Sounds like they're extending the deskop monopoly yet again. Even if it's a load of crap, a nice Billion dollar threat would help level the playing field. After all, will other game development systems that run on windoze be able to work with these new controlers? What about 3rd party controlers that Sony or Nintendo develop that could work with Windoze PC games as well? Will they not be required to support them?
At some point you've got to draw the line supporting legacy code/software and optimizing systems more efficiently.
Oh no you dont!:) Our buddy Bill showed the world how it's done after all, and now Sony is just taking a play from the Microsoft monopoly building handbook. We can run DOS apps from 15+ years ago under Virtual DOS machines in Win9x/Nt/2k/Winever and that gets listed as an important "selling point" that has helped lock people into the monopoly/upgrade treadmill. All the while, the other consumers got to suffer with the garbageware that was the Win9x series for 1/2 a decade in part just for the sake of compatibility. Now, Sony is just using the same strategy and argument. The only pleasant difference is Sony is pulling it off well because they didn't start out with a foundation of crap (e.g. they didn't lie to a big-named reseller with deep pockets and then conn some poor sucker out of the product, calling it their own). I Hope M$ continues to lag severely behind Sony and gets to enjoy how it feels to be on the other side of this game. I'm sure Bill won't like like monopoly positions when they aren't his...
I know RMS was being an alarmist (as usual?) when he wrote it, but
The Right to Read story sounds like the next step to that sort of thing. Good textbooks on subjects will server you long after college. If I hadn't needed the money for food so bad at points, I would have kept a few more of them.
As the author of the extremely short previous review, I commend you on your overview of the details. Considering how brief the origial book is, you've covered most of the book here:) However, I'd like to point out that the most important thing to keep in mind about this book is that Scrum itself is intended to be a management wrapper for _any_ engineering processing you wish.
I suspect that's why you gave the book such a low score: no "soup to nuts" implementation. Again, however, that's the point. You need to adapt your development to your organization, and the goal of Scrum is to provide a way to do that via change evolution rather than revolution.
Scrum itself has a relativly small set of rules and jargon (compared to some of the methodologies), even less than XP. But that's the point. Adapting Scrum into an organizations culture can give you better _management_ of your development process and bring about significant changes without as much infighting and issues as other "heavier" processes do.
Oddly enough, what I liked about the book is most likely what you disliked about it. It's attempting to illustrate why there are so many problems with viewing software development as a defined process (like building lawnmowers), because it's not well modeled as a defined process. Again, I go back to viewing this book as containing more of the "why" of Agile software development as opposed to the "how" of Agile software development (XP, in my opintion by popularity).
Thanks for your good review work. While I disagree with your rating for being too low, in retrospect, think mine may have been a bit high. All in all though, as content coverage and explanation goes, I commend you for doing an outstanding job.
The gold standard was removed in 1933. So sayith the freakin' US Treasury Currency FAQ here.
In 1971, Nixon simply signed out of existance the United States Note which _USED_ to be tied to the gold stnadard, but had been mirroring the Federal Reserve Note for 38 years (which of course we still have today).
Perhaps it's being too picky, but the question remains: What other "Censored" research is screwed up? I mean, the gold standard thing is a small issue, and It's so easy to check on. Due to that however, I question the accuracy (and thus validity) of the rest of the data...
Ever see a review on /. that doesn't point to B&am
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The Career Programmer
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Someone must has a deal. The review I sent in pointed to Amazon, and it was one of the things that got "edited" before being posted. If I'm wrong, one shouldn't have to go back too far to find a review that points to Amazon for purchase info. Right?
Before I had DSL, it was a mail-order show to get a new distro. Well; big deal. It takes time for boxed sets to reach the stores, it takes time for silver ISOs to be shipped out. Point is, even if all distro makers were to abandon the cardboard box, companies like CheapBytes (only plugging since I've dealt w/ them numerous times in the past) will be happy to step in and take the money being left on the table.
