Well, if forking it is so easy, why don't they just write their own stuff and then they'll have zero vendor lock-in? They don't because they want a turn-key application which means that OpenOffice is just as locked-in as MS Office is for them.
There's really no evidence that merely increasing processing power will lead to AI. We could easily simulate a computer with 128 times the power of today with multiple computers and we'd be no closer to solving the problem.
A lot of the methodologies were designed by people who have experience only in writing MOR (Middle Of the Road) code and in many cases haven't written any production code in years.
So it's not surprising that it's a bad fit for most specialty projects.
Cross-platform problems are always a two-way street. If there are problems between Windows and Linux than it is meaningless to blame it on Windows.
Of course, creating code that runs of different varieties of Unix isn't really a cross-platform problem anyway unless you are using different processors types and programming them in assembly.
All corporations have been given favorable treatment by the government by definition. For example, try loaning money as an individual at the highest credit card rate and see what happens.
If they want to be free from government interference they are free to unincorporate.
Boards do have their collective heads held to a gun in the sense that if you don't give the CEO the package and word gets out, you won't get the sweet deal as CEO of the other company your head of. Effectively top executives set their own benefits based on the size of the company.
It's really more about the circle-jerk of top executives and boards of directors across multiple companies. If you subscribe to that approach, fine, but companies would be much stronger if they had people who didn't wish to game the system. Don't worry, those kind of people will be systematically locked out unless corporate laws change, so you still have a shot.
As far as top executives just doing the same thing as people throughout the company, why aren't other employees receiving a "tin parachute" that is proportional to their own contributions to the company? No, top executive benefits are not just different in degree but different in their fundamental nature as well.
So you provide a link to a story written by an obvious anti-MS guy with his interpretation of a particular failed implementation. This still doesn't support your contention that.Net has more problems than other languages/frameworks.
On the other hand, the changes made to episodes 4-6 ceased to be young Lucas' artwork too. I'm not confident that the 2010 version of Lucas could have made those movies.
As one might expect, you can get moderated as Flamebait if you say the same thing about opensource as somebody said about.Net.
The funny thing is that the moderator missed the point. The AC was mocking the logic of the other poster, not really making a statement about OSS projects.
"it's not just *one* bad program in C# that crashes, it's everyone who works with computers that has come across one badly written.NET system after another."
Obviously your claim for "everyone" is not valid. I guess in this case the plural of anecdote is fabrication.
Somebody wrote a bad program in C# that crashed and somebody else wrote a better program at another company on Java and it didn't crash. What more evidence does one need that.Net is crap?
Since all solutions require a browser, there is no such thing as a an "out of the box" solution anyway. Certainly the ability to have a solution that works on all major platforms is important, but it has nothing to do with packaging.
"No Copyright is Evil. You have no right to tell me what I can and cannot do with the ones and zeros on my computer in my house."
This is just rights according to you. The only reason I can't come in and take over your house (other than your weapons or fighting skills), is because there are laws that protect you.
I could always say that nobody has the right to tell me where I can live and property rights are EVIL, but wouldn't you be glad that the police wouldn't give a shit about my personal philosophy, and would just haul my ass to jail?
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Well, if forking it is so easy, why don't they just write their own stuff and then they'll have zero vendor lock-in? They don't because they want a turn-key application which means that OpenOffice is just as locked-in as MS Office is for them.
There's really no evidence that merely increasing processing power will lead to AI. We could easily simulate a computer with 128 times the power of today with multiple computers and we'd be no closer to solving the problem.
You wouldn't want to base your self image on statements by somebody like the above AC, would you?
Never ask any question here that essentially asks: "Am I shit because I use Windows?". You will always get plenty of "yes"'s here.
Fortunately, being a geek has nothing to do with what Slashdotters think of you.
A lot of the methodologies were designed by people who have experience only in writing MOR (Middle Of the Road) code and in many cases haven't written any production code in years.
So it's not surprising that it's a bad fit for most specialty projects.
Cross-platform problems are always a two-way street. If there are problems between Windows and Linux than it is meaningless to blame it on Windows.
Of course, creating code that runs of different varieties of Unix isn't really a cross-platform problem anyway unless you are using different processors types and programming them in assembly.
Many people find Java or Qt a good solution, but many others don't.
Weather and climate aren't the same thing.
All corporations have been given favorable treatment by the government by definition. For example, try loaning money as an individual at the highest credit card rate and see what happens.
If they want to be free from government interference they are free to unincorporate.
Boards do have their collective heads held to a gun in the sense that if you don't give the CEO the package and word gets out, you won't get the sweet deal as CEO of the other company your head of. Effectively top executives set their own benefits based on the size of the company.
It's really more about the circle-jerk of top executives and boards of directors across multiple companies. If you subscribe to that approach, fine, but companies would be much stronger if they had people who didn't wish to game the system. Don't worry, those kind of people will be systematically locked out unless corporate laws change, so you still have a shot.
As far as top executives just doing the same thing as people throughout the company, why aren't other employees receiving a "tin parachute" that is proportional to their own contributions to the company? No, top executive benefits are not just different in degree but different in their fundamental nature as well.
I prefer this little diddy from the early 70s:
Don't change Dicks in the middle of a screw,
Vote for Nixon in 72.
"If you write a graffiti on someone else's wall do you really believe you own any copyright to it???"
What I always read around here is that copyright is automatic even if you don't want it copyrighted.
So you provide a link to a story written by an obvious anti-MS guy with his interpretation of a particular failed implementation. This still doesn't support your contention that .Net has more problems than other languages/frameworks.
On the other hand, the changes made to episodes 4-6 ceased to be young Lucas' artwork too. I'm not confident that the 2010 version of Lucas could have made those movies.
I'm afraid you missed my sarcasm. I agree with you. Now I wonder if I was moderated Insightful because moderators read it like you did.
As one might expect, you can get moderated as Flamebait if you say the same thing about opensource as somebody said about .Net.
The funny thing is that the moderator missed the point. The AC was mocking the logic of the other poster, not really making a statement about OSS projects.
if crashes in C are deliberate in order to learn from your mistakes, then one can truly say that using C is a life-long learning experience.
"it's not just *one* bad program in C# that crashes, it's everyone who works with computers that has come across one badly written .NET system after another."
Obviously your claim for "everyone" is not valid. I guess in this case the plural of anecdote is fabrication.
Somebody wrote a bad program in C# that crashed and somebody else wrote a better program at another company on Java and it didn't crash. What more evidence does one need that .Net is crap?
Look out the window - it's cold today. I guess all that Global Warming stuff must be bunk.
I'll accept the prize on its behalf.
Since all solutions require a browser, there is no such thing as a an "out of the box" solution anyway. Certainly the ability to have a solution that works on all major platforms is important, but it has nothing to do with packaging.
"No Copyright is Evil. You have no right to tell me what I can and cannot do with the ones and zeros on my computer in my house."
This is just rights according to you. The only reason I can't come in and take over your house (other than your weapons or fighting skills), is because there are laws that protect you.
I could always say that nobody has the right to tell me where I can live and property rights are EVIL, but wouldn't you be glad that the police wouldn't give a shit about my personal philosophy, and would just haul my ass to jail?
"I fail to see how requiring orphaned works to sit in the dark until copyright expires benefits anybody."
We can all make our own judgments on what best benefits society or individuals, but whose view should prevail?
In the US and many other countries we create laws through our representative democracy that resolve some of these issues.
So if you or Google believe that copyright law as it currently exists could be improved, work to have it changed.