My speech server is communicating happily with my DMG1000 now, and it's time to put Michael Dunn's book through its paces. Tomorrow, I plan to get the speech server development environment up and running on my primary development PC.
On another tact, I've been doing a little work with bar codes lately. It's similar to the charting work that I've done and I've posted code for dynamic 3-of-9 bar codes that can be included on web pages, here. 3-of-9 bar codes are very simple to implement but when time and demand permit, I'd like to explore code 128 and 2D bar codes which are more complex.
Christmas went well this year. There's an interesting op-ed in the NYTimes today about how the real St. Nick was much less colorful and a lot more heroic than the jolly ole consumerist Santa Claus we have today. It's tough as a parent as kids really do light up when they receive new and interesting toys, and it is such a rush to see them excited and enthusiastic.
A fair number of people have been looking at the two projects that I posted on CodePlex, but no one has said anything yet which means that: a) everything's working really well, or b) they're scared to open them up for fear of catching a virus, or c) they're scarfing up chunks of code for inclusion in their own projects, or ...
I noticed today that Microsoft is intending to post the source code for FoxPro on CodePlex. That seems like a big deal to me, however I do think that open source often is a dumping ground for software that isn't commercially viable. My boss's boss (who is a very untechnical guy) gave him an article he had clipped a few days back from one of the big dailies. The article was about how google is going to nail microsoft, and my boss and I discussed this possibility.
We're somewhat at odds: My boss thinks free is overwhelmingly powerful. Why buy office (and powerful PCs to put it on) when you can rent someone elses'?
My take is more pragmatic: Why bother updating open source software when you don't get paid for it? What's in it for Sun/IBM/Corel/Oracle or whomever is currently supporting the various open source office platforms, other than a chance to take a swipe at microsoft? What's the profit motive?
Microsoft, hate them or love them, is constantly bringing technological innovation to the table. Open source (lamp) is trailing the curve, in large part and as I told my boss, as long as microsoft continues to invest in research, development and developer support, companies will continue to purchase software licenses from them.
On another tact, I've been doing a little work with bar codes lately. It's similar to the charting work that I've done and I've posted code for dynamic 3-of-9 bar codes that can be included on web pages, here. 3-of-9 bar codes are very simple to implement but when time and demand permit, I'd like to explore code 128 and 2D bar codes which are more complex.
Christmas went well this year. There's an interesting op-ed in the NYTimes today about how the real St. Nick was much less colorful and a lot more heroic than the jolly ole consumerist Santa Claus we have today. It's tough as a parent as kids really do light up when they receive new and interesting toys, and it is such a rush to see them excited and enthusiastic.
A fair number of people have been looking at the two projects that I posted on CodePlex, but no one has said anything yet which means that: a) everything's working really well, or b) they're scared to open them up for fear of catching a virus, or c) they're scarfing up chunks of code for inclusion in their own projects, or ...
I noticed today that Microsoft is intending to post the source code for FoxPro on CodePlex. That seems like a big deal to me, however I do think that open source often is a dumping ground for software that isn't commercially viable. My boss's boss (who is a very untechnical guy) gave him an article he had clipped a few days back from one of the big dailies. The article was about how google is going to nail microsoft, and my boss and I discussed this possibility.
We're somewhat at odds: My boss thinks free is overwhelmingly powerful. Why buy office (and powerful PCs to put it on) when you can rent someone elses'?
My take is more pragmatic: Why bother updating open source software when you don't get paid for it? What's in it for Sun/IBM/Corel/Oracle or whomever is currently supporting the various open source office platforms, other than a chance to take a swipe at microsoft? What's the profit motive?
Microsoft, hate them or love them, is constantly bringing technological innovation to the table. Open source (lamp) is trailing the curve, in large part and as I told my boss, as long as microsoft continues to invest in research, development and developer support, companies will continue to purchase software licenses from them.
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