no, don't be silly. Someone else did, posted their take on it and I just copied their post and took credit whilst making myself look more informed than I actually am.:)
The Walkman lost its relevance when CDs came out, but then they made a CD-walkman, and then a (rather good range) of mp3 walkmans, and then mpeg walkmans. I'm not sure what's next, nor are they probably - but they'll make a walkman for it when it appears.
The same applies to all the no-name manufacturers too.
XBox isn't even close to being a break-even product, not if it sells profitably for the next 10 years, its had so much cash sunk into it. Pretty much that applies to the rest of E&D and Online division losses (lovely graph) at MS.
I think Windows revenues will fall, (as people have bought a copy by now), and MS will try to drive server sales as much as possible (via Office freebies), but as Office is becoming a free commodity, I think even that cash-cow will stumble. As Google gives office tools away, MS follows suit, and naturally their revenue fails to keep up.
And the market knows it, has known it for some time. Microsoft's only real hope is to start selling into countries like China, and get them to pay top dollar for the products. I don't hold out much hope for that happening.
sure, but that's because the marketplace for browser-based languages is immature. As it displaces al other forms of programming platforms, Microsoft will bring out javascript.net, mozilla will bring out xpjavascript, and Google will bring out javavik.
See, the future will turn out to be just as good as today.
you mean, once the US demands they pay for software licences, the Chinese government will ban Windows and insist on using RedFlag instead. Its plausible....
yeah, but that's one of your Belgian laws that apply to you, as a Belgian, in other countries. We have similar in the UK (go abroad to kiddie-fiddle and you're still going to gaol despite committing the offence in another country, like Thailand).
That's not the same as another country's laws applying to you when you are in Belgium. Unless that country is America which expects everyone to be subject to their laws (and customs) no matter where you are, but that doesn't apply to Americans with other country's laws, like say Iraq's and American mercenaries.
to be fair, the nazi control freak central government was kicked out at the election we had a fortnight ago. Give the new ones a chance - they'll have their faults for sure, but they won't be quite as control freak as the last lot. More nazi, perhaps.
Yes, I remember that push... so much of a push to get managed code in the userspace that they had to gag Richard Grimes threatening to remove his MVP status.
Just goes to show how much at Microsoft is about marketing, and how little is technical excellence.
When you consider my old computers came with a OS on bios that booteed instatly and dropped you ito a prompt, ExpressGate is quite the definition of the "traditional" OS.
glad to be of service. If you like Spaced (and you will), you'll want to buy the DVD for the subtitles. There's a homage-o-meter version where they show the tv shows or movies that inspired sections of the series.
regardless of why, I've never heard of that happen with an ext3 filesystem. Now imagine you're running a server, a trip to the datacentre to run fsck would be annoying.
No one is saying its XKCD's fault. I think just about everyone on slashdot would agree that since XKCD has poked fun at Wikipedia time [xkcd.com] and time [xkcd.com] and time [xkcd.com] and time [xkcd.com] and time [xkcd.com] again
I guess it depends if we expect the exams to be about learning the foundations, or actually learning practical skills. If it's the former, the language isn't so important as they'll need to do a fair amount of learning on the job
Yes, schools should always teach the foundations, not only because that's the thing you need to do to actually teach people how things work, but also because you always end up using different languages on the job. Learn one, become unskilled quite quickly. (*unless you learn C/C++, then there's always a role for you:)
I think that, even though the iPhone is closed, its still based on open-source FreeBSD. So its still running on open-source code.
If only it was still open. Ho well, still if it hadn't appeared and created the new smartphone market, we wouldn't have Android, so it'll all turn out ok in the end.
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no, don't be silly. Someone else did, posted their take on it and I just copied their post and took credit whilst making myself look more informed than I actually am. :)
This may come as a surprise, but there's an article linked from the summary!
This Google licence is basically BSD one with an appendix covering patent issues.
if you can see it, then it's open. Its not free however. Don't get the 2 confused just because most GPL/BSD/etc code is free and open.
The Walkman lost its relevance when CDs came out, but then they made a CD-walkman, and then a (rather good range) of mp3 walkmans, and then mpeg walkmans. I'm not sure what's next, nor are they probably - but they'll make a walkman for it when it appears.
The same applies to all the no-name manufacturers too.
XBox isn't even close to being a break-even product, not if it sells profitably for the next 10 years, its had so much cash sunk into it. Pretty much that applies to the rest of E&D and Online division losses (lovely graph) at MS.
