BananaRepublic

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   by BananaRepublic 15y ago

   Well, some of the companies you mentioned are using the same obvious and/or prior art laden patents as a weapon against their competitors, so that 'sad day' has obviously already happened.
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   by BananaRepublic 15y ago

   Thanks for the 'easier-to-read' stats! Judging by this it's a good thing that I learnt Python, because my C++ skills seem to be falling out of grace. Hmm... Javascript, maybe it's time to bite the bullet...
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   by BananaRepublic 15y ago

   Ehh, given how much Kinect relies on the functionality offered by PrimeSense, I'd think it would rather be UNBALANCED to claim it to come from MS Research.
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   by BananaRepublic 15y ago

   Yes, and like their other MS Research projects it's licenced under the 'Microsoft Research Licence' which means that whatever modifications/enhancements you do to the code can only be used within this academic setting. HOWEVER, Microsoft th
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   by BananaRepublic 15y ago

   Well, Kinect owes quite alot to PrimeSense so I certainly wouldn't categorize it as a 'MS Research' product.
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   by BananaRepublic 15y ago

   Ahh, wikipedia. Then, I raise you one, please make sure you read the NT description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_kernel
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   by BananaRepublic 15y ago

   It's not really about the 'development effort', it's about the performance. Message passing will always be alot slower than communicating through shared memory. Just like user-space filesystems will always be slower than kernel-space filesy
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   by BananaRepublic 15y ago

   Lolwut? Windows is at best a 'hybrid' kernel, and with that it's probably 95% monolithic and 5% microkernel-istic in it's design. How does that translate to '_generally_ a modified microkernel'?? You need to seriously read up on Monolithic/