Releasing a previously closed source project to open source is much harder then people realize.
1. You have to deal with many copyright owners. If you look at some titles you may see mutable companies connected to it. Some of these companies have been closed or acquired however there is someone who still own some copyright. You need to get all those parties to agree.
2. You might open source it. But it probably can't be GPL. Sometimes you will find that they used third party libraries. That are closed source and those companies are active in the developments libraries. Assuming these library owners allow you to release the source with there reference in them.
3. Companies will sometimes hold onto the title to make a remake/reboot/sequel later. Or they will sell a package cd of all the games. So they will not want to open the game up.
In general even if you own rights to the source you may not be as free as you thought.
It was most likely just due to turning off the test mode. They were probably doing a last minute quick test to get the order correct. And forgot to put it into production delayed mode.
Well it was sneaky the way it got threw. In general what the App does in its description required it to pull all this data off your phone. Then it needed to send the data to the cloud to match the correct name to get their phone number. Thus, it seemed to do what it says with a normal code review.
Because you are doing it wrong. You are pushing the work to your boss to make the change. As I stated examples, to help change the environment the first step is to make sure you don't push it down to others. You fix the environment in your team, as best as you can... If this change makes things better, it will trickle up to your manager, who may take credit for it or not, however he has model of a system that works, which he can bring further up. Going to your boss and say this is wrong we need to fix it, causes problems. Much of a bad environment isn't because of a policy, but due to people pushing down the bad environment over time.
Umm... Can you stop protesting stupid here... 1. You don't like your job, look for a new one... 99% of the time people can do that while keeping their existing job. They leave their job when they get hired. You look for a new job and then Quit. that way you can pay your bills.
2. Not to sound like a right wing nut. But surviving is the easy part, america already has a Social Security infrastructure to help people survive. We have 10% unemployment however we don't see 10% of the population dying off in the streets. Even in a tough economy you don't need feel like you are getting abused, you still have the right to grow.
3. The Parent also said "Look for one" which doesn't mean you need to start your own company... On the same vain you can Create a better work environment without having to leave your existing company. Most of the time the company wants to change its own environment but no one is willing to stand up and help push it. It may be just as easy as being a little more supportive to the new guy, do the little more extra, help the other guy out more. Try to encourage more team work in your environment
4. As the company owner, you don't have to be the bad guy. Being the boss isn't always about giving orders and punishing people. It is about supporting your workers giving them direction.
"the emails will also expose the hypocrisy of other governments and companies"
In other words he will filter out data that will United States and Western Europe in a good light.
My prediction it will show that Companies are dealing with Syria by working around any laws to stop them, and there are some politicians who were willing to look the other way for some concessions, and Oil...
If you don't know this stuff is actually happening then you are either an idiot, or you live in Mr. Happy land where your country can do no wrong.
Actually, I have seen Unioned companies more apt to layoff workers than non-unioned ones. Unions self interest is based on increasing the number of Union Members, so it will tend to agree at the bargaining table, to layoff the expensive skilled workers, so it can bring on twice as much unskilled labor. For the unskilled labor there is the usually 90 days, if we like you we will keep you other wise you are out, which means after 90 days if there is any question on the employees skill, they are out, because it makes a situation where it is too risky to take a wait and see. Also because the company needs to disclose all its workforce decisions to the Union, they need to take very detailed records, and a stricter policies of work conduct, to prove why you choose what you did, creating an environment where employees need to go threw a lot of red tape. You move from a system of what you do right will reward you to a system what you do wrong will fire you. A good Union employee is one who does what he is told to do and nothing more.
