Sure, you could attempt to blame companies like Microsoft for this, and you would only be partially right. If you do that, you have to add Intel, AMD, Sun, HP, and a whole host of other companies to the mix too, since they all contribute to the "smaller, faster computers are where it's at" attitude.
Why the hell would you blame them? They didn't do anything to mainframes. Blame the companies that keep consolidating mainframe operations and not hiring enough operators to guarantee their workforce. Higher salaries would also help. A friend of mine's dad has had a long career as a mainframe operator. I make 25% more money than he does, and I code SQL & VB6. Badly. How is this Microsoft's fault?
It wouldn't hurt for computer science students to learn <snip>. It would make them better, more well-rounded IT folk.
The whole point of the article is that the trained workers currently occupying these jobs are becoming extinct.
There is a skills gap where nobody can replace them.
But that doesn't make any sense at all. If there was a need for more mainframe operators, and the mainframe owning companies were willing to pay for them, then they could be replaced: either pay an untrained person a small amount to begin training, or pay enough money that people will train in order to qualify for the job.
Where do you think they get SAP programmers? Did you get trained in SAP by your university? So?
I live in San Francisco. I go to the Metreon almost exclusively just because it's close to BART. I've never had a problem with the audience. I don't watch teen horror movies, though. Everyone was civil for Hulk and Eternal Sunshine and Lost in Translation and Wedding Crashers.
The only time I ever had a problem with an audience in my life was watching Spider-Man in West Philly, but that was because it was packed with people that thought it was total crap. Can't really blame them for their reactions. It was readily apparent that I was the only person who disagreed.
Dunno what grandparent's problem is, but there's plenty of good beer here in the US too. We don't judge Belgian beer by Stella Artois, and y'all don't need to judge ours by Budweiser.
So long as we're talking about beer and not politics, America is fine.
Wait. What Google Earth rumors? Were there rumors before they bought Keyhole? Were there rumors after they bought Keyhole that at some point they would release a new version of their product?
Well, except Linux and Apache in your above example, sure. Both of those projects existed LONG before there was any commercial influence or funding in their development.
Yes, they definitely didn't need any corporate involvement in order to get off the ground and flying. However, right now, most of the work done on either project is paid for by corporations. That's all I meant.
DReaM may happen, but don't expect it to be shipped with any Linux or BSD distribution.
No, I certainly wouldn't expect that.
It will die on the vine like thousands of other Sourceforge-like projects of similar goals.
Definitely. Unless Sun & IBM pay programmers to make it not die on the vine.
When a big company starts an OSS project like this their goal isn't always to get hobbiest hackers working for them for free. The goal is often to collaborate with other corporations that have the same software need. That's how Linux and Apache and Eclipse and hundreds of other projects all work.
Dunno what the hell sandbox you're talking about. DReaM will happen if people are paid to build it. That's how OSS usually works.
In this particular case, it's probably not much of an incentive: Mayor Gavin Newsom has a sky-high approval rating. He will be elected over and over again.
He handily beat the green party candidate in his first election, and it's only going to get easier. He married gay people, dammit. San Francisco loves him as much as we love puppies.
In what way is that a compromise? They don't have to change their branding?
The problem with the government forcing porn sites into.xxx isn't that they'll have to redirect their banner ads. The problem is that it forces them to be easily silenced.
Neither. Honest disagreement. I can't imagine why anyone would call Capcom's fighters "deep", and some people insist that Virtua Fighter is just a button masher. They, you, and I are all probably wrong about something. Most of the highly regarded fighters have their own merits. Smash Bros included.
But this guy's taste is given away by the fact that he thinks more levels and character size options makes it deeper.
And so long as no one ever tried to confuse the customers into thinking that those CK shirts were actually Armani, that would be perfectly fine. Might just mean that shoppers would stop using Macy's.
Second Life was free to sign up recently. I don't think it is anymore, and definitely wouldn't recommend paying for it. I mean, go ahead, but I wouldn't.
Anyway, the programmers apparently haven't worked very hard on making good looking avatars. They've just worked on allowing you to build good looking avatars in Poser or whatever 3D modelling tool you've got.
And once you've built it, you can sell it. So the entire MMORPG seems to have two aspects:
IRC with avatars
A giant mall so you can buy stuff to make your avatar or your chat room look how you like
I'll admit I haven't spent much time on it, so maybe there's something I'm missing.
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Whatever. If it's good enough for jwz...
Tandem isn't/wasn't a mainframe.
Special Weapons and Tactics is pretty well accepted now.
Where do you think they get SAP programmers? Did you get trained in SAP by your university? So?
I live in San Francisco. I go to the Metreon almost exclusively just because it's close to BART. I've never had a problem with the audience. I don't watch teen horror movies, though. Everyone was civil for Hulk and Eternal Sunshine and Lost in Translation and Wedding Crashers.
The only time I ever had a problem with an audience in my life was watching Spider-Man in West Philly, but that was because it was packed with people that thought it was total crap. Can't really blame them for their reactions. It was readily apparent that I was the only person who disagreed.
Dunno what grandparent's problem is, but there's plenty of good beer here in the US too. We don't judge Belgian beer by Stella Artois, and y'all don't need to judge ours by Budweiser.
So long as we're talking about beer and not politics, America is fine.
Uh, what do you think Banias was all about?
When a big company starts an OSS project like this their goal isn't always to get hobbiest hackers working for them for free. The goal is often to collaborate with other corporations that have the same software need. That's how Linux and Apache and Eclipse and hundreds of other projects all work.
Dunno what the hell sandbox you're talking about. DReaM will happen if people are paid to build it. That's how OSS usually works.
Yeah. I intended that to be funny as well.
Don't be disgusting.
In this particular case, it's probably not much of an incentive: Mayor Gavin Newsom has a sky-high approval rating. He will be elected over and over again.
He handily beat the green party candidate in his first election, and it's only going to get easier. He married gay people, dammit. San Francisco loves him as much as we love puppies.
In what way is that a compromise? They don't have to change their branding?
.xxx isn't that they'll have to redirect their banner ads. The problem is that it forces them to be easily silenced.
The problem with the government forcing porn sites into
Encourage how?
Neither. Honest disagreement. I can't imagine why anyone would call Capcom's fighters "deep", and some people insist that Virtua Fighter is just a button masher. They, you, and I are all probably wrong about something. Most of the highly regarded fighters have their own merits. Smash Bros included.
But this guy's taste is given away by the fact that he thinks more levels and character size options makes it deeper.
And so long as no one ever tried to confuse the customers into thinking that those CK shirts were actually Armani, that would be perfectly fine. Might just mean that shoppers would stop using Macy's.
Is that supposed to be the superlative form of hobbi?
And no, not really.
So relax.
Disclaimer: I just switched to Windows at home. It's the bomb.
Anyway, the programmers apparently haven't worked very hard on making good looking avatars. They've just worked on allowing you to build good looking avatars in Poser or whatever 3D modelling tool you've got.
And once you've built it, you can sell it. So the entire MMORPG seems to have two aspects:
- IRC with avatars
- A giant mall so you can buy stuff to make your avatar or your chat room look how you like
I'll admit I haven't spent much time on it, so maybe there's something I'm missing.I can't tell if you're trying to make fun of Second Life, or you just don't know it exists.
Mod parent up.
Only interesting comment possible given this BS story.