[ucc] Clubroom v2.0

[Anil Sharma <Grand Poobah Maset>]

3. Both
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009, Samuel Spencer wrote:

> We can look at this two ways:
>
> 1. We can put on the website a cool innovation in the field of
> computer imagery that also showcases the clubroom, which happens to
> run on the two largest operating systems available (Windows and MacOS
> X)
>
> or
>
> 2. We can showcase the club with a 5 year old jpeg panorama, generated
> using a cross-platform command line image tool.
>
> Putting this on the website doesn't mean UCC has signed its sole of to
> the evil empire, but it might mean we attract a few new members some
> of whom might make the next photosynth, which would be bought by
> Microsoft and then UCC would be sued out of existance.
>
> Hmmm... forget that last bit.
>
>
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>
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 19:30, Michael Deegan <michael at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 03:20:22PM +0800, Jeremy Cole wrote:
>>> So we are dismissing this because it uses Microsoft Silverlight? I hardly
>>> think thats a fair way to dismiss it, its actually quite a cool thing and
>>> would be useful to add to our website to show possible members our space.
>>> Then again, surely there is more to the distaste for this then the
>>> Silveright issue, much like some peoples distaste in the room currently for
>>> anything apart from Windows.
>>
>> My distate here is based on the fact that Microsoft does not provide a
>> version of their software for my platform, and moonlight does not actually
>> make a difference (much like how many flash sites do not care if you have
>> Gnash installed).
>>
>> But ultimately, as long as it's not the -only- way of getting that
>> information then I guess it doesn't really matter.
>>
>> -MD
>>
>> PS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_deegan/3470174832/
>>
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