Almost all Not-for-profit organizations are a for profit organization. They operate like a real business and make profit, they just change the vocabulary around "excess revenue", used to help grow the organization. A NFP organization is just like a company however they get particular tax brakes because their work help the community on the whole, and are willing to do things that may negativity effect their bottom line. (for example, a Hospital will keep funds to pay for services for patients who cannot pay for them, they will not refuse emergency care to a patient, if they do so then they could loose their NFP status. )
Charity isn't giving away your money for a cause, but using your money for a cause. The difference between the Rich and the average joe, the Average Joe works for his money, the rich has money work for him. So if Gates uses his money and profits off of it, that is to be expected, making money is a habit for him now, he is directing his profit making towards the greater good, because if he didn't invest then things may not have gotten done.
A lot of the time drugs are hard to get by because of lack of resources. They may know how to make it, but have a hard time justifying the upfront capital to mass produce it. That is where the Organizations like the Gates Foundation comes in. They will give the company the millions to mass produce the drug (allowing it to be sold for cheap), they may agree to share the profits of the drug (or the profits back will be a donation to the charity (remember the difference between FP and NFP is vocabulary) ). This will give Gates Foundation even more money in the long run to invest into other resources.
A lot of organizations hate the Gates Foundation, because it isn't all in your face political. They will do the research do some small scale tests, if it works they expand it, if not they will drop it. That is what is missing today, too many organizations are against the idea of making mistakes. When there is a mistake then there is a head hunt out there to find the cause and fire it... Not learn from it and work to make it better.
I don't expect that popular, As Linux is a Server OS. Yea it can do the games and whatnot. But Linux isn't really that good at games. In terms of drivers, the X11 overhead, Too much fragmentation in how to distribute applications. A good portion of Open Source Zealots who would never pay money for a closed source game...
The the Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg, are the exception, their success comes from being in the right place at the right time, and having the right idea, and taking the risk to try it out. For these guys everything lined up for them. If they failed they would probably be working a middle class job right now, because they didn't have the college degree (assuming they didn't go back to finish school), and no one will really want to hire them, or they will be doing a bunch of mediocre successful businesses.
Higher education teaches some important things... 1. Research skills: You recognize what you don't know but know how to find out. 2. Patients/Balancing life: In college you are no longer micromanaged (by parents and teachers) You need to discipline yourself to get your work done. Those who fail out of college, isn't because of their intelligence, but because they were not disciplined enough to do the work. 3. The Cram/All nigher: If you didn't have at least one all nigher in college then you missed out on an important learning experience. (Having them all the time, is usually bad) You can see how your body functions under stress, and learn to beat that to get things done. 4. Diversity: People of difference, Races, Religions, Countries, Sexual orientations... You actually have to deal with people where before you could have been isolated from them. 5. Adult Relationships: I am not talking about sex, but mature relationships with other adults. Where you are no longer the kid.
Privacy? Are people going around reading your meter to blackmail you? If they are going to collect significant evidence on you they will need to take a lot of data set. (A car parked outside your house may be a warning sign). Without it, I probably could have got inside help from someone in the power company. To get a lot of this data... Really it isn't a big deal, there are other ways where you can dig up more dirt on a person. In a world where we have automated devices and timers... It is really hard to get any information about a person. I can set dishwasher to start up to 8 hours after I set it up. I get up to 2 on on my washing machine, and 4 on my dryer. So in terms of power usage, I can make it look like I am home while I am not there. You are better off watching for lights.
Bank Account? Back in the old days I was charged for an additional 2000kwh of power. Because my meter was misread.
Facts, don't let facts get in the way of a good rant. We want to show that we are an abused minority! Who needs to stand up against the man who oppresses us.
They look at the numbers, and they figure it is easier to flag them as trouble makers then adjust their code for the problem.
It probably comes down to this logic... Are you using library called X. Does it match the approved Check-sums? Nope, then you are probably a cheater. Lets say a network library, has been hacked to to make bots, that will mine for stuff... Then sell it for real money.
These games really need to keep cheating down to a minimum. Cheaters really ruin the game for the other customers.
Average Grade is 65.25 3 Programmers are above average (75%) 1 Programmer is below average (25%)
I have gave an example to disprove your theorem. So your theorem is false, and you are wrong.
