It's official Blu-Ray wins!

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I kinda expected this.  And if one format had to win, then from a technical point of view I'm glad it's Blue Ray... Despite how much I may dislike Sony.

Though I expect this to be the last of the Optical disk format... It might get a capacity upgrade, but SSD's (or some other storeage medium) should take over in the next few years.

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alenppc wrote:
I am glad that at last M$ lost at *something*. If you read about it, the whole issue started with M$ not wanting to use Java but insisting on their own proprietary crap, that's how the Blu/HD formats split.

While I totally agree about how good it is that M$ have got shafted... I actually prefer their interactive content system over the Java one... If you look at the HDi System it's based on ECMA script and XML... which I think is superior to the Java based VM system that the BlueRay guys went with...

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Is Java more powerful? What advantage does it offer over ECMA Script?

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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Ehm, Java has a complete 'Virtual Machine'? And, java is partially compiled (or completely, if one uses a java chip which often can be found in cell phones)

ECMA Script is provided with well documented and powerful API's (libraries and toolkits ), it's more widely used and runs on more platforms... JIT compilers also exist for it...

I mean, it's a complete fourth generation programming language, while such a scripting language can barely called a third generation language (if it can be called a programming language at all).

Might be an idea to google ECMAScript before commenting....

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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
I've worked with it more than once, Bloodline, I know what I'm talking about. ECMA is utter sh*te.

Not saying it isn't, but I think it's a better fit than Java for this application, and you've not told me yet why I'm wrong...

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uncharted wrote:

bloodline wrote:

it's more widely used and runs on more platforms...

Er, no.  Java in it's various forms is much more widespread.

I'm not convinced that Java is more widely spread than ECMAScript, which is currently available on almost every single web browser currently surfing the internet...

Anyway that is neither here nor there... we are talking about an interactive content authoring system for use on the next generation of Digital Media... I personally think the XML/ECMAScript is a much better fit for this task, and no one here has told me why Java would be better...