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What I would like to know is why didn't they simply license it to them?
by RexRollman 16y ago
What I would like to know is why didn't they simply license it to them?
- gnuvince 16y agoMost likely because they cannot afford to risk that someone will steal the intellectual property of their slow and bug-ridden language implementation.
- hga 16y agoWell, there's one big advantage to the whole Slang system and that is that it's integrated throughout the company and the system can be used for relatively quick "what if?" and "where do we stand?" queries. Instead of the data being embedded in a zillion (often incorrect) spreadsheets and small databases or whatever that have to be manually scraped, reported and consolidated, it all happens automatically. It may not be "fast" but it's a lot faster than manual methods. ADDED: see this comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1581604 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1581604
- ivenkys 16y agoFrom what i know that was the original intention behind Slang and SecDB. Standardization of use across different departments and in some ways a way to subvert the politics.
- hga 16y agoA license without people who know how to make it tick isn't worth much. Maybe the hard-core Slang/SecDB technical support and development staff just aren't numerous enough to split into two viable groups?