Motorola Mobility did not renege on a deal. They are still moving from Libertyville to Chicago as planned. What they haven't done is maintained a high enough workforce to earn tax breaks.
If Romero thinks piracy is a reason why Android is not like Apple// he'd better start talking to a doctor about the possibility of early onset dementia. Piracy was rampant on all those early microcomputers.
is that people get fed up with real or imagined inadequacies and run off to create a new language.
A new language introduces new and different problems: compatibility with existing code for one. Of course, this problem isn't as big as it once was, because of the JVM and CLR.
Instead of taking the story submitter's word for it, why don't you actually read the act in question and the title it modifies? The situation is misrepresented by this story.
IT workers have been exempt for as long as I've been salaried. This bill changes who is classified as an IT worker, and also adds a salary requirement to qualify for the exemption.
You are exactly right. Professionals in many different industries are considered exempt from overtime. This bill changes what is defined as an IT worker and adds a minimum salary requirement (delegated to the Department of Labor to set) for exemption.
Before you follow this article's lead and go off half-cocked thinking this bill eliminates overtime pay for IT workers, maybe you should go read the bill that was introduced _and the current text of the USC that it's modifying._
Here's the relevent text of the "CPU Act": SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.
Section 13(a)(17) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(17)) is amended to read as follows:
`(17) any employee working in a computer or information technology occupation (including, but not limited to, work related to computers, information systems, components, networks, software, hardware, databases, security, internet, intranet, or websites) as an analyst, programmer, engineer, designer, developer, administrator, or other similarly skilled worker, whose primary duty is--
`(A) the application of systems, network or database analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine or modify hardware, software, network, database, or system functional specifications;
`(B) the design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing, securing, configuration, integration, debugging, modification of computer or information technology, or enabling continuity of systems and applications;
`(C) directing the work of individuals performing duties described in subparagraph (A) or (B), including training such individuals or leading teams performing such duties; or
`(D) a combination of duties described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), the performance of which requires the same level of skill;
who is compensated at an hourly rate of not less than $27.63 an hour or who is paid on a salary basis at a salary level as set forth by the Department of Labor in part 541 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations. An employee described in this paragraph shall be considered an employee in a professional capacity pursuant to paragraph (1).'.
The current text of that section currently reads as follows (retrieved from http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode29/usc_sec_29_00000213----000-.html): "(17) any employee who is a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer, or other similarly skilled worker, whose primary duty is— (A) the application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software, or system functional specifications; (B) the design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing, or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications; (C) the design, documentation, testing, creation, or modification of computer programs related to machine operating systems; or (D) a combination of duties described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) the performance of which requires the same level of skills, and who, in the case of an employee who is compensated on an hourly basis, is compensated at a rate of not less than $27.63 an hour. "
I am not a lawyer, but the change isn't to exempt IT workers from overtime. It's to refine the verbiage of who is classified as an exempt IT worker. It seems the terms make the specification more broad, but there is the addition of a minimum salary requirement which might free some employees from the exemption.
You've spoken your peace. Unless you know of a specific technical reason why using CentOS will not work, just do what you're told. It's your job to make sure the project succeeds.
1) That the budget surplus meant the national debt wasn't going up. In fact, the actual debt still went up. Social Security footed the bill for what appeared to be a budget surplus, because it is required by law to buy debt instruments when it runs a surplus.
2) That the government was due all the credit for this supposed "Budget Surplus". Clinton and the Congressional Republicans deserve some credit for not going on a spending binge when the coffers were filling up with Internet Bubble tax revenues, but the massive economic expansion was done on the back of a massive paradigm shift in American culture.
3) That Bush could have continued the "Budget Surplus". Even before Bush was elected, the budget surplus was doomed. The Internet Bubble popped and started recession during that election year. Bush massively compounded the problem by continuing the stimulus tax cuts longer than they were needed and dumping loads of money into the Afghanistan/Iraq wars and creating massive government programs like TSA, Medicare drug benefit, and financial policies that devalued the dollar. However, he was never going to have a budget surplus.
4) That Republicans are responsible for the financial mess. Nope, that was bipartisan. Clinton signed a bipartisan bill that deregulated the financial markets and set the wheels in motion for banks to act like the monsters that created the Great Depression, while forcing them to give loans to people that were enormous credit risks.
There are others, but they're so absurd they don't merit comment.
You seem to be a Microsoft guy, and your opinion is functionally uninformed. A publication that seeks to keep its advertisers happy isn't the most credible resource.
