So you get a temporary boost which will spike the economy and no matter what when that's over your economy will crash because you simply can't use the land you were using before. In fact if we go into an ice age you may get to use even less. Yeah that sounds sensible.
Businesses I think will start doing things like using credits because they can hide the cost difference between nations or hide price increases. Something can cost 10 credits forever but what it costs to get those 10 credits will change and what we pay in the UK may be different to what Americans pay.
That is why I don't like credits, MS points, etc. I wish people would avoid them.
IT workers rarely have the chance to form unions though. If they had unions then fair enough but instead they have to work tons of unpaid overtime and potentially lose ownership of code written in their own time.
Foxconn is one company that builds hardware that is tied to the success or failure of Apple in that market. Windows is one company forcing something on many companies some of which may fail despite Microsoft's success because they aren't a supplier to Microsoft, they're a customer. It's a huge difference.
So companies like Asus only make tablets? Most companies make a range of hardware which means if they want to have Windows on the desktop (where the monopoly is at) they have to play ball the MS way.
Apple's computers are wide open for any OS to be installed. The tablets/phones are locked down but it is their own hardware. They aren't bullying other companies into selling their hardware the Apple way. That's the difference.
No one is complaining that, for example, the xbox is locked down like an iphone. It's the fact Microsoft is now trying to push this onto other companies.
Nintendo makes a profit on their hardware and they're number 1 so unlike MS they don't need to keep inventing new metrics to try and prove they're relevant.
Don't forget according to MS Nintendo wasn't even in the same market as them so their numbers didn't matter. Of course MS then decide to flat out rip off nintendo and go down the casual motion control route. The mere fact everyone wants to copy Nintendo is the definitive sign of success.
iphone gaming will go away before handheld gaming does. The only people who really care about mobile gaming are investors who want to drive up stock prices, sell and then let it all go to shit while they look for something else to abuse.
The Nintendo DS was the biggest selling system ever. Expecting the 3DS, at a higher price to just come in and sell as many units in a poor economy is just retarded but then again most people who think mobile gaming if the future of portable gaming are retarded.
It's microsoft that has the most to lose seeing how they're a non-event in most of the globe. It will only take the US deciding to go for something else that will knock the wind completely out of their sails. Unlike Nintendo they don't have a strong first party library to draw people in with, they can't innovate unlike Nintendo or even Sony and globally their performance is nothing like their US performance. Where is the incentive to buy a MS system when you'll just be playing the same 3rd party games that are on other systems?
This is it imo. Any large company I've been in does have more women but not more female developers. Where it differs though is overseas in countries like China, the Philippines, etc. The people more likely to to run into poverty do seem to have everyone valuing intelligence and hard work to make money. The west is not like that. I don't think a women's group for developers is just going to change that. I'm sure a lot of it is cultural and therefore could change but I don't think that is entirely the case and for the stuff that can change there's no motivation to do so even if you remove men from the equation. It's not like women will flock t open source if all men leave.
Some sexism is cultural and some of it is biological. When babies show preference towards certain toys you can't tell me they were influenced by society and whether you like it or not one gender is made for giving birth to babies and there are certain attributes that help make someone good at raising a child.
I'd find it hard to take someone seriously who went to a high school that focused solely on software. Many people can manage to write code without it taking up their whole childhood. Who needs a high school focused just on that?
Nothing is completely safe. Drinking too much water can kill you. However realistically water is safe. Except of course in countries like the US where they're keen to pollute their own environment.
I'm more than happy to eat GM food if I know it's not likely to cause problems. It's all well and good the US says they're happy to do it but they don't have the greatest record for looking at their people in regards to food. After all they're probably still trying to find things to squeeze more corn syrup into.
Dart is separate to JavaScript so it's not really extending shit nor does it lock you into anything. The intention is everyone uses it unlike MS standards that lock you into their ecosystem.
There is a huge difference between M$' "standards" and dart. Dart is intended to be used by everyone and doesn't lock you into one browser. Where as an M$' "standard" only runs on Windows in order to lock you into their own ecosystem.
It only runs on Chromium (not even Chrome) because it's a work in progress so obviously no one else is going to support it.
I'm actually going to have to believe the astroturf accusations or assume you're an idiot for not comprehending it's not ready for everyone to use.
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So you get a temporary boost which will spike the economy and no matter what when that's over your economy will crash because you simply can't use the land you were using before. In fact if we go into an ice age you may get to use even less. Yeah that sounds sensible.
Businesses I think will start doing things like using credits because they can hide the cost difference between nations or hide price increases. Something can cost 10 credits forever but what it costs to get those 10 credits will change and what we pay in the UK may be different to what Americans pay.
