things up by saying that when Sean comes back, I will discuss this
issue with him. Although I don't have a problem with Macromedia's web
team using Mach II or Sean contributing to Mach II development, his
actions should not be interpreted as an official Macromedia endorsement
of any one project over another.
Christian
On Feb 9, 2004, at 1:56 AM, Michael Dinowitz wrote:
> I understand the tradeoff. I'm just saying that MM is big enough with
> enough
> money and skilled programmers to write some of the tightest, fastest,
> most
> optimized code around if they wanted to. The extra few dollars to
> make the
> code 'fast but inflexibility' (it really isn't inflexible, it's just
> specific to the needs of the MM site) is worth it to avoid what
> started this
> entire thread. To have anyone see an error on a website, let alone
> for there
> to be an error in the first place is just not acceptable (in my mind
> when
> thinking of a multi-million dollar internet software company).
>
> > There is almost always a trade-off between flexibility, abstraction,
> > etc. and performance, but one typically tries to strike the right
> > balance between the two extremes.��The right balance typically falls
> > between the cost of extending and maintaining a fast but
> inflexibility
> > application, and the cost of having to throw hardware or other
> > optimizations as a slow but highly configurable application.��I'm
> > certain Sean's team understands this equation and has made their
> > decisions accordingly.
> >
> > Christian
> >
> >
>
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