IAC News8/23/2011 - Patent WorkAlthough we've done patent work in the past this is the first time we've been involved in doing research for patent litigation. The first phase of this work was to locate all the resources necessary and learn how to search those resources for the desired material. We found everything they were looking for and more. This work has been highly successful for the Washington DC law firm that commissioned us. |
Article of the MonthShould you use Ruby on Rails?Ruby is a computer language that is sometimes described as the kitchen sink. It contains every conceivable feature you wish you had in a language. Rails is a popular web application framework written in Ruby and used in conjunction with Ruby. Ruby is a great language for getting an application up and running whether it is for an embedded, research or web application. The bad side is Ruby is slow execution speed but for most applications this is immaterial. If your web application suddenly has thousands trying to get on your site at the same time then yes, you have a problem. Then you can reprogram your site with another language. It is usually more important to get to market first and Ruby can do that for you. It can interface with Java, Python, Tk, C, C++ and many other languages and a variety of helpful utilities. The process of making it more efficient by coding part in other languages can be gradual as the need developes. More than 50% of company failures can be traced to being late to market. |