Web site traffic is concentrating more and more to a few large sites, and these sites are not going to hand over development (and hence, site control) to Macromedia.
Flash will continue to have its place, but we've probably reached a steady state as to where its acceptable.
Why bother, when you can get a much larger group of equally talented people in Southern Ontario in a much larger area
Duh! The whole point of the Bay Area is that they are all in driving distance! The more spread out the talent is, the worse it is, not better. Its the concentration specifically that makes the Bay Area better for business.
And no, So. Ontario does not have more talent - I grew up there, I know it well. The Canadian brain drain is real - they are all down here.
Don't underestimate the feeling of abuse you will suffer when you pay the combined GST/PST on most anything you purchase. The above author writes it off, but it really is a bitch. Remember you get this tax on big ticket items as well, and that is where it gets really painful.
Yes, California is the most expensive state to live in, but moving to Canada is hardly an improvement. You are better off moving to a low-tax/no-tax state.
The rest of the Bay Area is about proximity to talent. The VCs get some juice from having a Sand Hill Rd address, but for the rest of the companies here, there are real tangible benefits.
How many other places in the country can you place an ad for an esoteric vertical technology and reasonably expect 100 good resumes??
If you live in the Bay Area you can change jobs twice a year for the next decade and still get off at the same bus stop. No other city in the world offers that density of opportunity.
How many employees are going to move to JerkWater where their new employer is the only game in town??
You can see the swell of the next boom industry - biotech, take hold in the Bay Area (and Boston).
The Bay Area is an expensive market for expensive talent in expensive industries.
No, you should not manufacture widgets in the Bay Area if you can do so elsewhere. The companies that are here are here becuase they need a high concentration of talent across a set of tech industries that you cannot find elsewhere in quantity.
R&D is expensive and the Bay Area is the R&D shop for the nation (if not the world).
This isn't anything new, Denver is filled with California expats who staffed the telco industry.
The Bay Area in particular is about the cutting edge industries - there is already a groundswell of biotech. Once an industry becomes mature and doesn't need cutting edge talent, it should leave the area.
The real goal of the Excite/AtHome merger was to convert KPCB shares of Excite into AtHome shares, so they could be cashed out at a higher value. KPCB people were in control of AtHome and were heavily influential at Excite.
People analyze this merger as if it had anything to do with improving a consumer product...get real folks, KPCB saw the ship sinking and just wanted to cash out for more money beofre it tanked completely.
ESR is predicating his argument on the notion that hardware must necessarily cost more than the software that runs on it. He's obviously never negotiated a contract for a site license for Oracle.
ESR has made predictions of MS dying before - every time they are usually followed by growth in MSFT as they move into new markets and drive Windows further into the economy.
I cannot believe the injustice you have suffered. I can't believe the government hasn't done the rainy-day savings and contingency planning required to see you through your day with as little effort and forethought as required.
And now they won't get you a suitable job? The cads! When will it stop? When will the promise, nay, the guarantee of low-cost (actually, NO cost) cradle-to-grave care be realized???
I have no way of knowing, but I am wondering about the people complaining about their meager benefits, and talking about how they can't afford to pay their bills with their unemployment checks, and how they can't afford living in a $1500 apartment (but would never get a roommate).
You have hit the nail on the head - Bay Area types who think owning a 3-series BMW and having their own apartment in the Marina District constitute the lowest acceptable standard of living. $1500 a month? You can move to Milpitas for $750 a month and still be in driving distance to all the same jobs.
I am wondering if they are the same people who, a year and a half ago, were all buying copies of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and constantly posting to slashdot that government has no business taxing the wealthy (and therefore deserving) to help out the poor (who should just get up and start their own businesses)
Amen. This site gets so pompus and smug about its so-called agenda, its very amusing. You can boil it down to one theme:ME ME ME ME ME. Whatever is best for ME ME ME ME ME right now is what constitutes the/. agenda.
You've clearly got enough time to cruise the web and post articles on slashdot. Why don't you let us in on the details you haven't listed in your article yet - your frivellous purchases, your inability to save money even in the best of times, and your crappy qualifications. Don't like paying child support? Don't make babies.
Stop waiting for the government to solve your problems for you.
HTTP needed replacement long ago
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HTTP-NG tried to get off of the ground but ultimately it was too early and too complicated.
There are obvious reasons to replace HTTP - the most obvious being the creation of true stateful transactions. That said, there will be support for HTTP until 2025 at least, and ultimately legacy support for HTTP will be painful and necessary for coders.
I agree with you. Broadband to the home simply isn't going to happen under the current rules, and at this point I really don't care if its big business, the government, or the tooth fairy that solves the last mile, just SOMEONE, ANYONE solve this problem.
I don't care who gets a monopoly out of it - the current system doesn't create competition anyway, unless you think Covad really is a threat to SBC.
Yea, it's really amazing that they have no qualms about institutionalized theft (a redistributionist tax system).
And this differs from the US how?
Although hardly original, Canada excels at confiscating the personal property of its citizens and repurposing it. Too lazy to work? No problem! We'll give hoser free health care. Don't feel like paying cost for broadband? We'll give it to you for half (though it really costs us four times as much as the private sector - but hey, it's not our money! Hahaha)
Once again, how does this differ from the US? Ever hear of Medicaid? The Medicaid system is far larger and more expensive than Canada's health care system, and it is being expanded.