The comments from the Mozilla haters seem pretty short-sighted and stupid.
Apple's first SDK for the iPhone was HTML/JavaScript based. It only failed because the renderer and JavaScript engine was pretty horrid and made it hard to produce good quality apps.
HTML5 is now pretty robust, and between PhoneGap and a UI toolkit (like Dojo Mobile) it is possible to produce good/great applications and be able to take a huge portion of code from iOS to Android to others.
In the end, the bias in software development should be to do as much code as you can in a cross-platform way, and then go native where it really suits the app's requirements. If you do anything else, you're wasting money.
I dunno.... Many specs are greatly helped by the presence of Apache members on the expert group. This isn't going to happen anymore. Apache didn't just resign from the EC, they resigned from the JCP itself and pulled all of their EG members.
% of schools requiring physical activity (via P.E. or recess) on a daily basis. Nutritional composition of the average school lunch. % of kids eating school lunches vs. bringing their own. % of households where all parents work (either single-parent, or two-parent, two-income)
Indeed. I think it's arguably a more elegant operating system than Android or iOS. I look forward to seeing what's next, especially since my Pre is getting a bit long in the tooth.
The press release makes clear that HP intends to continue with webOS. In the press conference, they say they're intending to go forward with Android and Windows Phone gear as well.
Expect new webOS products (not just phones, but tablets as well).
I know this won't be popular, but IBM didn't break their promise. It's actually quite dishonest to say so.
IBM's pledge contains the following terms: "[The pledge] is irrevocable except that IBM reserves the right to terminate this patent pledge and commitment only with regard to any party who files a lawsuit asserting patents or other intellectual property rights against Open Source Software."
I actually think it's kind of stupid on TurboHercules' part to file an antitrust complaint against IBM and expect to still be covered by the patent pledge.
...for AT&T (where other companies came in and swooped up the remnants of the failed split) and Palm and Motorola's previous split.
It's the standard Icahn strategy: split the companies to make the shareholders more short-term money, at the expense of a lasting (and ultimately more profitable) presence in the industry. The pieces will wither until they get scooped up for pennies.
I think this is a great move on Palm's part to spur developer interest in their platform. webOS is a very elegant and functional mobile platform, and I'd really like to see it succeed along with iPhone OS and Android (great platforms in their own rights).
I just hope Palm comes out with a new generation of hardware soon - although I like the hand feel and footprint of the Pre, the build quality could be better and the new Android devices are coming out with 1GHz processors.
I personally hate gift cards and calling cards, but I think this suit needs to fail for several reasons:
1) The consumers that bought the cards paid for minutes. They did not deposit money on their cards, and minutes are not legal tender currency.
2) Many gift cards don't carry expiration dates. If the governments do this, it will force card issuers to put an expiration date on the cards.
3) Success in this litigation will embolden other governments that are looking for ways to close budget shortfalls without doing the fiscally responsible thing and cutting wasteful spending. Unfortunately, the first place where most governments choose to cut spending, instead of looking for waste, is in the school districts, police and fire precincts. Threatening cuts in those services makes it easier to justify doing stupid things like this, or raising taxes.
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My dad and my nephew are both named James Dean. Facebook won't let them use their real name, which contradicts their goal of having real names.
Motorola Mobility did not renege on a deal. They are still moving from Libertyville to Chicago as planned. What they haven't done is maintained a high enough workforce to earn tax breaks.
If Romero thinks piracy is a reason why Android is not like Apple // he'd better start talking to a doctor about the possibility of early onset dementia. Piracy was rampant on all those early microcomputers.
is that people get fed up with real or imagined inadequacies and run off to create a new language.
A new language introduces new and different problems: compatibility with existing code for one. Of course, this problem isn't as big as it once was, because of the JVM and CLR.
Good for you. What about those who have to work to save up money for college?
Your plan increases the size of the undereducated class.
I should have said "those have to or want to save up money for college"
Good for you. What about those who have to work to save up money for college?
Your plan increases the size of the undereducated class.
Instead of taking the story submitter's word for it, why don't you actually read the act in question and the title it modifies? The situation is misrepresented by this story.
This is the current version of the section of the Fair Labor Standards Act that the "CPU" Act seeks to modify.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode29/usc_sec_29_00000213----000-.html
IT workers have been exempt for as long as I've been salaried. This bill changes who is classified as an IT worker, and also adds a salary requirement to qualify for the exemption.
