![]() ![]() They had to adapt the makefiles because they didn't support cross-compilation. But it's way too early to be worried about it - currently, NaCl is a mere curiosity. It could be a problem if Google refuses to participate in an effort to make a standard out of it, when (and if) it becomes widely used and has competing implementations. However, I don't see how that would be the case with NaCl: anyone can see how it works, take the code, make it work in any browser (or anything else), and change it at will with no strings attached - it has a BSD license. Now, there is a danger about non-standardized technology: it can be very bad if the creator tries to use it to prevent everyone else from competing in the same area, like was the case with ActiveX. In each case, the new technology became a standard only after it was implemented and proven really useful.ĭemanding that every new technology comes out of a committee is insane: it's a great way to stifle innovation. Why don't we all just run Windows and use ActiveX?Ī standard should be discussed and developed in partnership with the other parties Ī lot of standards we have today (Ethernet, HTTP, Javascript, to name a few) were born out of small groups of individuals with no input from other parties, at first. And if it isn't a standard and isn't available in all browsers people working with it will be forcing their choice of platform on their users and we're back to where we started. Just because google have published the workings of this doesn't make it a standard and there is really no reason for all other browsers to implement it. In this respect it's really no different to ActiveX. As soon as they use non-standard extensions you are no longer independent and now you are limited again. While apps only use standards you maintain independence. This doesn't make you platform independent though, it makes you OS independent - all you've done is just redefined 'platform'. That's a good thing if you take the traditional view that the OS is the platform - now you can run any old OS you like (with a standards compliant browser) and you'll be able to run the apps. ![]() ![]() The browser is your platform, that's the whole concept behind moving everything to web based. I, for one, like the idea that I can have desktop quality applications running independent of platform on my browser - and wouldn't mind if this became the standard ![]()
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