Why is this a/. headline story? A few pages of html with no research done by a "business application" (sounds like a VB fan) programmer who obviously himself does not even understand OOP.
No one ever claimed OOP was the cure to all programming, but this article does not even attempt to tackle the underlyning issues, it is just a rant by someone with little to no comprehension of OOP or design patterns.
Atticles with this low level of journalism that don't bring any constructive coversation should not be posted, what is/. thinking?
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If you are really interested in learning about computers, go with the CS degree. You will learn about computational theory, OSes, creating your own languages, compiler theory, AI, some math/engineering etc... If you just want to have a job where you use computers, and maybe not one writing a lot of code or dealing with a lot of theory, and you are not interested in learning about the above topics in depth, then go with the CIS degree.
Personally I think the CS degree is better both academically and in terms of a career. Today you can get a job with either one, but in my opinion you get a much better education with the CS path, and many companies show preference for CS majors.
Even if they were some how able to pull this project off(very unlikely), I don't believe this would really be that much of a benefit to anyone. For the open source community in general, most of us run some *nix variant and don't even want to use windows or a win clone even if it was open source. The person who would most likely benefit from such a project would be the average computer user. But herein lines another problem(aside from the nearly infinite technical problems with creating a windows clone). How would this project be distributed to main stream users? It is unlikely that any manufacturer would include a windows clone on their prepacked computers, as OEM windows makes a tremendous amout of money for M$ and the companies that distrubute their computers with Windows prepacked. Think about it, the Linux kernel by itself can still run on a 486 with 4 megs of ram(not that you would want to do that), so with the exception of X, you dont really need a powerful computer to run an effective *nix box. On the other hand, each new revision of windows rapidly ups the minimum hardware requirements making mainstream users buy new computers (with new OEM windows versions of course) faster than they really need to which generates more money for M$ and those companies which distribute their computers with OEM windows. With the OEM dealers are out of the picture, the mainstream users in general are also out of the picture, as I don't think many average users want to download, install and tinker with drivers on some windows clone which will be even less stable than windows. Which brings me back to my main point, who really wants a windows clone?
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Why is this a /. headline story? A few pages of html with no research done by a "business application" (sounds like a VB fan) programmer who obviously himself does not even understand OOP.
No one ever claimed OOP was the cure to all programming, but this article does not even attempt to tackle the underlyning issues, it is just a rant by someone with little to no comprehension of OOP or design patterns.
Atticles with this low level of journalism that don't bring any constructive coversation should not be posted, what is /. thinking?
If you are really interested in learning about computers, go with the CS degree. You will learn about computational theory, OSes, creating your own languages, compiler theory, AI, some math/engineering etc... If you just want to have a job where you use computers, and maybe not one writing a lot of code or dealing with a lot of theory, and you are not interested in learning about the above topics in depth, then go with the CIS degree. Personally I think the CS degree is better both academically and in terms of a career. Today you can get a job with either one, but in my opinion you get a much better education with the CS path, and many companies show preference for CS majors.
Even if they were some how able to pull this project off(very unlikely), I don't believe this would really be that much of a benefit to anyone. For the open source community in general, most of us run some *nix variant and don't even want to use windows or a win clone even if it was open source. The person who would most likely benefit from such a project would be the average computer user. But herein lines another problem(aside from the nearly infinite technical problems with creating a windows clone). How would this project be distributed to main stream users? It is unlikely that any manufacturer would include a windows clone on their prepacked computers, as OEM windows makes a tremendous amout of money for M$ and the companies that distrubute their computers with Windows prepacked. Think about it, the Linux kernel by itself can still run on a 486 with 4 megs of ram(not that you would want to do that), so with the exception of X, you dont really need a powerful computer to run an effective *nix box. On the other hand, each new revision of windows rapidly ups the minimum hardware requirements making mainstream users buy new computers (with new OEM windows versions of course) faster than they really need to which generates more money for M$ and those companies which distribute their computers with OEM windows. With the OEM dealers are out of the picture, the mainstream users in general are also out of the picture, as I don't think many average users want to download, install and tinker with drivers on some windows clone which will be even less stable than windows. Which brings me back to my main point, who really wants a windows clone?