The quest for perfect anti-virus software continues. I am fond of Kasparsky Labs anti-virus, however after they inexplicably dropped support for Windows XP Pro SP 1 machines (there are plenty of machines out there that SP 2 will throw into chaos) I decided to give Trend Micro Internet Security a try (we didnt solve the XP SP 1 problem with Trend Micro, it was just an impetus to try something different). After a year put to the test, its sad that what I consider a major feature of Trend Micro to be one of its great failures. (more…)
Mirye Software Publishing Launches
13-Nov-07
Proactive International has just launched Mirye (pronounced “mee-ri”), a software publishing unit. Mirye will initially serve two markets where Proactive has business offices- North America and Japan. Proactive International has just launched Mirye (pronounced “mee-ri”), a software publishing unit.
Mirye as a publishing unit fills a need for bringing together cross-platform, high performance tools in demand by the digital production market. Well, that sounds like Adobe, doesn’t it? The reason behind Mirye isn’t to specifically compete with the largest industry players like Adobe or Microsoft but to position high quality, creative products for professionals so that they can be successful in the software marketplace - by making them more accessible and more usable by a wider audience. (more…)
Apple has another spectacular operating system release in Mac OS X Leopard. Just like any release, if you make applications for Mac OS X or worse, make a developer tool, you probably found a few niggling issues in your products [Note - Valentina seems untouched by this]. I have yet to find any 3rd party tool that wasn’t impacted by this release, and even those that utilize Carbon libraries have had their grumbles. The biggest news though is that Java appears dead in its tracks under Mac OS X Leopard, and as John Gruber mentions in his blog, Java developers are very upset.
A friend of mine who develops in Java mentioned to me a few months ago how MacBooks at Java events seem to vastly outnumber the number of Dells, HPs and Thinkpads toted about by developers.
I will not praise Apple for this cut, like many Apple enthusiasts do whenever Apple makes a decision to add or subtract. The decision to ship earlier rather than later is purely a financial one - that’s where the real prioritization is, especially when you are a public company.