I don't really see how Facebook is a walled garden company. Yes, they don't open up their own most important platform, but if that makes them walled garden company then Google is too. They both do, however, contribute large amounts of code and side-projects (especially in high performance web services side), and Facebook goes even further and opens up their datacenter infrastructure too. Like you said, Google keeps that secret.
You may not like Facebook's other practices, but they do actually contribute a lot to open source. Much more than any other company.
It looks more like some client aren't respecting the DNS TTL value, so technically it's not Amazon's fault. You should stick to standards, and if TTL says it's 60 seconds, then it is.
Well Google does it by default in Chrome and their toolbars, doesn't even ask for permission for it and sends every URL you visit and whatever you type into the url/search text box.
Well, programming practically is the computer-world equivalent of construction worker or cleaners. Sure, it's useful so people actually can get things done, but it isn't practically challenging or something lots of people can't do if given teaching. Developers have to make the important decisions regarding a product. If you wanted to work in the gaming industry, would you rather want to be a coder or actually the game designer?
But Google IS NOT upfront about that, and it doesn't even ask if they are allowed to do so. It's enabled by default and without telling the user about it.
And the whole thing misses the fact that back in the day Netscape was the proprietary anti-competitive browser. When MSIE came around many webmasters praised it for using standards and not having their own proprietary tags. In fact, we could had have way more standard web if Microsoft would have actually bought Netscape and stopped the bullshit they did. In those days MS was the frontier of open web standards.
The web went to all that state it did just because Netscape played it dirty and kept using their own proprietary stuff. But MSIE made Netscape look like shit, and it really was. It was only going slower and more bloater by every release. But let's not get facts get in the way and just hate MS because that's what all the cool kids do and don't know about history of what they're actually talking about.
Google Voice doesn't even doesn't work outside US. I once did look at SIP to call other side of the world for free, from my existing mobile phone to real mobile phone number in another country. This meant I needed either Skype or SIP application installed in my smart phone. It also meant the network needed to support calling to mobile phones. Might sound like it easy, but it's not. Even Skype doesn't have deals to call freely to mobile phones everywhere in the world in their unlimited plan, but they have a lot more than any SIP equivalence. And they had for the countries I needed.
Long story short, Skype works everywhere in the world, it's better supported and much more people use it. You may not see it, but many businesses and workers use it to communicate with each other. So do expats and people who live overseas. And this is just two of my own experiences that I personally know, I'm sure there's a lot more. It also works as a good IM and video call network.
I really don't care if I need to pay Skype for the number and unlimited plan, as it's so much more supported, easier and less-work to use. I doubt many normal people have problem with that either. And contrary to popular opinion here, it's not even stupidity. We pay for lot of things every day for the convenience. When you pay there's actually people working towards offering a service, not some neckbeard living in his parents basement who's idea of support is ignoring all feature requests, telling them to read the man page and jabbering about how finally (for reals this time) it will be the year of Linux on desktop.
Just like SIP is, compared to Skype. You can find or get anyone you need to Skype. Not so much with SIP. And you have to understand that what people use count a lot too.
Skype is not an US company. It is based in Luxembourg and has most of its team based in Estonia. DMCA doesn't apply here because it's an US law - point many people on slashdot like to bring up in defense of TPB etc.
And note that Microsoft STILL DOES NOT OWN SKYPE. The trade has been approved, but it still works a independent company. And they have a history of going against reverse engineer, and Microsoft cannot legally interfere with their business before they actually own the company.
Ah yes, lets ignore the fact that rootkits have become a problem and Microsoft wants to secure computers running Windows. No, it is obviously a plan to destroy competing operating systems like Linux. Then we can go on to another article and bash Microsoft for not securing their OS. Because that makes total sense!
Seriously. Even Red Hat and other Linux vendors sound like reasonable here, working to make it compatible. Slashdot comments about MS seem like ones made by lunatics and conspiracy theorists.
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Yes, because I really want to install Java Applets when browsing to any site on the internet!