I think Windows revenues will fall, (as people have bought a copy by now), and MS will try to drive server sales as much as possible (via Office freebies), but as Office is becoming a free commodity, I think even that cash-cow will stumble. As Google gives office tools away, MS follows suit, and naturally their revenue fails to keep up.
And the market knows it, has known it for some time. Microsoft's only real hope is to start selling into countries like China, and get them to pay top dollar for the products. I don't hold out much hope for that happening.
There's some interesting comments on the MiniMicrosoft blog.
sure, but that's because the marketplace for browser-based languages is immature. As it displaces al other forms of programming platforms, Microsoft will bring out javascript.net, mozilla will bring out xpjavascript, and Google will bring out javavik.
See, the future will turn out to be just as good as today.
The new prototype is so bendy that it can be wrapped around a pencil while still streaming video!"
and to think, in my day we were happy with a plastic woman whose undies floated off when you tipped it up.
what does Build a tablet that can run .Net and Java apps native mean?
Essentially, Nero got priced out of the "dirt simple I just wanna burn a damned CD" market
yes, when Microsoft added the capability to burn DVDs to XP, what was Nero supposed to do (apart from roll over and die?).
you mean, once the US demands they pay for software licences, the Chinese government will ban Windows and insist on using RedFlag instead. Its plausible....
And no point trying to get it before you get it pushed to you?
But but but I want it and I want it NOW.
More importantly, when's it coming to the HTC Desire?
yeah, but that's one of your Belgian laws that apply to you, as a Belgian, in other countries. We have similar in the UK (go abroad to kiddie-fiddle and you're still going to gaol despite committing the offence in another country, like Thailand).
That's not the same as another country's laws applying to you when you are in Belgium. Unless that country is America which expects everyone to be subject to their laws (and customs) no matter where you are, but that doesn't apply to Americans with other country's laws, like say Iraq's and American mercenaries.
BTW, I don't believe the people at CERN will rely on some close software for tracing their particle collisions.
or for, say, facilitating sharing and updating information among researchers. Just imagine if they had gone closed-source for that.
People still click on ads?
People still *see* ads?
to be fair, the nazi control freak central government was kicked out at the election we had a fortnight ago. Give the new ones a chance - they'll have their faults for sure, but they won't be quite as control freak as the last lot. More nazi, perhaps.
Yes, I remember that push... so much of a push to get managed code in the userspace that they had to gag Richard Grimes threatening to remove his MVP status.
Just goes to show how much at Microsoft is about marketing, and how little is technical excellence.
When you consider my old computers came with a OS on bios that booteed instatly and dropped you ito a prompt, ExpressGate is quite the definition of the "traditional" OS.
glad to be of service. If you like Spaced (and you will), you'll want to buy the DVD for the subtitles. There's a homage-o-meter version where they show the tv shows or movies that inspired sections of the series.
yes, but have you downloaded the Peter Serafoniwicz Show, or Black Books, or Spaced and Look Around You?
and all the others, he is a frickin Comedy Genius. Steal his stuff.
regardless of why, I've never heard of that happen with an ext3 filesystem. Now imagine you're running a server, a trip to the datacentre to run fsck would be annoying.
or another viewpoint: are you buying a computing device, or a consumer device.
No one is saying its XKCD's fault. I think just about everyone on slashdot would agree that since XKCD has poked fun at Wikipedia time [xkcd.com] and time [xkcd.com] and time [xkcd.com] and time [xkcd.com] and time [xkcd.com] again
oh sh*t. Maths, you should be worried.
I guess it depends if we expect the exams to be about learning the foundations, or actually learning practical skills. If it's the former, the language isn't so important as they'll need to do a fair amount of learning on the job
Yes, schools should always teach the foundations, not only because that's the thing you need to do to actually teach people how things work, but also because you always end up using different languages on the job. Learn one, become unskilled quite quickly. (*unless you learn C/C++, then there's always a role for you :)
Now for 4.x they're talking about emulating Chrome, which I tried out briefly and found very much not to my liking
Amen. If you want a Chrome UI, use Chrome.
I mean, what next, A Ribbon?
Its bad enough that they have a huge round back button, as if I can't figure out which one I need to use to go back a page -- just like IE.
I think that, even though the iPhone is closed, its still based on open-source FreeBSD. So its still running on open-source code.
If only it was still open. Ho well, still if it hadn't appeared and created the new smartphone market, we wouldn't have Android, so it'll all turn out ok in the end.
but it's also given us a reasonable government that hadn't screwed up things too too badly over the years.
George. W. Bush.