Normally as the sample size increases (We would expect people to fall under a normal distribution) we will see the number getting closer to 50% however the chance of actually getting exactly 50% is very slim.
If you feel that that you don't have a future in the company, that means you will need to seriously need to look for an other place to work. My last job, I asked my boss for my 6 month bonus, he gave me some lame excuse on why I don't get a bonus anymore... So 4 weeks later I put in a 3 week notice. Because I got an other job, that was going to pay me more. I had made the mistake before of just hanging in there, hopping for the best, I gut burned from it. So while I am hired, I work hard, be a team player, try to be the model employee... However I will follow my gut, if I feel something is wrong in the company and my job is at risk, I will go and find a new job before it becomes an issue.
1. Should I stay technical, and be ready to work as consultant/contractor? How does medical insurance work in that case? As a consultant you can work for a consulting firm who may offer medical insurance, or if you work private, you charge rates that will cover the cost of private health insurance. There is a reason why Consulting rates are $200 an hour. Because the person needs to pay for all their expenses in life, that would normally be covered by companies benefits, combined with the fact that they may not be working 40 hours a week consistently.
2. Should I capitalize on the domain knowledge, and move onto business/managerial side? Management isn't any safer then being a tech. However having more diverse skills and experience tends to help.
3. Will the MBA degree or alternate career help? Will the MBA help... Yes it will, for cases where the job requires a particular level of education. I have an MBA and I am currently working in a position that requires a Masters Degree. the MBA is a Masters Degree so I qualify for the position. I am not in management, however I am the team lead.
Linux has gone mainstream on the Mobile devices... GNU/Linux hasn't. Linux is the kernel. GNU/Linux, Android are the Operating Systems that use the kernel.
Big picture ideas, fail when details get in the way, and people are unable to find an appropriate compromise, and take your opponents view into account.
For Example... Lets simplify the US tax plan, and get rid of all those loopholes that the 1 percent use to get off tax free. Well what about deductions for charity? How about investing in your retirement? Well you have kids?.... You shortly find the simple idea of making the Tax Plan easy and fair quickly comes up with a lot of details that you find, that there are not easy answers too.
Or lets go to the right... Lets reduce government services, that keeps all our taxes high. How about military, can we reduce that? What about funding R&D? Incubators for new business ideas? Road, and Infrastructure....
Paraphrasing Douglas Adams. To summarize the summery of the summary; people are a problem.
With the exception of the people who grew up with a golden spoon in their mouth. Most of the successful people in the United States and the World usually got there with Hard Work, personal sacrifice, and taking risks. They choose a lot of personal trade offs to get in that position. They won't freely give it up.
When you are in the business, you normally know what you are going to pay. You are usually already bound to the idea you will get this work done. So you want an accurate quote, not an estimate.
The problem is in the phase if you want to do the project or not and such a project is new to you, and you have no price expectations at all. Sometimes getting an estimate (without the formal quote) is useful.
Lets use a Car Analogy. Pretend we live in a world without car commercials... Or your TiVo skills have you skipped them for a good many years. Also in this world Cars have no sticker prices.
So you want a new car... How much should you save up. Does a Car only cost $5,000 perhaps it costs $120,000, without this expectation when you actually see the price of the car at $25,000 you are supprised at the price high or low. If you had $120,000 in your mind that $25,000 will seem cheap, and chances are you will get the car at that price, without bargaining down. Or if you expect $5,000 then you will go wow that is way to expensive and walk away from buying the car.
But I want to determine if there is a real value to doing it yourself or just get someone else to do it. If the equipment costs $10,000 and labor cost $2,000 vs. having me do it, and risk injury. It may be worth it. However if the equipment code $10,000 and Labor costs $50,000 it may be better if I do it. But how do I know without an estimate.
In C, you hope these programs [strike]usually[/strike] crash spectacularly. FTFY When they do not, that is when the real trouble exists, and could destabilize your application further down the line.