Also, That article you pasted is only focusing on software titles. The point I was making with the above "vague" numbers is in reference to number of console units sold. What I'm saying , is that real "Killer apps" are what is supposed to drive the console purchases, and the Xbob hasn't stepped up to the plate since Halo, and now all the hype is about a sequel. Doesn't sound very "killer" to me. Mabye Bill thinks it's "cool" enough to keep dumping money into.
Must be nice to be able to screw up three times before you get it right....
Re:Killer app alright... killing the Xbob...
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You'll need to. NFL2k3 and Mortal Kombat aren't exclusive and not exactly "killer" apps. Splinter Cell is comming out for PS2 which leaves uh... what was the last one again?
Killer app alright... killing the Xbob...
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Seriously folks, Halo is the ONLY thing I've ever heard anyone talk about being so wonderful on the Xbob. But geat real, it's a freakin' year and a half old launch title. I don't own one of those green and black endtables, and I don't ever intend to when I see how "amazing" thier titles are. The fact that Halo seems to be the only thing worth talking about for the Xbob a year and a half later is testimony to the fact that it's floundering in the Sega Dreamcast's spot on the console pecking order. Hell, last November there were more PSOnes sold than Xbobs in Japan. The PSOne!!!! Meaning more people wanted to spend money on playing old Playstation titles than spending money on playing new Xbob titles.
I hope Microsoft continues to take it in the teeth on this little venture. Whenever I walk into EBX and see nothing of interest but multiple console supported games in a section of wall less than half the size reserved for the PS2, it makes me feel happy that they're continuing to lose.
Microsoft can't do jack right untill version 3 of anything. While that's fine for software, I don't think the game console worlds developers, partners, and players will be so forgiving.
My intent with this review was to give a general overview and introduction that had a wide apeal. Perhaps I went a bit too wide:) Either way, it has given me an appreciation for the challenge of attempting to write a summary of any involved technical topic.
If I subject the public in the future, I may have to stick with Kuro5hin over slashdot so I can get more editorial feedback and provide a clearer picture.
"The Mythical Man Month" should be required reading for anyone attempting to manage a software project. Working for a manager who says they've never heard of the book is one of my personal danger flags:)
I love the US in theory. I hold dear all of the principals and convictions that the constant flagwaving and required civics classes have tought me. I hate what it has become in practice. Queensryche said it best:
"But now the holy dollar rules everybody's lives.Gotta make a million doesn't matter who dies!".
If the government can not or will not do anything to keep "knowledge work" from being shipped off to other countries, then I'm going with it. I'll compete off shore wiht my skills, experience working and dealing with American business, and the all important understanding American culture (such as it is). I refuse to let the political interests that control our media-nation force me into becoming a college educated burger flipper or (worse) a worthless corporate ass kisser.
I'd say the Slashdot VB attitude is built on opion and/or fact. Here's my $0.05 USD (inflation, you know):
Opionion(MS Haters): Anti-MS sentiment and general eliteism feed the notion that MS produces mostly crap and VB is the biggest pile of it. Also, simply looking at the easy learning curve and the general "point 'n drool" nature of it makes it inferior. It propells the notion that "any idiot" and create software and that with VB in hand, most "idiots" do.
Fact (academic types): A little bit of exposure to origonal BASIC shows VB to be a sick mess on technical merits (or lack thereof). VB changed indexing (e.g. origional BASIC String functions are 1 indexed, newer MS VB fuctions are indexed from 0) and enables bad programming practices (global variables, defined GOTO for cryin' out loud). Those you may be able to forgive, but then there's what the die-hards point out: there is no Backus-Naur Form Grammar for the language, and no alternate definition for one to build an interpreter themselves. This speaks somewhat poorly of the language and it's "ilities" (portability, maintainability, etc.). It locks it into the "silly vendor tool" category and most self-respecing academic types refuse to touch it.
