It's also deprecated by Microsoft. If Microsoft aren't supporting why are you? You're talking about traffic levels from places like south east asia that use pirated windows copies. For most people these aren't ever going to be visitors so why bother?
The trend shows IE 7 and 8 dropping by 1/2% each month. So the work you're putting into IE 7/8 now is becoming more worthless every month. If you're developing something that's going to take 6 months to a year don't even bother because IE 7/8 won't be used by the time you finished.
I use chrome on OSX daily and Safari is a turd in comparison. It's slower, the searching is poorer and the UX just isn't as good as it is in Chrome. Oh and Chrome just updates without needing to restart the whole os to update the browser that's a total plus.
> who made even more cash than you because they did support the 33% or whatever of the global population that is still using IE.
That's right all those customers in china on pirated copies of windows! What a gold mine! and those old dinosaur companies that are too cheap to spend on IT? They sound like the perfect paying customers!
With all these things the kid probably started at 6 and got it all wrong rather then claim to be able to understand it at 6. Otherwise I think he's full of shit.
> On top of that, it seems like EA actually takes their customer service seriously.
Bullshit, Origins support is known as the worse. Just google image search "EA Origin support" to see some of the nightmare support people have been getting.
It's run by a company that cares more about money then their customers. The fact that the policies are similar is missing the point. If you haven't seen the multiple screenshots of people contacting EA and getting horrible support from origin staff in india then check it out. No one wants that.
Apple wanted better code completion which mean't separating GCC into different layers and putting those layers under lesser licensing so that you could include the code in your editor. GCC doesn't work like that, it mangles the names up for optimization from the beginning leaving little useful information available for code completion and errors.
You've probably seen this yourself if you've ever used GCC on c++, if you have an error in a c++ template it'll spit out a 20 line compiler error rather then the template name.
Due to the fact that GCC core devs didn't want to change anything and didn't feel it important, didn't want to make it easier for text editors to hook into the tool chain they decided to make their own compiler and now everyone is rushing away from GCC since what LLVM and Clang have produced is a much cleaner tool chain that runs much faster, is able to be used for numerous things, doesn't mangle up error messages, etc.
All in all it has very little to do with BSD vs GPL and much more to do with the existing project being designed wrong.
He didn't do any of those things. Other people did and he took credit. Even after 20 years he still insists on calling it GNU/Linux like it's all owned by his GNU project.
I believe XCode uses LLVM and Clang now. Also the GNU GCC project was in fact a fork from the GNU project that was later merged when the FSF realized that no one was using their fork anymore, hardly what I'd call "No GNU, no iPad"
It's the same with anything, should there only be one car company in the world? How about Nvidia vs AMD? Surely if they just worked together.. Just because both are open source doesn't mean much.
minor quip, it's not that the updates are "central" per se (Ubuntu for example takes packages from Debian), however all packages need to be signed with an email and signing key so there is an audit trail.
Lived here for the same amount of time, and bought two pcs in that time, laptop and desktop, never had windows pre-installed just free dos.
Also the whole installing pirated copies of windows at the store you're buying from sounds like the exception rather then the rule. Never seen that happen.
because the demand is not for linux it's for cheap windows like PCs. No one wants to pay extra for overpriced linux hardware, hence why you're not seeing the sales in asia.
New users are advised to use MySQL Improved mysqli_ functions rather than the older [replaced] mysql_ functions where applicable and subject the appropriate latest stable versions of Apache, php and MySQL, etc.
The fact that every function under the mysql extension has the note..
Use of this extension is discouraged. Instead, the MySQLi or PDO_MySQL extension should be used. See also MySQL: choosing an API for more information.
The fact that most new users will be using a framework rather then directly writing everything anyway. Just face it, you don't know what you're talking about, stop acting like a little kid.
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You joke but this is also the reason they and Apple shat all over the HTML 5 video standard using OGG.
> now some idiot is claiming that the women dropped the charges.
Damn you're a fucking moron..
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=julian+assange+charges+dropped
Yes it's probably going to be two parts an eye piece and something in your pocket.
It's also deprecated by Microsoft. If Microsoft aren't supporting why are you? You're talking about traffic levels from places like south east asia that use pirated windows copies. For most people these aren't ever going to be visitors so why bother?