The Try Catch when used properly. Makes sure if there is a problem, you leave your program cleanly. It is open for abuse yes... But so is any language command.
Just because you are programming in a Lower Level language... It doesn't mean all your code will be faster.
When you code in C (or any other language) your goal is usually focused on your final project. Even with a degree in computer science, you may not have focused all your code to be optimal, (you are short on time so you put a bubble sort in it). Compared with Java where you do a.Sort() to your string class... Chances are it will be coded with a Faster sorting algorithm. Because the person who programmed Java.Sort() class, their business requirement wasn't to make a large project, but an efficient sort algorithm.
Problem is the diligence that is required. A C developer is a really good coder when they do their work in an other language. However for large projects, C doesn't make too much sense, because you need to expect your developers to be on their A Game in the course of the project. A developer is porting their proof of concept code into production, right near lunch time, and he is starving, and some of the other guys are waiting on him to finish up, because they are starving too, might mean some code got copied in, and put into the production set, without full though. Because the Proof of Concept code worked, it may pass many layers of Quality Check (and we all know most software development firms have very poor QA teams) Once it leaves and goes to the customer, it could be wide open to a security problem.
Every Developer thinks they are the best developer on earth about 50% of them are actually below average. C is a great teaching tool, I wish most colleges still used it, and didn't switch to.Net and Java. However once you go into production, unless you really need the C performance (and you can code highly optimized C) going with other Languages that are a little more protected is a safer bet.
Hire a C developer... Give him a higher level language, and you will probably get really good code. Hire a C developer have him program C, you are setting up a time bomb, where once they miss a beat you are screwed.
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Releasing a previously closed source project to open source is much harder then people realize.
1. You have to deal with many copyright owners. If you look at some titles you may see mutable companies connected to it. Some of these companies have been closed or acquired however there is someone who still own some copyright. You need to get all those parties to agree.
2. You might open source it. But it probably can't be GPL. Sometimes you will find that they used third party libraries. That are closed source and those companies are active in the developments libraries. Assuming these library owners allow you to release the source with there reference in them.
3. Companies will sometimes hold onto the title to make a remake/reboot/sequel later. Or they will sell a package cd of all the games. So they will not want to open the game up.
In general even if you own rights to the source you may not be as free as you thought.
They probably would had still found it.
I would also like thank Expo Dry Erase markets, without them we wouldn't get our first draft of the calculations.
The Vital Role is technology that without it, it wouldn't happen. Not something without it, you would have a perfectly usable substitute.
It was most likely just due to turning off the test mode. They were probably doing a last minute quick test to get the order correct. And forgot to put it into production delayed mode.
Customer: So where are your servers located...
Company: International Waters... Barge 12.
Well it was sneaky the way it got threw. In general what the App does in its description required it to pull all this data off your phone. Then it needed to send the data to the cloud to match the correct name to get their phone number. Thus, it seemed to do what it says with a normal code review.
Because you are doing it wrong. You are pushing the work to your boss to make the change. As I stated examples, to help change the environment the first step is to make sure you don't push it down to others. You fix the environment in your team, as best as you can... If this change makes things better, it will trickle up to your manager, who may take credit for it or not, however he has model of a system that works, which he can bring further up.
Going to your boss and say this is wrong we need to fix it, causes problems. Much of a bad environment isn't because of a policy, but due to people pushing down the bad environment over time.
Umm... Can you stop protesting stupid here...
1. You don't like your job, look for a new one... 99% of the time people can do that while keeping their existing job. They leave their job when they get hired. You look for a new job and then Quit. that way you can pay your bills.
2. Not to sound like a right wing nut. But surviving is the easy part, america already has a Social Security infrastructure to help people survive. We have 10% unemployment however we don't see 10% of the population dying off in the streets. Even in a tough economy you don't need feel like you are getting abused, you still have the right to grow.