It's not a question of stopping, it's a question of starting. They didn't start slipping down any slope until they refused to play nice and got slapped with the Monopoly sticker. Now, they don't get to play like the other kids do. They have to serve detention, and will be singled out for discipline when things go wrong that nobody else can be blamed for. Didn't you spend any time playing on the playground?
Seriously, considering the history of this trial, Sun should be able to integrate a ham sandwich with Microsoft's OS if they want to. I do hope this is the beginning of a "death of a thousand paper cuts". Microsoft truely does deserves it. From the looks of it, there's already other lawsuits in line for early January.
Salaries and job expectations are out of whack from both perspectives. Durring the loony days, any moron that read book and got a foot in the door was underqualified and overpaid for ANY technical work. Now, companies expect to pay sysadmins and developers what they pay secretaries. The truth is, GOOD technical workers are worth at least what they were paying the flood of fools on avarage, but the employers won't admit it and don't have to thanks to the current crap-fest economy.
At the moment, good people are often lucky to get crapy pay at horrible companies. The bad times won't last forever just like the good times didn't.
Next time around, businesses are going to be seriously screwed.
Don't think so? Do you know a single technical person who isn't pissed off and fed up with the job they're lucky enough to have right now? If they haven't been laid off in the past cycle of Moore's law, they're either fed up or at least wanting out from sheer misery of watching everything tank from that one spot. I know a lot of survivors who would love to quit (and would have by now) if there were any place to quit to. Technical employment has been forced to go from "fat & happy" to "lean & mean". However, as Dilbert says, "lean & mean turns into skinny & pissed pretty fast".
Just watch. It will be easy to spot. You'll know that the technical job market is getting better as the resignation rumors start to outpace the layoff rumors. "Revenge of the Nerds ][", anyone?
Since Debian doesn't have a 40 Billion dollar monopoly warchest to draw from, I'm assuming that some funds will need to be raised to get new boxes. This is a perfect time for uses to step up and make a contribution back.
"That's cool, but what can we do to help?"....
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It doesn't matter. You get a Null Pointer Exception at runtime either way:)
Any lines of work that require a significant slevel of autonomy will be the next candidates for Outhousing.
Sounds like they're extending the deskop monopoly yet again. Even if it's a load of crap, a nice Billion dollar threat would help level the playing field. After all, will other game development systems that run on windoze be able to work with these new controlers? What about 3rd party controlers that Sony or Nintendo develop that could work with Windoze PC games as well? Will they not be required to support them?
"Security concerns diverted the focus of our customers, our sales force, and our channel away from closing new deals," Connors said.
Of course, it's even more of a liability for the poor id10ts who run or support their crap.
Here's a short list: For lying and stealing DOS For stealing code from Stac Electronics For stealing the NT kernel destroying Netscape via monopoly tactics even if AOL caved in. For pulling the same crap with Real Networks For ripping off customers and makeing "90%+ margins" on what is Insecure by Design. Seriously. I know we live in an Enron world and any given company is about as honest as the politicians they buy off, but just look at the track record. These guys are serious slimeballs. Period. And the list above doesn't even cover how they screwed over Apple, used university resources in the early days to pursue a commercial venture.
Oh no you dont!:) Our buddy Bill showed the world how it's done after all, and now Sony is just taking a play from the Microsoft monopoly building handbook. We can run DOS apps from 15+ years ago under Virtual DOS machines in Win9x/Nt/2k/Winever and that gets listed as an important "selling point" that has helped lock people into the monopoly/upgrade treadmill. All the while, the other consumers got to suffer with the garbageware that was the Win9x series for 1/2 a decade in part just for the sake of compatibility. Now, Sony is just using the same strategy and argument. The only pleasant difference is Sony is pulling it off well because they didn't start out with a foundation of crap (e.g. they didn't lie to a big-named reseller with deep pockets and then conn some poor sucker out of the product, calling it their own). I Hope M$ continues to lag severely behind Sony and gets to enjoy how it feels to be on the other side of this game. I'm sure Bill won't like like monopoly positions when they aren't his...