The trend shows IE 7 and 8 dropping by 1/2% each month. So the work you're putting into IE 7/8 now is becoming more worthless every month. If you're developing something that's going to take 6 months to a year don't even bother because IE 7/8 won't be used by the time you finished.
> and you cannot install a newer version or any other browser under threat of termination.
That's so stupid that it's funny. "You're using a newer piece of software?! You're fired!". Your company must be a fun place to work.
I use chrome on OSX daily and Safari is a turd in comparison. It's slower, the searching is poorer and the UX just isn't as good as it is in Chrome. Oh and Chrome just updates without needing to restart the whole os to update the browser that's a total plus.
> who made even more cash than you because they did support the 33% or whatever of the global population that is still using IE.
That's right all those customers in china on pirated copies of windows! What a gold mine! and those old dinosaur companies that are too cheap to spend on IT? They sound like the perfect paying customers!
1) Create new technology
2) Market the hell out of it
3) Everyone gets hyped up, next big thing etc
4) Microsoft drops technology
5) repeat step 1
This has been their standard order of business for decades. Watch for the same thing to happen to "Metro" Microsoft's latest big thing..
With all these things the kid probably started at 6 and got it all wrong rather then claim to be able to understand it at 6. Otherwise I think he's full of shit.
> On top of that, it seems like EA actually takes their customer service seriously.
Bullshit, Origins support is known as the worse. Just google image search "EA Origin support" to see some of the nightmare support people have been getting.
Because it provides community features, achievements and save syncing across computers. It has nothing to do with DRM.
> Steam should merely be a buying platform and nothing more
No it shouldn't because steam does a lot more then just that, it's obvious from your quote that you've never used the system.
It's run by a company that cares more about money then their customers. The fact that the policies are similar is missing the point. If you haven't seen the multiple screenshots of people contacting EA and getting horrible support from origin staff in india then check it out. No one wants that.
Learning things on the company's dime doesn't mean they're a "poor engineer" you phb.
Totally wrong, it's a failure in management and company culture if this is true for your business.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-7v_6uGlWQ
Apple wanted better code completion which mean't separating GCC into different layers and putting those layers under lesser licensing so that you could include the code in your editor. GCC doesn't work like that, it mangles the names up for optimization from the beginning leaving little useful information available for code completion and errors.
You've probably seen this yourself if you've ever used GCC on c++, if you have an error in a c++ template it'll spit out a 20 line compiler error rather then the template name.
Due to the fact that GCC core devs didn't want to change anything and didn't feel it important, didn't want to make it easier for text editors to hook into the tool chain they decided to make their own compiler and now everyone is rushing away from GCC since what LLVM and Clang have produced is a much cleaner tool chain that runs much faster, is able to be used for numerous things, doesn't mangle up error messages, etc.
All in all it has very little to do with BSD vs GPL and much more to do with the existing project being designed wrong.
He didn't do any of those things. Other people did and he took credit. Even after 20 years he still insists on calling it GNU/Linux like it's all owned by his GNU project.
I believe XCode uses LLVM and Clang now. Also the GNU GCC project was in fact a fork from the GNU project that was later merged when the FSF realized that no one was using their fork anymore, hardly what I'd call "No GNU, no iPad"
It's the same with anything, should there only be one car company in the world? How about Nvidia vs AMD? Surely if they just worked together.. Just because both are open source doesn't mean much.
Too bad the quality of what they have is terrible. Even Apache their star product is a poor code base.
> central updates of all software
minor quip, it's not that the updates are "central" per se (Ubuntu for example takes packages from Debian), however all packages need to be signed with an email and signing key so there is an audit trail.
Lived here for the same amount of time, and bought two pcs in that time, laptop and desktop, never had windows pre-installed just free dos.
Also the whole installing pirated copies of windows at the store you're buying from sounds like the exception rather then the rule. Never seen that happen.
because the demand is not for linux it's for cheap windows like PCs. No one wants to pay extra for overpriced linux hardware, hence why you're not seeing the sales in asia.
Except he didn't lie to you. This has nothing to do with YOU.
http://php.net/manual/en/book.mysql.php
The fact that every function under the mysql extension has the note..
The fact that most new users will be using a framework rather then directly writing everything anyway. Just face it, you don't know what you're talking about, stop acting like a little kid.