That is why I don't like credits, MS points, etc. I wish people would avoid them.
IT workers rarely have the chance to form unions though. If they had unions then fair enough but instead they have to work tons of unpaid overtime and potentially lose ownership of code written in their own time.
That's what happens when you rely on someone else to publish your materials and, more importantly, don't backup.
Foxconn is one company that builds hardware that is tied to the success or failure of Apple in that market. Windows is one company forcing something on many companies some of which may fail despite Microsoft's success because they aren't a supplier to Microsoft, they're a customer. It's a huge difference.
So companies like Asus only make tablets? Most companies make a range of hardware which means if they want to have Windows on the desktop (where the monopoly is at) they have to play ball the MS way.
Apple's computers are wide open for any OS to be installed. The tablets/phones are locked down but it is their own hardware. They aren't bullying other companies into selling their hardware the Apple way. That's the difference.
No one is complaining that, for example, the xbox is locked down like an iphone. It's the fact Microsoft is now trying to push this onto other companies.
Yep just like animals can have difference in gender too. We have a group of people going out to the African wilderness to manipulate the animals.
Even children can set up the wii. Are you dumber than a child?
It doesn't require a circlepad peripheral. I have no peripherals and play all my games just fine.
Nintendo makes a profit on their hardware and they're number 1 so unlike MS they don't need to keep inventing new metrics to try and prove they're relevant.
Don't forget according to MS Nintendo wasn't even in the same market as them so their numbers didn't matter. Of course MS then decide to flat out rip off nintendo and go down the casual motion control route. The mere fact everyone wants to copy Nintendo is the definitive sign of success.
Significantly dropped? Then I assume the same can be said about the others given there is no hope in them ever catch up.
iphone gaming will go away before handheld gaming does. The only people who really care about mobile gaming are investors who want to drive up stock prices, sell and then let it all go to shit while they look for something else to abuse.
The Nintendo DS was the biggest selling system ever. Expecting the 3DS, at a higher price to just come in and sell as many units in a poor economy is just retarded but then again most people who think mobile gaming if the future of portable gaming are retarded.
It's microsoft that has the most to lose seeing how they're a non-event in most of the globe. It will only take the US deciding to go for something else that will knock the wind completely out of their sails. Unlike Nintendo they don't have a strong first party library to draw people in with, they can't innovate unlike Nintendo or even Sony and globally their performance is nothing like their US performance. Where is the incentive to buy a MS system when you'll just be playing the same 3rd party games that are on other systems?
Not really because most women don't want to be developers and open source won't become a women's paradise if men abandon it.
This is it imo. Any large company I've been in does have more women but not more female developers. Where it differs though is overseas in countries like China, the Philippines, etc. The people more likely to to run into poverty do seem to have everyone valuing intelligence and hard work to make money. The west is not like that. I don't think a women's group for developers is just going to change that. I'm sure a lot of it is cultural and therefore could change but I don't think that is entirely the case and for the stuff that can change there's no motivation to do so even if you remove men from the equation. It's not like women will flock t open source if all men leave.
Some sexism is cultural and some of it is biological. When babies show preference towards certain toys you can't tell me they were influenced by society and whether you like it or not one gender is made for giving birth to babies and there are certain attributes that help make someone good at raising a child.
I'd find it hard to take someone seriously who went to a high school that focused solely on software. Many people can manage to write code without it taking up their whole childhood. Who needs a high school focused just on that?
Unless of course someone lords a patent over your head for using their designer plant.
Nothing is completely safe. Drinking too much water can kill you. However realistically water is safe. Except of course in countries like the US where they're keen to pollute their own environment.
I'm more than happy to eat GM food if I know it's not likely to cause problems. It's all well and good the US says they're happy to do it but they don't have the greatest record for looking at their people in regards to food. After all they're probably still trying to find things to squeeze more corn syrup into.
Hey astroturfer, silverlight is not an IDE.
Someone's got sand up their ass.
I was using Python in 1975.
Dart is separate to JavaScript so it's not really extending shit nor does it lock you into anything. The intention is everyone uses it unlike MS standards that lock you into their ecosystem.
There is a huge difference between M$' "standards" and dart. Dart is intended to be used by everyone and doesn't lock you into one browser. Where as an M$' "standard" only runs on Windows in order to lock you into their own ecosystem.
It only runs on Chromium (not even Chrome) because it's a work in progress so obviously no one else is going to support it.
I'm actually going to have to believe the astroturf accusations or assume you're an idiot for not comprehending it's not ready for everyone to use.
Wrong. MS "standards" locked you into Windows. Google wants everyone to use dart. No one will ever be as evil as MS.