I know RMS was being an alarmist (as usual?) when he wrote it, but The Right to Read story sounds like the next step to that sort of thing. Good textbooks on subjects will server you long after college. If I hadn't needed the money for food so bad at points, I would have kept a few more of them.
...I think it's safe to say _ALL_ of Microsoft's revenue is "unearned".
What was their one origional product called? Bob, wasn't it??
To this review's author:
As the author of the extremely short previous review, I commend you on your overview of the details. Considering how brief the origial book is, you've covered most of the book here:) However, I'd like to point out that the most important thing to keep in mind about this book is that Scrum itself is intended to be a management wrapper for _any_ engineering processing you wish.
I suspect that's why you gave the book such a low score: no "soup to nuts" implementation. Again, however, that's the point. You need to adapt your development to your organization, and the goal of Scrum is to provide a way to do that via change evolution rather than revolution.
Scrum itself has a relativly small set of rules and jargon (compared to some of the methodologies), even less than XP. But that's the point. Adapting Scrum into an organizations culture can give you better _management_ of your development process and bring about significant changes without as much infighting and issues as other "heavier" processes do.
Oddly enough, what I liked about the book is most likely what you disliked about it. It's attempting to illustrate why there are so many problems with viewing software development as a defined process (like building lawnmowers), because it's not well modeled as a defined process. Again, I go back to viewing this book as containing more of the "why" of Agile software development as opposed to the "how" of Agile software development (XP, in my opintion by popularity).
Thanks for your good review work. While I disagree with your rating for being too low, in retrospect, think mine may have been a bit high. All in all though, as content coverage and explanation goes, I commend you for doing an outstanding job.
P.S. Any thoughts on Yourdon's Second Edition of "Death March"? Now a review of THAT could get some good chatter going:)
Perhaps it's being too picky, but the question remains: What other "Censored" research is screwed up? I mean, the gold standard thing is a small issue, and It's so easy to check on. Due to that however, I question the accuracy (and thus validity) of the rest of the data...
Someone must has a deal. The review I sent in pointed to Amazon, and it was one of the things that got "edited" before being posted. If I'm wrong, one shouldn't have to go back too far to find a review that points to Amazon for purchase info. Right?
Before I had DSL, it was a mail-order show to get a new distro. Well; big deal. It takes time for boxed sets to reach the stores, it takes time for silver ISOs to be shipped out. Point is, even if all distro makers were to abandon the cardboard box, companies like CheapBytes (only plugging since I've dealt w/ them numerous times in the past) will be happy to step in and take the money being left on the table.
Also, That article you pasted is only focusing on software titles. The point I was making with the above "vague" numbers is in reference to number of console units sold. What I'm saying , is that real "Killer apps" are what is supposed to drive the console purchases, and the Xbob hasn't stepped up to the plate since Halo, and now all the hype is about a sequel. Doesn't sound very "killer" to me. Mabye Bill thinks it's "cool" enough to keep dumping money into.
Must be nice to be able to screw up three times before you get it right....
Splinter Cell, Mortal Kombat, NFL2k3, Mech Warrior...
should I keep going?
You'll need to. NFL2k3 and Mortal Kombat aren't exclusive and not exactly "killer" apps. Splinter Cell is comming out for PS2 which leaves uh... what was the last one again?
Seriously folks, Halo is the ONLY thing I've ever heard anyone talk about being so wonderful on the Xbob. But geat real, it's a freakin' year and a half old launch title. I don't own one of those green and black endtables, and I don't ever intend to when I see how "amazing" thier titles are. The fact that Halo seems to be the only thing worth talking about for the Xbob a year and a half later is testimony to the fact that it's floundering in the Sega Dreamcast's spot on the console pecking order. Hell, last November there were more PSOnes sold than Xbobs in Japan. The PSOne!!!! Meaning more people wanted to spend money on playing old Playstation titles than spending money on playing new Xbob titles.
