MySpace.com using the CCR

Question

They mentioned it publicly so i thought i share the news. Mentioned in this blog:

 

http://blogs.msdn.com/robburke/archive/2007/05/01/mix-misc-monday.aspx

 

I had the chance to talk to MySpace architects about the CCR a while back (after i found out they where using it), and its exciting to see it applied in other commercial and challenging domains, outside robotics. From what i understood its used very heavily

 

Just fyi, we are always interested in hearing from anyone using CCR?DSS outside robotics, so feel free to ping us/post about your experience/usage scenarios.

 

g

Answer 1

I am somewhat confused that MySpace is using the CCR. I was under the impression that you could not use the CCR for commercial purposes. What exactly is the licensing situation?

BR,

Anthony

Answer 2

Hi George, is it possible to have more details about what they use the CCR for ?
In the blog page it's just mentioned, but they don't explain what they use for ...

thanks

*FeDe*

Answer 3

You can use the CCR for commercial purposes, and DSS and anything we release in MSRS. There is just a runtime fee (2$ per deployment) as explained in our commercial license. Right now, you get 200 runtime licenses, with one dev license, for commercial use (Dev license is $399)

 

thanx

g

Answer 4

its up to MySpace to release that information, if they want to. We cant disclose it.

Answer 5

 

CCR > *

 

I doubt MySpace has any intention of releasing implementation details. And I have no authority to publicly state whether or not MySpace uses the CCR (regardless of what anyone else claims).

 

Personally, however, I think CCR is probably one of the better API advances in the realm of multi-processing/parallelism. I can't think of another concurrency solution that yields the kind of performance and control I see in the CCR.

 

Nice work, very nice indeed!

 

I hope the CCR gets rolled into the BCL itself one-day, since it's something that has a wide range of applicability outside of robotics, especially when you're talking about large scale multi-processing or -highly- performant message routing. I can accept, though, that being part of the MSRS releases allows for a shorter dev-cycle, which is better for those of us who are actively using it and want to see it improved at a faster rate than the rest of the .NET Framework.

 

Anyway, enough shameless promotion from me if you're unsure about using the CCR for your own solutions, I can't possibily say enough good about it.

 

It's well worth your time.