The larger manufacturer of Swiss Army knives, Victorinox,
has taken over
its much smaller competitor and only rival, Wenger.
"The two official makers of Swiss Army knives, which will keep their
identities separate under the deal, have been struggling to make
headway since the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. After 9-11, the companies lost between 15% and 20% of turnover as business at duty-free outlets slumped. Although airline passengers can buy the knives in duty free stores,
they are not allowed to take them on aircraft as hand luggage because
of security concerns."
So, Victorinox
now owns SNIFE
.
26.04.2005, 20:15
SNIFE goes Victorinox
AJAX is everywhereIn a remarkably short time, AJAX has become the most talked about topic in Java circles."The problem with AJAX is that it doesn't address the fundamental difficulty in developing web applications--the unbridgable client-server divide. You still have to use a completely different set of languages and tools for writing the GUI on one hand, and the server components on the other, with no possibility of sharing code in between." "A truly revolutionary web paradigm would allow developers to use the SAME language and object model in developing both the client- and the server-side. The server would retrieve an objects from the datastore, serialize it, and pass it off to the client for editing. The client would be able to modify these same objects (defined in the same class libraries) and pass it back to the server, which re-validates them and persists them back into the datastore." Welcome to Mocha! 25.04.2005, 14:06 |
Papa RatziIn slight contrast... Papa Ratzi:Headline in the German newspaper " Bild ": 
British media: 
20.04.2005, 15:01 |
How Software Patents WorkBackground information from the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure. 20.04.2005, 21:28 |
Ten good practices for writing Javascript1. Make sure your JavaScript code is in balance with its environment
2. Create accessible JavaScript
3. Create usable JavaScript
4. Create easy applicable JavaScript
5. Create future-proof JavaScript
6. Know JavaScript's weaknesses, limitations and bugs
7. Often there is more than one good solution
8. Write your own scripts or reuse code from trusted places
9. Optimize your JavaScript code for performance
10. Use tools to optimize your work process
19.04.2005, 20:46 |
Free-trade accord with japan edges closerThe Swiss government has been seeking for years to convince the Japanese of the benefits of a bilateral trade accord. Japan is Switzerland's third-largest trade partner after the United States and the European Union. There seems to be new momentum behind achieving free trade agreements with the USA and now with Japan. 18.04.2005, 18:21 |
Mocha at a glance
Through the past year, the scope of the Mocha development environment has grown considerably. As illustrated by this new diagram, the new focus will be on OpenMocha, which will have Helma at its very core. Mocha Objects, Mochascript and XML-Requests will provide a consistent Javascript/XML client-/server-side workspace, including Helmas embedded XML Database and RDBMS integration. Functionality currently still covered by Web Crossing Express will move towards James. Whitebeam, Flash and the new OpenLaszlo are the other ideal candidates for further integration. I'm very excited about the current momentum behind Javascript and XML on both the server-side and the client-side. The different pieces that make for a good Mocha environment are coming together more and more. XmlHttpRequest and E4X are going to be omni present in modern web application development, which will encourage a natural understanding of the Mocha development concepts and lower the learning curve for web developers to work with Mocha Objects and OpenMocha. 18.04.2005, 16:45 |
Adobe acquires Macromedia"Customers are calling for integrated software solutions that enable them to create, manage and deliver a wide range of compelling content and applications – from documents and images to audio and video," said Bruce Chizen, chief executive officer of Adobe. "By combining our powerful development, authoring and collaboration software – along with the complementary functionality of PDF and Flash – Adobe has the opportunity to bring this vision to life with an industry-defining technology platform.
18.04.2005, 10:31
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>>> Safari 1.3 |
| > View complexity is usually higher than model complexity |
| > Free Trade Neutrality |
| > SQL for Java Objects |
| > Security Bypass |
| > Exactly 1111111111 seconds |
| > Kurt goes Chopper |
| > Choosing a Java scripting language |
| > Spamalot's will get spammed a lot |
| > The visual Rhino debugger |
| > The Unix wars |
| > EU-Council adopts software patent directive |
| > FreeBSD baby step "1j" |
| > Never trust a man who can count to 1024 on his fingers |
| > Visiting the world's smallest city |
| > Finally some non-MS, non-nonsense SPF news |
| > Swiss cows banned from eating grass |
| > Ludivines, the "Green Fairy" of absinthe |
| > First Look At Solaris 10 |
| > EU Commission Declines Patent Debate Restart |
| > Alan Kay's wisdom guiding the OpenLaszlo roadmap towards Mocha? |
| > 1 Kilo |
| > Re: FreeBSD logo design competition |
| > Schweizer Sagen |
| > Europas Eidgenossen |
| > XMLHttpRequest glory |
| > Art Nouveau La Chaux-de-Fonds 2005-2006 |
| > The Beastie Silhouette |
| > The Number One Nightmare |
| > Safe and Idempotent Methods such as HEAD and TRACE |
| > Sorry, you have been verizoned. |
| > Daemons and Pixies and Fairies, Oh My! |
| > Sentient life forms as MIME-attachments: RFC 1437 |
| > Web Developer Extension for Firefox |
| > Refactoring until nothing is left |
| > Brendan, never tired of providing Javascript support |
| > Catching XP in just 20 Minutes |
| > Designing the Star User Interface |
| > Rhino, Mono, IKVM. Or: JavaScript the hard way |
| > Re: SCO |
| > Judo |
| > Convergence on abstraction and on browser-based Console evaluation |
| > Today found out that inifinite uptimes are still an oxymoron |
| > New aspects of woven apps |
| > Original Contribution License (OCL) 1.0 |
| > Unified SPF: a grand unified theory of MARID |
| > BSD is designed. Linux is grown. |
| > 5 vor 12 bei 10 vor 10 |
| > Mocha vs Helma? |
| > Schattenwahrheit: Coup d'etat underway against the Cheney Circle? |
| > Abschluss Bilaterale II Schweiz-EU |
| > From Adam Smith to Open Source |
| > Linux - the desktop for the rest of them |
| > Big Bang |
| > Leaky Hop Objects |
| > Return Path Rewriting (RPR) - Mail Forwarding in the Spam Age |
| > Microsoft Discloses Huge Number Of Windows Vulnerabilties |
| > Steuerungsabgabe statt Steuern |
| > Anno 2003: deployZone |
| > The war against terror |
| > The war against terror (continued) |
| > The relativity of Apple's market share |
| > Are humans animals? |
| > Anno 1999: Der Oberhasler |
| > Anno 1998: crossnet |
| > Geschwindigkeit vs Umdrehungszahl |
| > Anno 1997: Xmedia |
| > "The meaning of life is to improve the quality of all life" |
| > Anno 1996: CZV |
| > How do I set a DEFAULT HTML-DOCUMENT? |
| > Global Screen Design Services |
