Or they could just get off their lazy asses and actually fix bugs rather than just throwing more and more Web 2.0 junk on the site. Major, and hugely obvious, bugs like that should have never been pushed into production.
Between this and the Android situation, it seems like Oracle really doesn't get free software, or worse, sees free software as the enemy.
And yet they sponsor, help develop and are part of the boards of a number of open source projects. That sounds pretty much the opposite of viewing free software as an enemy. But hey, don't let those pesky little facts get in the way of your Oracle bashing.
Sometimes I think Oracle won't be happy until they've completely destroyed Java.
Good. Maybe we can stop being sidled with bloated "enterprise" apps written by barely competent programmers who only know Java (and usually badly at that).
Bull. Simple hierarchical menus that present all functions are much easier to understand than multiple toolbars that scroll off-screen etc., and even toolbars are much better understood than ribbons, precisely because they are familiar.
That's funny because the actual user testing that lead to the Ribbon showed otherwise.
And you have proof of this from where? Because according to their own financial statements they say otherwise. 96.5% of their revenue comes from adsense programs and from Google-owned websites. The other 3.5% comes from "other sources" which are primarily interest off of investments.
And you have proof that Android will have EARNED them money from where? What is the revenue stream from Android? Any revenue from Android is due to putting ads in the product, not from the OS itself.
Yeah, exactly what took 18 months to develop a system that encrypts a picture and sends out encryption keys upon request? That sounds like something that could be set up in a matter of weeks at most.
lolwut? Since when has math NOT been a big part of computer science when computer science is a branch of mathematics? You must conflate computer science with programming or software engineering.
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Your outrage should come from the fact that this is lame ass blog spam.
Sorry, but why should I care so much about David Gewirtz's take on the state of the union?
Because if you don't care you won't help drive up his page hits and the ad revenue for zdnet?
It now takes 3-5 seconds to 'preview' a one line text post,
Wow, that's an improvement to before where it would take upwards of 10-20 seconds for the preview to finish.
Or they could just get off their lazy asses and actually fix bugs rather than just throwing more and more Web 2.0 junk on the site. Major, and hugely obvious, bugs like that should have never been pushed into production.
Yes. NIC = Network Interface Controller. So what's the deal with calling them network interface controller cards?
I wonder how Microsoft can claim the patent when Tivo was first with the DVR capability.
Because they filed for and, with the exception of one of the patents, received the patent years before TiVO was ever released?
they all can kiss my arse.
FTFY.
Between this and the Android situation, it seems like Oracle really doesn't get free software, or worse, sees free software as the enemy.
And yet they sponsor, help develop and are part of the boards of a number of open source projects. That sounds pretty much the opposite of viewing free software as an enemy. But hey, don't let those pesky little facts get in the way of your Oracle bashing.
The point is that English language doesn't have a word that describes the sense of the project as "Libre" does,
Actually it does and it's a directly derived from the Latin "libre" it's called: Liberty.
Sometimes I think Oracle won't be happy until they've completely destroyed Java.
Good. Maybe we can stop being sidled with bloated "enterprise" apps written by barely competent programmers who only know Java (and usually badly at that).
Bull. Simple hierarchical menus that present all functions are much easier to understand than multiple toolbars that scroll off-screen etc., and even toolbars are much better understood than ribbons, precisely because they are familiar.
That's funny because the actual user testing that lead to the Ribbon showed otherwise.
When Mozilla discontinued the Mozilla browser (codename: seamonkey), and the Mozilla Foundation picked it up, everything turned out a-okay.
FTFY. The reason why Mozilla does "okay" is because it's a business and they actually run themselves like a business.
Or showers? Brushes his teeth? Uses mouthwash?
Yes, but he said "hot chicks" not some Jabba the Hutt look-a-like.
How does one "suffer" by having to enter in a keycode? It takes all of 5 seconds.
So in order to play disc games you're going to require an internet connection?
Yeah, and? How is this new? There routinely have been required updates that one has had to get to play new PS3 games or watch Blu-Ray movies.
Google profits massively from Android
And you have proof of this from where? Because according to their own financial statements they say otherwise. 96.5% of their revenue comes from adsense programs and from Google-owned websites. The other 3.5% comes from "other sources" which are primarily interest off of investments.
And you have proof that Android will have EARNED them money from where? What is the revenue stream from Android? Any revenue from Android is due to putting ads in the product, not from the OS itself.
If a web browser is tying it's rendering strictly to a version number it is mega fail.
Yeah, exactly what took 18 months to develop a system that encrypts a picture and sends out encryption keys upon request? That sounds like something that could be set up in a matter of weeks at most.
Since when did Google become the keepers of the HTML spec?
Since Ian Hickson moved to Google?
Well, yes, but I wasn't attempting to be exhaustive in list.
So are you posting as Anonymous Coward or do you read minds also?
Why would I need to read minds? He clearly says:
So, circular logic, then?
And if one look up "notable" article on circular logic on Wikipedia:
Circular reasoning is a formal logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proved is assumed implicitly or explicitly in one of the premises.
Thus, no need for any mind reading at all. It's simple deductive logic.
Saying something doesn't make it so.
My irony meter just blew up.
Math is a big part of a CompSci degree now-a-day.
lolwut? Since when has math NOT been a big part of computer science when computer science is a branch of mathematics? You must conflate computer science with programming or software engineering.
there aren't any crypto algorithms in use whose security rests on P != NP.
You mean except RSA?