haven't touched Solaris in years." possibly indicates you might not be the right person to comment upon the current state of Sun's technologies. Are you aware of the current features of Sun's (Open)Solaris, enterprise gear, (Open)Storage servers, etc. How about visiting http://www.sun.com/ and gettng an idea of Sun's current contribution to the computing landscape.

AustraliaCade Foster


08/03/2009 03:16:10 PM EST

" DEC Alpha and VAX hardware is today: cool and kitschy, but certainly not useful anymore" Don't try to send a text message. Almost all of them use that useless hardware! And don't do ANY investing, or call a toll-free number. Legacy? Another word for "stuff that just works"... http://www.hp.com/go/openvms

United StatesStanley F. Quayle


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