Please resist the temptation to believe every bit of tripe posted on the internet by anonymous experts without doing at least some minimal amount of fact checking. Kodak emerged from bankruptcy in 2013. Parent post is full of crap.
Eh, wait, given that the camera is one of the biggest selling points on a smart phone, why does it not make sense for a wilely recognized name in cameras to get into the business? As far as the supposed lack of profits in the Android market goes, think about this for a moment: this year, over a billion Android phones will be sold at an average price over $250. That $250 billion dollars revenue, or to put in in more precise terms, a metric crapload. That money gets shares all up and down the Android ecosystem, from chip makers to market droids. Not such a bad idea to hang your hat in a place where massive amounts of money circulates.
...you exaggerate the level of effort required by Apple to do the right thing.
In my world the "right thing" is not to have an Apple Employee have to take even TWO HOURS the day before Christmas...
Because as everybody knows, all Apple employees are special little snowflakes whose precious little lives will be completely ruined by taking even two hours on a holiday to do the right thing.
* Inherited a position and country that was already hated. * Behaved as expected of his culture. * Never been known for harming anyone outside of his own country. * Suffered insults in nearly every report about him for as long as he has lived. * blah blah blah blather blather...
* Done nothing to rectify the situation because he enjoys it just as it is.
I imagine that Sony execs changed their minds not only because of the widespread perception of cowardice, but because they received assurances from certain government agencies.
Good luck with that. The correct conclusion is that, if work is suffiently rewarding then some developers would be willing to do it for no monetary reward. So, dear PHB, is the work that you need done as rewarding as that? Probably not. So get out your wallet.
"it marks the end of a world where broad knowledge of computers and being willing to create solutions instead of reuse them was valuable"
No, it pretty much just marks the end of Dr. Dobb's. Them young whippersnappers are quite capable of their own innovations.
There is no denying that the true hacker is well on the way to becoming an endangered species, as we are making far fewer new ones than would be required to replace those who retire, much less keep up with the exponential pace of software systems growth. Great news in terms of income security for this increasingly elite niche, not such a great omen for the quality of future software.
Google's support for critical open source infrastructure like Libreoffice has in general been pathetic. Much of the blame for that would appear to lie with that same Chris Dibona.
...It will sustain losses year after year to deny revenue to the competition. Once the competition folds it has the market for itself. Look how long it was able to sustain losses to gain dominance with XBox franchise.
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Perhaps something to do with the gluten factor?
On the one hand you say it is impossible, yet on the other you propose the obvious solution.
For a manned mission it is necessary to minimize time, not fuel.
This time, all their drivers will be Linux drivers.
Wrong.
Please resist the temptation to believe every bit of tripe posted on the internet by anonymous experts without doing at least some minimal amount of fact checking. Kodak emerged from bankruptcy in 2013. Parent post is full of crap.
Eh, wait, given that the camera is one of the biggest selling points on a smart phone, why does it not make sense for a wilely recognized name in cameras to get into the business? As far as the supposed lack of profits in the Android market goes, think about this for a moment: this year, over a billion Android phones will be sold at an average price over $250. That $250 billion dollars revenue, or to put in in more precise terms, a metric crapload. That money gets shares all up and down the Android ecosystem, from chip makers to market droids. Not such a bad idea to hang your hat in a place where massive amounts of money circulates.
Is that you, Tim?
...you exaggerate the level of effort required by Apple to do the right thing.
In my world the "right thing" is not to have an Apple Employee have to take even TWO HOURS the day before Christmas...
Because as everybody knows, all Apple employees are special little snowflakes whose precious little lives will be completely ruined by taking even two hours on a holiday to do the right thing.
Because if they don't, they will be viewed as cowards?
How so when it will simply come out next week.
Let's see if it does.
Kim Jung-un has:
* Inherited a position and country that was already hated.
* Behaved as expected of his culture.
* Never been known for harming anyone outside of his own country.
* Suffered insults in nearly every report about him for as long as he has lived.
* blah blah blah blather blather...
* Done nothing to rectify the situation because he enjoys it just as it is.
Why should Apple make people work Christmas...
Because if they don't, they will be viewed as cowards? Anyway, you exaggerate the level of effort required by Apple to do the right thing.
I imagine that Sony execs changed their minds not only because of the widespread perception of cowardice, but because they received assurances from certain government agencies.
More like: Apple sets a new standard for limp wristed gutlessness. That's how it comes across. Tim, your move.
Good luck with that. The correct conclusion is that, if work is suffiently rewarding then some developers would be willing to do it for no monetary reward. So, dear PHB, is the work that you need done as rewarding as that? Probably not. So get out your wallet.
"Merge" is a euphemism for "get bought by". In short, it shows zero confidence in Yahoo's management, but some respect for its IP.
Yahoo finance is still better than google finance. But that isn't saying much.
...she maybe was a useful engineer at Google...
What makes you think that?
I heard she proved herself in Larry's bed.
Running light...
...without Byte. Or Dr Dobbs. Or PC Mag (good riddance).
Them young whippersnappers are quite capable of their own innovations.
As long as they never have to leave the protective cocoon of a VM with GC.
And lots of base classes written by somebody with a clue.
"it marks the end of a world where broad knowledge of computers and being willing to create solutions instead of reuse them was valuable"
No, it pretty much just marks the end of Dr. Dobb's. Them young whippersnappers are quite capable of their own innovations.
There is no denying that the true hacker is well on the way to becoming an endangered species, as we are making far fewer new ones than would be required to replace those who retire, much less keep up with the exponential pace of software systems growth. Great news in terms of income security for this increasingly elite niche, not such a great omen for the quality of future software.
Google's support for critical open source infrastructure like Libreoffice has in general been pathetic. Much of the blame for that would appear to lie with that same Chris Dibona.
...It will sustain losses year after year to deny revenue to the competition. Once the competition folds it has the market for itself. Look how long it was able to sustain losses to gain dominance with XBox franchise.
It didn't work and Microsoft has little hope of ever recovering its losses.
Mod up. The one clueful post to the article.