X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/04481a2fa8d962fdbad882976ca3684920af22cf..e49ec7c7cd95dbe4cd0a4e78074fec8e78e4297e:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index d2d00b244d..7ef97cf9d2 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,40 @@ + + Standardize on protocols and formats, not vendors and applications + Standardize_on_protocols_and_formats__not_vendors_and_applications.html + Standardize_on_protocols_and_formats__not_vendors_and_applications.html + Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:50:00 +0200 + +<p>Where I work at the University of Oslo, one decision stand out as a +very good one to form a long lived computer infrastructure. It is the +simple one, lost by many in todays computer industry: Standardize on +open network protocols and open exchange/storage formats, not applications. +Applications come and go, while protocols and files tend to stay, and +thus one want to make it easy to change application and vendor, while +avoiding conversion costs and locking users to a specific platform or +application.</p> + +<p>This approach make it possible to replace the client applications +independently of the server applications. One can even allow users to +use several different applications as long as they handle the selected +protocol and format. In the normal case, only one client application +is recommended and users only get help if they choose to use this +application, but those that want to deviate from the easy path are not +blocked from doing so.</p> + +<p>It also allow us to replace the server side without forcing the +users to replace their applications, and thus allow us to select the +best server implementation at any moment, when scale and resouce +requirements change.</p> + +<p>I strongly recommend standardizing - on open network protocols and +open formats, but I would never recommend standardizing on a single +application that do not use open network protocol or open formats.</p> + + + Returning from Skolelinux developer gathering Returning_from_Skolelinux_developer_gathering.html @@ -431,23 +465,5 @@ NUUG lykkes med å få ut sine opptak med like stor suksess.</p> - - Lisensvalg for NUUG-opptakene endelig på plass - Lisensvalg_for_NUUG_opptakene_endelig_p___plass.html - Lisensvalg_for_NUUG_opptakene_endelig_p___plass.html - Fri, 6 Mar 2009 21:20:00 +0100 - -<p>Etter mange års meditasjon over temaet, har NUUG endelig klart å -bestemme seg for hvilken lisens vi skal bruke på videoopptakene som -gjøres av NUUGs videogruppe. Ole Kristian har annonsert at lisensen -blir <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/no/">Creative -Commons Navngivelse-Del på samme vilkår 3.0 Norge</a>. Jeg er veldig -glad for at denne saken endelig er landet. Lisensen for opptaket til -Stallman-foredraget ble en annen pga. at lisensvalget ikke var avklart -på forhånd og IFI og PING ønsket CC-BY-ND, og må ses på som et unntak -i denne sammenhengen.</p> - - -