I hope Microsoft continues to take it in the teeth on this little venture. Whenever I walk into EBX and see nothing of interest but multiple console supported games in a section of wall less than half the size reserved for the PS2, it makes me feel happy that they're continuing to lose.
Microsoft can't do jack right untill version 3 of anything. While that's fine for software, I don't think the game console worlds developers, partners, and players will be so forgiving.
My intent with this review was to give a general overview and introduction that had a wide apeal. Perhaps I went a bit too wide:) Either way, it has given me an appreciation for the challenge of attempting to write a summary of any involved technical topic.
If I subject the public in the future, I may have to stick with Kuro5hin over slashdot so I can get more editorial feedback and provide a clearer picture.
"The Mythical Man Month" should be required reading for anyone attempting to manage a software project. Working for a manager who says they've never heard of the book is one of my personal danger flags:)
"But now the holy dollar rules everybody's lives.Gotta make a million doesn't matter who dies!".
If the government can not or will not do anything to keep "knowledge work" from being shipped off to other countries, then I'm going with it. I'll compete off shore wiht my skills, experience working and dealing with American business, and the all important understanding American culture (such as it is). I refuse to let the political interests that control our media-nation force me into becoming a college educated burger flipper or (worse) a worthless corporate ass kisser.
Leaving the U.S.? I'm right behind you.
Opionion(MS Haters): Anti-MS sentiment and general eliteism feed the notion that MS produces mostly crap and VB is the biggest pile of it. Also, simply looking at the easy learning curve and the general "point 'n drool" nature of it makes it inferior. It propells the notion that "any idiot" and create software and that with VB in hand, most "idiots" do.
Fact (academic types): A little bit of exposure to origonal BASIC shows VB to be a sick mess on technical merits (or lack thereof). VB changed indexing (e.g. origional BASIC String functions are 1 indexed, newer MS VB fuctions are indexed from 0) and enables bad programming practices (global variables, defined GOTO for cryin' out loud). Those you may be able to forgive, but then there's what the die-hards point out: there is no Backus-Naur Form Grammar for the language, and no alternate definition for one to build an interpreter themselves. This speaks somewhat poorly of the language and it's "ilities" (portability, maintainability, etc.). It locks it into the "silly vendor tool" category and most self-respecing academic types refuse to touch it.
It's not a question of stopping, it's a question of starting. They didn't start slipping down any slope until they refused to play nice and got slapped with the Monopoly sticker. Now, they don't get to play like the other kids do. They have to serve detention, and will be singled out for discipline when things go wrong that nobody else can be blamed for. Didn't you spend any time playing on the playground?
Seriously, considering the history of this trial, Sun should be able to integrate a ham sandwich with Microsoft's OS if they want to.
I do hope this is the beginning of a "death of a thousand paper cuts". Microsoft truely does deserves it. From the looks of it, there's already other lawsuits in line for early January.
At the moment, good people are often lucky to get crapy pay at horrible companies. The bad times won't last forever just like the good times didn't. Next time around, businesses are going to be seriously screwed.
Don't think so? Do you know a single technical person who isn't pissed off and fed up with the job they're lucky enough to have right now? If they haven't been laid off in the past cycle of Moore's law, they're either fed up or at least wanting out from sheer misery of watching everything tank from that one spot. I know a lot of survivors who would love to quit (and would have by now) if there were any place to quit to. Technical employment has been forced to go from "fat & happy" to "lean & mean". However, as Dilbert says, "lean & mean turns into skinny & pissed pretty fast".
Just watch. It will be easy to spot. You'll know that the technical job market is getting better as the resignation rumors start to outpace the layoff rumors. "Revenge of the Nerds ][", anyone?
Since Debian doesn't have a 40 Billion dollar monopoly warchest to draw from, I'm assuming that some funds will need to be raised to get new boxes. This is a perfect time for uses to step up and make a contribution back.
Sorry. As it is so often the response on /. I just had to throw it into the postings
You give the /. masses a lot of credit. I probably would have guessed it was Klingon.