I don't really see how Facebook is a walled garden company. Yes, they don't open up their own most important platform, but if that makes them walled garden company then Google is too. They both do, however, contribute large amounts of code and side-projects (especially in high performance web services side), and Facebook goes even further and opens up their datacenter infrastructure too. Like you said, Google keeps that secret.
You may not like Facebook's other practices, but they do actually contribute a lot to open source. Much more than any other company.
And that's why OpenOffice/Libreoffice sucks. It doesn't support what most people use.
John Carmack?
Because Elastic Load Balancer isn't just for HTTP traffic, you can use it with any kind of traffic.
It looks more like some client aren't respecting the DNS TTL value, so technically it's not Amazon's fault. You should stick to standards, and if TTL says it's 60 seconds, then it is.
Well Google does it by default in Chrome and their toolbars, doesn't even ask for permission for it and sends every URL you visit and whatever you type into the url/search text box.
Well, programming practically is the computer-world equivalent of construction worker or cleaners. Sure, it's useful so people actually can get things done, but it isn't practically challenging or something lots of people can't do if given teaching. Developers have to make the important decisions regarding a product. If you wanted to work in the gaming industry, would you rather want to be a coder or actually the game designer?
But Google IS NOT upfront about that, and it doesn't even ask if they are allowed to do so. It's enabled by default and without telling the user about it.
And the whole thing misses the fact that back in the day Netscape was the proprietary anti-competitive browser. When MSIE came around many webmasters praised it for using standards and not having their own proprietary tags. In fact, we could had have way more standard web if Microsoft would have actually bought Netscape and stopped the bullshit they did. In those days MS was the frontier of open web standards.
The web went to all that state it did just because Netscape played it dirty and kept using their own proprietary stuff. But MSIE made Netscape look like shit, and it really was. It was only going slower and more bloater by every release. But let's not get facts get in the way and just hate MS because that's what all the cool kids do and don't know about history of what they're actually talking about.
Google Voice doesn't even doesn't work outside US. I once did look at SIP to call other side of the world for free, from my existing mobile phone to real mobile phone number in another country. This meant I needed either Skype or SIP application installed in my smart phone. It also meant the network needed to support calling to mobile phones. Might sound like it easy, but it's not. Even Skype doesn't have deals to call freely to mobile phones everywhere in the world in their unlimited plan, but they have a lot more than any SIP equivalence. And they had for the countries I needed.
Long story short, Skype works everywhere in the world, it's better supported and much more people use it. You may not see it, but many businesses and workers use it to communicate with each other. So do expats and people who live overseas. And this is just two of my own experiences that I personally know, I'm sure there's a lot more. It also works as a good IM and video call network.
I really don't care if I need to pay Skype for the number and unlimited plan, as it's so much more supported, easier and less-work to use. I doubt many normal people have problem with that either. And contrary to popular opinion here, it's not even stupidity. We pay for lot of things every day for the convenience. When you pay there's actually people working towards offering a service, not some neckbeard living in his parents basement who's idea of support is ignoring all feature requests, telling them to read the man page and jabbering about how finally (for reals this time) it will be the year of Linux on desktop.
Just like SIP is, compared to Skype. You can find or get anyone you need to Skype. Not so much with SIP. And you have to understand that what people use count a lot too.
Skype is not an US company. It is based in Luxembourg and has most of its team based in Estonia. DMCA doesn't apply here because it's an US law - point many people on slashdot like to bring up in defense of TPB etc.
And note that Microsoft STILL DOES NOT OWN SKYPE. The trade has been approved, but it still works a independent company. And they have a history of going against reverse engineer, and Microsoft cannot legally interfere with their business before they actually own the company.
Ah yes, lets ignore the fact that rootkits have become a problem and Microsoft wants to secure computers running Windows. No, it is obviously a plan to destroy competing operating systems like Linux. Then we can go on to another article and bash Microsoft for not securing their OS. Because that makes total sense!
Seriously. Even Red Hat and other Linux vendors sound like reasonable here, working to make it compatible. Slashdot comments about MS seem like ones made by lunatics and conspiracy theorists.
And regardless, this is only about smart phones. Nokia maintains the first position in all mobile phones, especially when including Asia.
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