Or would they want to force developers back to their code in order to ensure that all Windows 8 apps are more "touch centric?" This would be achieved much easier if they dropped support of existing technologies, such as their current widget drawing library - WPF or something - and the old Win32 based one while they're at it.
Really, how many.NET and silverlight apps have been written with touch in mind?
So by driving to the store to pick up your AppleTV, you nullify any gain?
But seriously, how much energy do you think is used in the production of an AppleTV? Wouldn't not buying another device have huge cost savings of it's own?
Fair enough. I originally wrote "firefox 3" and "firefox 4", but figured that though the spread is growing, not everybody may think that 3.5/6 are hiding in there. You are correct, chrome is a silly example. Running it on linux, I wasn't aware of the autoupdate feature on other platforms.
It's more the leap from ie7 -9 that's starting to get me, along with firefox. And mobile testing, bah.
Testing has become a bigger pain then it used to be. Before I could cover everything (except browsers on OS X) in just a handful of virtual machines. Now? The number of parallel installs required and the constant need to add new browser versions is becoming a pain.
I'm starting to wonder if maybe it's simpler just to test against an older version of the browser (ie chrome 6) and the latest (chrome 12) and run with the assumption that nothing is broken in between. Thoughts?
As I recall, the blame was on the tsunami since day one. Sure, there was a brief moment of "The earthquake may have been more responsible than initially thought" a few weeks back, but that didn't seem to amount to much.
Hmmm... two days does seem like the right amount of time for a social media campaign to grow really big over a single issue, but not long enough for it to fizzle out.
Precisely this. They are sufficiently saturating public perception that they are not in need of "free advertising" from a trademark dispute. They have such a positive vibe in the market that I do not think one could say the news from a trademark dispute could bring them any notable benefit. Certainly since it is not free (lawyers tend to cost more than marketers).
While I do think they are correct that maintaining "App Store" as a brand is valuable to them as part of their marketing scheme, and thus engaged in this legal battle to protect the value of that asset, I do not think anybody at Apple thinks the legal battle thinks it's good marketing to be engaged in a legal schism that simply makes them look silly.
I think the problem here is that your definition of "lucky" is on the scale of all atoms on earth spontaneously decaying. Hey, did you know oxygen atoms decay, producing exactly the same kind of radiation found at Fukishima? Maybe to avoid getting "lucky" you should avoid oxygen.
Not if they are the copyright holder, having had all contributions assigned to them. Then the GPL is simply terms they can choose to use in distributing the source to others, but they can distribute their own binaries of their own code however they want to under any license they want. Many things are multiply licensed like this (ie, what ID Software does with their old game engines).
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The letters F and I. Simple typo.
Just realized most WP7 dev is done in .NET... feels stupid.
Or would they want to force developers back to their code in order to ensure that all Windows 8 apps are more "touch centric?" This would be achieved much easier if they dropped support of existing technologies, such as their current widget drawing library - WPF or something - and the old Win32 based one while they're at it.
.NET and silverlight apps have been written with touch in mind?
Really, how many
Yet I, having suffered both, would rather the boot to the head.
Different people value equivalent things differently. News at 11.
So by driving to the store to pick up your AppleTV, you nullify any gain?
But seriously, how much energy do you think is used in the production of an AppleTV? Wouldn't not buying another device have huge cost savings of it's own?
Are you actually comparing beta releases? And wouldn't it be more productive to report this at the libreoffice.org bug tracker?
+5 flamebait/informative.
Thanks, I'll give that a shot.
Fair enough. I originally wrote "firefox 3" and "firefox 4", but figured that though the spread is growing, not everybody may think that 3.5/6 are hiding in there. You are correct, chrome is a silly example. Running it on linux, I wasn't aware of the autoupdate feature on other platforms.
It's more the leap from ie7 -9 that's starting to get me, along with firefox. And mobile testing, bah.
Testing has become a bigger pain then it used to be. Before I could cover everything (except browsers on OS X) in just a handful of virtual machines. Now? The number of parallel installs required and the constant need to add new browser versions is becoming a pain.
I'm starting to wonder if maybe it's simpler just to test against an older version of the browser (ie chrome 6) and the latest (chrome 12) and run with the assumption that nothing is broken in between. Thoughts?
Also the smallest to download. Windows version is 11.9MB. Chrome, Safari & IE are all over 30.
You mean that h.264 support they dropped earlier this year?
Total sidenote: x264 is an h.264 encoder. h.264 is the actual codec.
HTML ate my arrows. Grrr. less credible - fox news - Rumors floating around IRC - Homeless Guy on Street Corner - more credible
I assume that the spectrum goes:
As I recall, the blame was on the tsunami since day one. Sure, there was a brief moment of "The earthquake may have been more responsible than initially thought" a few weeks back, but that didn't seem to amount to much.
Hmmm... two days does seem like the right amount of time for a social media campaign to grow really big over a single issue, but not long enough for it to fizzle out.
Precisely this. They are sufficiently saturating public perception that they are not in need of "free advertising" from a trademark dispute. They have such a positive vibe in the market that I do not think one could say the news from a trademark dispute could bring them any notable benefit. Certainly since it is not free (lawyers tend to cost more than marketers).
While I do think they are correct that maintaining "App Store" as a brand is valuable to them as part of their marketing scheme, and thus engaged in this legal battle to protect the value of that asset, I do not think anybody at Apple thinks the legal battle thinks it's good marketing to be engaged in a legal schism that simply makes them look silly.
Yes, because somehow Apple could possibly achieve more mindshare through advertising.
Free advertising is only helpful if you are not the most valuable brand name in america (according to a study a few weeks back).
Surely, then, you are familiar with the concept of "economies of scale"?
Something that scales: A dishwasher made of 100 parts. As time goes by parts are changed as improved to make the whole system better
Something that doesn't scale: Everyone needing one (but not the same one) part, of 100 parts of 100 models.
And don't tell me the solution is to make just the one kind of dishwasher. That kind of thinking would have everyone today driving (black) model T's.
Agreed. Or a reprap for $800 USD http://www.makergear.com/products/3d-printers
What's impressive about this device isn't the price (at twice the mendel reprap), it's the precision (.05 mm) at that cost.
I think the problem here is that your definition of "lucky" is on the scale of all atoms on earth spontaneously decaying. Hey, did you know oxygen atoms decay, producing exactly the same kind of radiation found at Fukishima? Maybe to avoid getting "lucky" you should avoid oxygen.
Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Highway?
None of those bills banned private copying. The only thing they have all had in common is a ban on DRM circumvention.
Also there were three: Bills C-60 (liberal), 61(con) and 32(con).
Not if they are the copyright holder, having had all contributions assigned to them. Then the GPL is simply terms they can choose to use in distributing the source to others, but they can distribute their own binaries of their own code however they want to under any license they want. Many things are multiply licensed like this (ie, what ID Software does with their old game engines).
'How the heck can they do this, given that Honeycomb is licensed under the Apache Software License v2?
Actually, this is precisely why they use the ASL instead of the GPL.
google cach of old ars article with good explanation.
And seriously, the name Brian "Proffitt" sounds like someone trying to generate clicks.