3. The Parent also said "Look for one" which doesn't mean you need to start your own company... On the same vain you can Create a better work environment without having to leave your existing company. Most of the time the company wants to change its own environment but no one is willing to stand up and help push it. It may be just as easy as being a little more supportive to the new guy, do the little more extra, help the other guy out more. Try to encourage more team work in your environment
4. As the company owner, you don't have to be the bad guy. Being the boss isn't always about giving orders and punishing people. It is about supporting your workers giving them direction.
"the emails will also expose the hypocrisy of other governments and companies"
In other words he will filter out data that will United States and Western Europe in a good light.
My prediction it will show that Companies are dealing with Syria by working around any laws to stop them, and there are some politicians who were willing to look the other way for some concessions, and Oil...
If you don't know this stuff is actually happening then you are either an idiot, or you live in Mr. Happy land where your country can do no wrong.
Actually, I have seen Unioned companies more apt to layoff workers than non-unioned ones. Unions self interest is based on increasing the number of Union Members, so it will tend to agree at the bargaining table, to layoff the expensive skilled workers, so it can bring on twice as much unskilled labor. For the unskilled labor there is the usually 90 days, if we like you we will keep you other wise you are out, which means after 90 days if there is any question on the employees skill, they are out, because it makes a situation where it is too risky to take a wait and see. Also because the company needs to disclose all its workforce decisions to the Union, they need to take very detailed records, and a stricter policies of work conduct, to prove why you choose what you did, creating an environment where employees need to go threw a lot of red tape.
You move from a system of what you do right will reward you to a system what you do wrong will fire you. A good Union employee is one who does what he is told to do and nothing more.
Almost all Not-for-profit organizations are a for profit organization. They operate like a real business and make profit, they just change the vocabulary around "excess revenue", used to help grow the organization. A NFP organization is just like a company however they get particular tax brakes because their work help the community on the whole, and are willing to do things that may negativity effect their bottom line. (for example, a Hospital will keep funds to pay for services for patients who cannot pay for them, they will not refuse emergency care to a patient, if they do so then they could loose their NFP status. )
Charity isn't giving away your money for a cause, but using your money for a cause. The difference between the Rich and the average joe, the Average Joe works for his money, the rich has money work for him. So if Gates uses his money and profits off of it, that is to be expected, making money is a habit for him now, he is directing his profit making towards the greater good, because if he didn't invest then things may not have gotten done.
A lot of the time drugs are hard to get by because of lack of resources. They may know how to make it, but have a hard time justifying the upfront capital to mass produce it. That is where the Organizations like the Gates Foundation comes in. They will give the company the millions to mass produce the drug (allowing it to be sold for cheap), they may agree to share the profits of the drug (or the profits back will be a donation to the charity (remember the difference between FP and NFP is vocabulary) ). This will give Gates Foundation even more money in the long run to invest into other resources.
A lot of organizations hate the Gates Foundation, because it isn't all in your face political. They will do the research do some small scale tests, if it works they expand it, if not they will drop it. That is what is missing today, too many organizations are against the idea of making mistakes. When there is a mistake then there is a head hunt out there to find the cause and fire it... Not learn from it and work to make it better.
I don't expect that popular, As Linux is a Server OS. Yea it can do the games and whatnot. But Linux isn't really that good at games. In terms of drivers, the X11 overhead, Too much fragmentation in how to distribute applications. A good portion of Open Source Zealots who would never pay money for a closed source game...
True... But I know a lot of jobs you can't get without a degree. Where your resume will be tossed out after an automated first pass.
The the Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg, are the exception, their success comes from being in the right place at the right time, and having the right idea, and taking the risk to try it out. For these guys everything lined up for them. If they failed they would probably be working a middle class job right now, because they didn't have the college degree (assuming they didn't go back to finish school), and no one will really want to hire them, or they will be doing a bunch of mediocre successful businesses.
Higher education teaches some important things...
