However letting the kernel to rot might bite them in the ass in the long run, and it into their bottom line. On the other hand currently Ubuntu and Novell also benefit from the free work that goes into the kernel. Shouldn't Red Hat set up non-profit org with those distros to fund the kernel developement? Would it make sense from an accounting point of view (ie they can't write it off as expense anymore, but they might get tax credits for donating to a charity)?
It's not that information has weight, but the fact that information has to be physically stored somehow, and the way we do it now is messing with electron states (flash memory), but there's no theoretical limit on how much energy we need to store one bit, the limit is our current technology.
Well, in Hungary the government paid for 116.5 million for the MS licenses for educational institutions, so even if a school goes all OSS, they won't see any financial benefits, as they're not the ones who paid for MS licenses and they won't get a rebate.
My point was that only PIIGS is in trouble, and that there are quite a few countries in EU that actually do better than the US (Scandinavia,Germany). So on the average the difference isn't that big. Also, there are quite a few smartphones in Eastern Europe as well, even though this is supposed to be the poorer part.
"where the teachers are in fact poor, computers and tablets can make a tremendous difference."
I think computers can make a difference in study, when they're used at home. However using it in the classroom makes creating lesson plans much more complicated, and usually children find a way to get through the walled garden (when there's one) and just browse the web or play games, so maintaining discipline gets harder as well. I've never seen a teacher that taught more effectively with a computer.
SMALL! You can compile and execute C code everywhere, for example on rescue disks (about 100KB for x86 TCC executable, including C preprocessor, C compiler, assembler and linker).
FAST! tcc generates x86 code. No byte code overhead. Compile, assemble and link several times faster than GCC.
UNLIMITED! Any C dynamic library can be used directly. TCC is heading torward full ISOC99 compliance. TCC can of course compile itself.
SAFE! tcc includes an optional memory and bound checker. Bound checked code can be mixed freely with standard code. Compile and execute C source directly. No linking or assembly necessary. Full C preprocessor and GNU-like assembler included.
C script supported : just add '#!/usr/local/bin/tcc -run' at the first line of your C source, and execute it directly from the command line.
With libtcc, you can use TCC as a backend for dynamic code generation.
" But the problem with that idea is that this "created" money can disappear just as fast as it is created, or even faster as we clearly saw back in 2008.
That is only possible with a fiat currency. "
No, you're wrong. Money is "created" by fractional reserve banking itself, and it can be done with gold coins as a currency.
Dos/Windows always had more games than competing platforms. It makes sense to create an environment where you can develop for both for console and PC (DirectX, XNA). Also, people tend to use the same software both at home and their workplace (i.e. the managers who call the shots will choose, the bottomfeeders).
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Eclipse is the new Emacs.
You mean, since it's mainstream, it's no longer cool?
However letting the kernel to rot might bite them in the ass in the long run, and it into their bottom line. On the other hand currently Ubuntu and Novell also benefit from the free work that goes into the kernel. Shouldn't Red Hat set up non-profit org with those distros to fund the kernel developement? Would it make sense from an accounting point of view (ie they can't write it off as expense anymore, but they might get tax credits for donating to a charity)?
It's not that information has weight, but the fact that information has to be physically stored somehow, and the way we do it now is messing with electron states (flash memory), but there's no theoretical limit on how much energy we need to store one bit, the limit is our current technology.
No, the taxpayer doesn't get benefit. It's not a set number of licenses. They usually use the same serial number.
Well, in Hungary the government paid for 116.5 million for the MS licenses for educational institutions, so even if a school goes all OSS, they won't see any financial benefits, as they're not the ones who paid for MS licenses and they won't get a rebate.
I can tell you that you haven't graduated yet, and you're just parroting back the things your heard from your professor.
My point was that only PIIGS is in trouble, and that there are quite a few countries in EU that actually do better than the US (Scandinavia,Germany). So on the average the difference isn't that big. Also, there are quite a few smartphones in Eastern Europe as well, even though this is supposed to be the poorer part.
I've never seen a job with JRuby, Clojure or Groovy requirement. (But certainly not in my country, Hungary.)
"With Europe in deep crisis ,i think it will be hard to gain traction in it."
I'm not sure it's deeper than US. Do you remember the debacle about raising the US debt ceiling?
"where the teachers are in fact poor, computers and tablets can make a tremendous difference."
I think computers can make a difference in study, when they're used at home. However using it in the classroom makes creating lesson plans much more complicated, and usually children find a way to get through the walled garden (when there's one) and just browse the web or play games, so maintaining discipline gets harder as well.
I've never seen a teacher that taught more effectively with a computer.
You mean, like they do it now in real life?
Maybe all the low hanging fruits are taken?
So, why not go for an online rating system where the "peers" can vote on good papers?
However, you need to know to program ...
1, to get your CS degree
2, to do anything with your degree outside of academia
Tiny C compiler does this for years:
http://bellard.org/tcc/
Features
SMALL! You can compile and execute C code everywhere, for example on rescue disks (about 100KB for x86 TCC executable, including C preprocessor, C compiler, assembler and linker).
FAST! tcc generates x86 code. No byte code overhead. Compile, assemble and link several times faster than GCC.
UNLIMITED! Any C dynamic library can be used directly. TCC is heading torward full ISOC99 compliance. TCC can of course compile itself.
SAFE! tcc includes an optional memory and bound checker. Bound checked code can be mixed freely with standard code.
Compile and execute C source directly. No linking or assembly necessary. Full C preprocessor and GNU-like assembler included.
C script supported : just add '#!/usr/local/bin/tcc -run' at the first line of your C source, and execute it directly from the command line.
With libtcc, you can use TCC as a backend for dynamic code generation.
Next time it will be "Occupy MtGox".
"Well having no sympathy is a staple of political discussion in the US, no surprise there. "
Hey, you can always go to the military. There's no problem you can't solve with guns!
When was that?
Are you sure it's that far fetched? The US threatened Sweden to be kicked out of WTO if it doesn't do something with Piratebay.
" But the problem with that idea is that this "created" money can disappear just as fast as it is created, or even faster as we clearly saw back in 2008.
That is only possible with a fiat currency. "
No, you're wrong. Money is "created" by fractional reserve banking itself, and it can be done with gold coins as a currency.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH2-37rTA8U
That's why I only accept currency that I can eat.
Dos/Windows always had more games than competing platforms. It makes sense to create an environment where you can develop for both for console and PC (DirectX, XNA). Also, people tend to use the same software both at home and their workplace (i.e. the managers who call the shots will choose, the bottomfeeders).
Google finance?
http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AMSFT
Although I don't see big difference between the two.
Please sign ACTA or else we shut down GPS in Europe. Is that so hard to imagine?