From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,afb4d45672b1e262 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:58:00 -0500 From: "Steve" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <7NOdne-iYtWmIafZnZ2dnUVZ_tWdnZ2d@megapath.net> <292bf$443bb4e4$45491254$20549@KNOLOGY.NET> Subject: Re: Making money on open source, if not by selling _support_, then how? Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:59:24 -0700 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.111.245 X-Trace: sv3-ERAuscYthZXwbaPJao//xKFEpBZ4YsVTX9Gj1xZjhLnPt8njiNHFEvyU8yrD9waQhmxrN7UPfQNDDDv!LiLcN3XYlsvYckl/zMnPAlkzZCWJF0uyFjvYJzdJuwkgGASw1APaLJ2oy3IZuC267ikLoNcFYbwL X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3781 Date: 2006-04-11T19:59:24-07:00 List-Id: "Marc A. Criley" wrote in message news:292bf$443bb4e4$45491254$20549@KNOLOGY.NET... [snip] > ... you probably won't find much need for support in the domain of cutting > 2x4s to length, but will in distributed, fault-tolerant applications.) > You obiously don't understand the complexity of cutting 2x4's to length. In todays sawmills boards sometime scanned at a rate that exceeds 120 board per minute. In that 500 msec window a detailed surface model of the board must be scanned and analyzed for defects. The defects may include vertical grain, knots, checks, blue stain and other defects. The value of the end product may change significantly depending on how the board is trimmed. In fact in some environment the complexity of the grading rules and potential products makes trimming lumber a good application for distrubuted processing. Just when you thought you had found a good example of a simple task. BTW: I don't program trimmers, but others in my department do, and I am familiar with what is involved. Steve (The Duck) [snip] > > > -- Marc A. Criley > -- McKae Technologies > -- www.mckae.com > -- DTraq - XPath In Ada - XML EZ Out