You've demonstrated an amazing ignorance of what a nanny-state the US truly is. At least the Canucks are getting something out of it. In the US you pay comparable taxes, which are immediately sent to Israel. Enjoy!!
BTW, regarding gcc's competition to commercial compilers, it should be noted that gcc is available for Windows as well, but many people still purchase Visual C++ or other commercial compilers
They buy it for the Visual Studio development tools, not simply the compiler itself.
When you go to a manager and try to argue for free software over MS stuff, they can't get their heads around the idea that the one that is free has value. Managers just don't get it.
Then I guess none of the managers use IE (or condone its use in the office because its free...or any IM clients.
First, a web browser isn't as complex as an office suite.
What??? This is absurd. An office suite doesn't have to try to keep up with rapidly migrating standards and feature demands, security for third-party executable code, or handling a great deal of otherwise native functionality (at least in Windows) in the UI.
Now a direct comparison with a definitive answer you aren't going to get, but browsers are complex enough that any problem you experience in the code for an office suite you will see in browser code.
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K&R and "Advanced C Programming By Example" by John Perry.
The notion that a router is "extra-national" is as absurd as the notion of an airport being so.
This defense will be laughed out of court and not given more than ten minutes of argument.
Flash will continue to have its place, but we've probably reached a steady state as to where its acceptable.
Duh! The whole point of the Bay Area is that they are all in driving distance! The more spread out the talent is, the worse it is, not better. Its the concentration specifically that makes the Bay Area better for business.
And no, So. Ontario does not have more talent - I grew up there, I know it well. The Canadian brain drain is real - they are all down here.
Yes, California is the most expensive state to live in, but moving to Canada is hardly an improvement. You are better off moving to a low-tax/no-tax state.
How many other places in the country can you place an ad for an esoteric vertical technology and reasonably expect 100 good resumes??
Once KK enters the Canuck market, you are going to see Tim's get hammered (or vastly improve their donuts in response)
Milpitas is filled with derelict Cisco buildings that are frequently squatted.
How many employees are going to move to JerkWater where their new employer is the only game in town??
The Bay Area is an expensive market for expensive talent in expensive industries.
No, you should not manufacture widgets in the Bay Area if you can do so elsewhere. The companies that are here are here becuase they need a high concentration of talent across a set of tech industries that you cannot find elsewhere in quantity.
R&D is expensive and the Bay Area is the R&D shop for the nation (if not the world).
The Bay Area in particular is about the cutting edge industries - there is already a groundswell of biotech. Once an industry becomes mature and doesn't need cutting edge talent, it should leave the area.
Yup, the Bay Area is expensive. You get the world's best array of tech talent in a 100 mile radius. Thats going to cost you.
Instead of just Equifax and the IRS getting complete knowledge about our daily lives, everyday citizens would regain some of that control.
People analyze this merger as if it had anything to do with improving a consumer product...get real folks, KPCB saw the ship sinking and just wanted to cash out for more money beofre it tanked completely.
ESR has made predictions of MS dying before - every time they are usually followed by growth in MSFT as they move into new markets and drive Windows further into the economy.
If the government didn't put him on an allowance it would all be gone by now in any case and he'd be on welfare.
And now they won't get you a suitable job? The cads! When will it stop? When will the promise, nay, the guarantee of low-cost (actually, NO cost) cradle-to-grave care be realized???
You have hit the nail on the head - Bay Area types who think owning a 3-series BMW and having their own apartment in the Marina District constitute the lowest acceptable standard of living. $1500 a month? You can move to Milpitas for $750 a month and still be in driving distance to all the same jobs.
I am wondering if they are the same people who, a year and a half ago, were all buying copies of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and constantly posting to slashdot that government has no business taxing the wealthy (and therefore deserving) to help out the poor (who should just get up and start their own businesses)
Amen. This site gets so pompus and smug about its so-called agenda, its very amusing. You can boil it down to one theme:ME ME ME ME ME. Whatever is best for ME ME ME ME ME right now is what constitutes the /. agenda.
Stop waiting for the government to solve your problems for you.
There are obvious reasons to replace HTTP - the most obvious being the creation of true stateful transactions. That said, there will be support for HTTP until 2025 at least, and ultimately legacy support for HTTP will be painful and necessary for coders.
I don't care who gets a monopoly out of it - the current system doesn't create competition anyway, unless you think Covad really is a threat to SBC.
And this differs from the US how?
Although hardly original, Canada excels at confiscating the personal property of its citizens and repurposing it. Too lazy to work? No problem! We'll give hoser free health care. Don't feel like paying cost for broadband? We'll give it to you for half (though it really costs us four times as much as the private sector - but hey, it's not our money! Hahaha)
Once again, how does this differ from the US? Ever hear of Medicaid? The Medicaid system is far larger and more expensive than Canada's health care system, and it is being expanded.
You've demonstrated an amazing ignorance of what a nanny-state the US truly is. At least the Canucks are getting something out of it. In the US you pay comparable taxes, which are immediately sent to Israel. Enjoy!!
They buy it for the Visual Studio development tools, not simply the compiler itself.
Then I guess none of the managers use IE (or condone its use in the office because its free...or any IM clients.
What??? This is absurd. An office suite doesn't have to try to keep up with rapidly migrating standards and feature demands, security for third-party executable code, or handling a great deal of otherwise native functionality (at least in Windows) in the UI.
Now a direct comparison with a definitive answer you aren't going to get, but browsers are complex enough that any problem you experience in the code for an office suite you will see in browser code.