1. Research skills: You recognize what you don't know but know how to find out.
2. Patients/Balancing life: In college you are no longer micromanaged (by parents and teachers) You need to discipline yourself to get your work done. Those who fail out of college, isn't because of their intelligence, but because they were not disciplined enough to do the work.
3. The Cram/All nigher: If you didn't have at least one all nigher in college then you missed out on an important learning experience. (Having them all the time, is usually bad) You can see how your body functions under stress, and learn to beat that to get things done.
4. Diversity: People of difference, Races, Religions, Countries, Sexual orientations... You actually have to deal with people where before you could have been isolated from them.
5. Adult Relationships: I am not talking about sex, but mature relationships with other adults. Where you are no longer the kid.
Privacy? Are people going around reading your meter to blackmail you? If they are going to collect significant evidence on you they will need to take a lot of data set. (A car parked outside your house may be a warning sign). Without it, I probably could have got inside help from someone in the power company. To get a lot of this data... Really it isn't a big deal, there are other ways where you can dig up more dirt on a person. In a world where we have automated devices and timers... It is really hard to get any information about a person. I can set dishwasher to start up to 8 hours after I set it up. I get up to 2 on on my washing machine, and 4 on my dryer. So in terms of power usage, I can make it look like I am home while I am not there. You are better off watching for lights.
Bank Account? Back in the old days I was charged for an additional 2000kwh of power. Because my meter was misread.
Facts, don't let facts get in the way of a good rant. We want to show that we are an abused minority! Who needs to stand up against the man who oppresses us.
They look at the numbers, and they figure it is easier to flag them as trouble makers then adjust their code for the problem.
It probably comes down to this logic... Are you using library called X. Does it match the approved Check-sums? Nope, then you are probably a cheater.
Lets say a network library, has been hacked to to make bots, that will mine for stuff... Then sell it for real money.
These games really need to keep cheating down to a minimum. Cheaters really ruin the game for the other customers.
Really how popular is gaming in Linux?
No. About 50% not exactly 50%. Because we can create cases where averages are not 50%
for example.
Programmer 1: Grade 95
Programmer 2: Grade 5
Programmer 3: Grade 86
Programmer 4: Grade 75
Average Grade is 65.25
3 Programmers are above average (75%)
1 Programmer is below average (25%)
I have gave an example to disprove your theorem. So your theorem is false, and you are wrong.
Normally as the sample size increases (We would expect people to fall under a normal distribution) we will see the number getting closer to 50% however the chance of actually getting exactly 50% is very slim.
If you feel that that you don't have a future in the company, that means you will need to seriously need to look for an other place to work.
My last job, I asked my boss for my 6 month bonus, he gave me some lame excuse on why I don't get a bonus anymore... So 4 weeks later I put in a 3 week notice. Because I got an other job, that was going to pay me more.
I had made the mistake before of just hanging in there, hopping for the best, I gut burned from it. So while I am hired, I work hard, be a team player, try to be the model employee... However I will follow my gut, if I feel something is wrong in the company and my job is at risk, I will go and find a new job before it becomes an issue.
1. Should I stay technical, and be ready to work as consultant/contractor? How does medical insurance work in that case?
As a consultant you can work for a consulting firm who may offer medical insurance, or if you work private, you charge rates that will cover the cost of private health insurance. There is a reason why Consulting rates are $200 an hour. Because the person needs to pay for all their expenses in life, that would normally be covered by companies benefits, combined with the fact that they may not be working 40 hours a week consistently.
2. Should I capitalize on the domain knowledge, and move onto business/managerial side?
Management isn't any safer then being a tech. However having more diverse skills and experience tends to help.
3. Will the MBA degree or alternate career help?
Will the MBA help... Yes it will, for cases where the job requires a particular level of education. I have an MBA and I am currently working in a position that requires a Masters Degree. the MBA is a Masters Degree so I qualify for the position. I am not in management, however I am the team lead.
Linux has gone mainstream on the Mobile devices... GNU/Linux hasn't.
