>It's a tool, just like a hammer. A carpenter >can't keep re-learning how to use a hammer over >and over. Could it be that software is infinitely more complex than a hammer?
>That's part of the problem -- as stated in the >article. Developers are piss-poor at >understanding that not everyone thinks like they >do. Could it be that developers in many cases dont control what goes in and what changes in the look-and-feel of products delivered to end users? I mean look at the tools used and developed by progammers- make, awk, sed, vi, emacs etc. They might not have the best user interface, but they pretty much havent changed over the last 15-20+ years. OTOH, release and feature cycles for your word processor is once every year.. do you think developers like moving the buttons around just to keep users guessing?
You may be onto something here. I've watched some VCDs and DVDs from India, and some put advts on them... even *between* the movie, and not just at the begining!
... is my biggest fear. I've seen so many companies move from being Solaris/HP-UX shops to Linux.
A world in which UNIX is loses out, is a world that Microsoft would like very much. Fighting against UNIX vendors is much harder than fighting against Linux vendors, especially since the Linux companies wont have that kind of money (you can't charge for Linux boxen what you charge for a UNIX box) to fight back
Karma referes to the deeds that a person does. The belief in Hinduism is that these deeds (good/bad) affect your future (and future lives).
It can also be used in a another sense- duty or work. Every person has duties towards society based on his profession. As an engineer for instance, your duty is to write good code etc. The Geeta refers to this meaning a lot, especially where it says that we have authority only over our work/duty, but not on the fruit of it (Karmanye vadhikaraste ma faleshu kadachana).
Comments from someone who used it found it a lifesaver.
I spent days (well hours... but felt like days) trying to figure out what Web Server connector (JK/JK2/WARP) to use to tie Tomcat to Apache, and why and how to get it all to work. This book saved me a lot of effort- I did go over the Tomcat user docs, but they were not very helpful.
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> And I doubt that IBM was solely responsible for > upgrading the technology of India. I think that > the period that India was a British colony had > something more to do with it becomming a better > and more influential world power and going from > 13th to 19th century technology.
Aaah.. the white man's burden never seems to
lighten! India indeed has a lot to be grateful
to the British, and now the sahibs at IBM
for uplifting their country from the middle
ages.. wonder when they will focus their
attention to Africa and other places more in
need:)
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IM-not so-HO, IBM went to India for the same reason HP, Motorola and now Microsoft went there- to tap into its technical manpower and/or its huge market. Businesses do not operate on altruistic motives, at least not in the real world.
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Thanks for the definition of IPv6. Still waiting for your definition of "info".
The definition of is is is.
Just a couple of thoughts..
>It's a tool, just like a hammer. A carpenter >can't keep re-learning how to use a hammer over >and over.
Could it be that software is infinitely more complex than a hammer?
>That's part of the problem -- as stated in the >article. Developers are piss-poor at >understanding that not everyone thinks like they >do.
Could it be that developers in many cases dont control what goes in and what changes in the look-and-feel of products delivered to end users? I mean look at the tools used and developed by progammers- make, awk, sed, vi, emacs etc. They might not have the best user interface, but they pretty much havent changed over the last 15-20+ years. OTOH, release and feature cycles for your word processor is once every year.. do you think developers like moving the buttons around just to keep users guessing?
You may be onto something here. I've watched some VCDs and DVDs from India, and some put advts on them... even *between* the movie, and not just at the begining!
... is my biggest fear. I've seen so many companies move from being Solaris/HP-UX shops to Linux.
A world in which UNIX is loses out, is a world that Microsoft would like very much. Fighting against UNIX vendors is much harder than fighting against Linux vendors, especially since the Linux companies wont have that kind of money (you can't charge for Linux boxen what you charge for a UNIX box) to fight back
Just my two cents...
Does anyone remember a Tintin comic with the exact same type of sub? I think it was Red Rackam's Treasure.
Yeah.. one *big* HOSTS.TXT. We are going back to the past in Washington.. so why not this.
Karma referes to the deeds that a person does. The belief in Hinduism is that these deeds (good/bad) affect your future (and future lives).
It can also be used in a another sense- duty or work. Every person has duties towards society based on his profession. As an engineer for instance, your duty is to write good code etc. The Geeta refers to this meaning a lot, especially where it says that we have authority only over our work/duty, but not on the fruit of it (Karmanye vadhikaraste ma faleshu kadachana).
Comments from someone who used it found it a lifesaver.
I spent days (well hours... but felt like days) trying to figure out what Web Server connector (JK/JK2/WARP) to use to tie Tomcat to Apache, and why and how to get it all to work. This book saved me a lot of effort- I did go over the Tomcat user docs, but they were not very helpful.
> And I doubt that IBM was solely responsible for > upgrading the technology of India. I think that > the period that India was a British colony had > something more to do with it becomming a better > and more influential world power and going from > 13th to 19th century technology. Aaah.. the white man's burden never seems to lighten! India indeed has a lot to be grateful to the British, and now the sahibs at IBM for uplifting their country from the middle ages.. wonder when they will focus their attention to Africa and other places more in need :)
IM-not so-HO, IBM went to India for the same reason HP, Motorola and now Microsoft went there- to tap into its technical manpower and/or its huge market. Businesses do not operate on altruistic motives, at least not in the real world.