Linux is the kernel.
GNU/Linux, Android are the Operating Systems that use the kernel.
Big picture ideas, fail when details get in the way, and people are unable to find an appropriate compromise, and take your opponents view into account.
For Example... Lets simplify the US tax plan, and get rid of all those loopholes that the 1 percent use to get off tax free. ....
Well what about deductions for charity?
How about investing in your retirement?
Well you have kids?
You shortly find the simple idea of making the Tax Plan easy and fair quickly comes up with a lot of details that you find, that there are not easy answers too.
Or lets go to the right... Lets reduce government services, that keeps all our taxes high.
How about military, can we reduce that?
What about funding R&D?
Incubators for new business ideas?
Road, and Infrastructure....
Paraphrasing Douglas Adams. To summarize the summery of the summary; people are a problem.
With the exception of the people who grew up with a golden spoon in their mouth. Most of the successful people in the United States and the World usually got there with Hard Work, personal sacrifice, and taking risks. They choose a lot of personal trade offs to get in that position. They won't freely give it up.
When you are in the business, you normally know what you are going to pay. You are usually already bound to the idea you will get this work done. So you want an accurate quote, not an estimate.
The problem is in the phase if you want to do the project or not and such a project is new to you, and you have no price expectations at all. Sometimes getting an estimate (without the formal quote) is useful.
Lets use a Car Analogy. Pretend we live in a world without car commercials... Or your TiVo skills have you skipped them for a good many years. Also in this world Cars have no sticker prices.
So you want a new car... How much should you save up. Does a Car only cost $5,000 perhaps it costs $120,000, without this expectation when you actually see the price of the car at $25,000 you are supprised at the price high or low. If you had $120,000 in your mind that $25,000 will seem cheap, and chances are you will get the car at that price, without bargaining down. Or if you expect $5,000 then you will go wow that is way to expensive and walk away from buying the car.
But I want to determine if there is a real value to doing it yourself or just get someone else to do it. If the equipment costs $10,000 and labor cost $2,000 vs. having me do it, and risk injury. It may be worth it. However if the equipment code $10,000 and Labor costs $50,000 it may be better if I do it. But how do I know without an estimate.
In C, you hope these programs [strike]usually[/strike] crash spectacularly. FTFY
When they do not, that is when the real trouble exists, and could destabilize your application further down the line.
The Try Catch when used properly. Makes sure if there is a problem, you leave your program cleanly. It is open for abuse yes... But so is any language command.
Just because you are programming in a Lower Level language... It doesn't mean all your code will be faster.
When you code in C (or any other language) your goal is usually focused on your final project. Even with a degree in computer science, you may not have focused all your code to be optimal, (you are short on time so you put a bubble sort in it). Compared with Java where you do a .Sort() to your string class... Chances are it will be coded with a Faster sorting algorithm. Because the person who programmed Java .Sort() class, their business requirement wasn't to make a large project, but an efficient sort algorithm.
Problem is the diligence that is required. A C developer is a really good coder when they do their work in an other language. However for large projects, C doesn't make too much sense, because you need to expect your developers to be on their A Game in the course of the project. A developer is porting their proof of concept code into production, right near lunch time, and he is starving, and some of the other guys are waiting on him to finish up, because they are starving too, might mean some code got copied in, and put into the production set, without full though. Because the Proof of Concept code worked, it may pass many layers of Quality Check (and we all know most software development firms have very poor QA teams) Once it leaves and goes to the customer, it could be wide open to a security problem.
Every Developer thinks they are the best developer on earth about 50% of them are actually below average. C is a great teaching tool, I wish most colleges still used it, and didn't switch to .Net and Java. However once you go into production, unless you really need the C performance (and you can code highly optimized C) going with other Languages that are a little more protected is a safer bet.
Hire a C developer... Give him a higher level language, and you will probably get really good code.
Hire a C developer have him program C, you are setting up a time bomb, where once they miss a beat you are screwed.