You are exactly right. Professionals in many different industries are considered exempt from overtime. This bill changes what is defined as an IT worker and adds a minimum salary requirement (delegated to the Department of Labor to set) for exemption.
Before you follow this article's lead and go off half-cocked thinking this bill eliminates overtime pay for IT workers, maybe you should go read the bill that was introduced _and the current text of the USC that it's modifying._
Here's the relevent text of the "CPU Act":
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.
Section 13(a)(17) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(17)) is amended to read as follows:
`(17) any employee working in a computer or information technology occupation (including, but not limited to, work related to computers, information systems, components, networks, software, hardware, databases, security, internet, intranet, or websites) as an analyst, programmer, engineer, designer, developer, administrator, or other similarly skilled worker, whose primary duty is--
`(A) the application of systems, network or database analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine or modify hardware, software, network, database, or system functional specifications;
`(B) the design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing, securing, configuration, integration, debugging, modification of computer or information technology, or enabling continuity of systems and applications;
`(C) directing the work of individuals performing duties described in subparagraph (A) or (B), including training such individuals or leading teams performing such duties; or
`(D) a combination of duties described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), the performance of which requires the same level of skill;
who is compensated at an hourly rate of not less than $27.63 an hour or who is paid on a salary basis at a salary level as set forth by the Department of Labor in part 541 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations. An employee described in this paragraph shall be considered an employee in a professional capacity pursuant to paragraph (1).'.
The current text of that section currently reads as follows (retrieved from http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode29/usc_sec_29_00000213----000-.html):
"(17) any employee who is a computer systems analyst, computer programmer, software engineer, or other similarly skilled worker, whose primary duty is—
(A) the application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software, or system functional specifications;
(B) the design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing, or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications;
(C) the design, documentation, testing, creation, or modification of computer programs related to machine operating systems; or
(D) a combination of duties described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) the performance of which requires the same level of skills, and
who, in the case of an employee who is compensated on an hourly basis, is compensated at a rate of not less than $27.63 an hour. "
I am not a lawyer, but the change isn't to exempt IT workers from overtime. It's to refine the verbiage of who is classified as an exempt IT worker. It seems the terms make the specification more broad, but there is the addition of a minimum salary requirement which might free some employees from the exemption.
You've spoken your peace. Unless you know of a specific technical reason why using CentOS will not work, just do what you're told. It's your job to make sure the project succeeds.
1) That the budget surplus meant the national debt wasn't going up. In fact, the actual debt still went up. Social Security footed the bill for what appeared to be a budget surplus, because it is required by law to buy debt instruments when it runs a surplus.
2) That the government was due all the credit for this supposed "Budget Surplus". Clinton and the Congressional Republicans deserve some credit for not going on a spending binge when the coffers were filling up with Internet Bubble tax revenues, but the massive economic expansion was done on the back of a massive paradigm shift in American culture.
3) That Bush could have continued the "Budget Surplus". Even before Bush was elected, the budget surplus was doomed. The Internet Bubble popped and started recession during that election year. Bush massively compounded the problem by continuing the stimulus tax cuts longer than they were needed and dumping loads of money into the Afghanistan/Iraq wars and creating massive government programs like TSA, Medicare drug benefit, and financial policies that devalued the dollar. However, he was never going to have a budget surplus.
4) That Republicans are responsible for the financial mess. Nope, that was bipartisan. Clinton signed a bipartisan bill that deregulated the financial markets and set the wheels in motion for banks to act like the monsters that created the Great Depression, while forcing them to give loans to people that were enormous credit risks.
There are others, but they're so absurd they don't merit comment.
You seem to be a Microsoft guy, and your opinion is functionally uninformed. A publication that seeks to keep its advertisers happy isn't the most credible resource.
The comments from the Mozilla haters seem pretty short-sighted and stupid.
Apple's first SDK for the iPhone was HTML/JavaScript based. It only failed because the renderer and JavaScript engine was pretty horrid and made it hard to produce good quality apps.
HTML5 is now pretty robust, and between PhoneGap and a UI toolkit (like Dojo Mobile) it is possible to produce good/great applications and be able to take a huge portion of code from iOS to Android to others.
In the end, the bias in software development should be to do as much code as you can in a cross-platform way, and then go native where it really suits the app's requirements. If you do anything else, you're wasting money.
They're presenting now so they can get developers started. They got burned royally when they shipped Pre with hardly any apps.
What if he's just a savant (at video games)? Then he'd be exceptional, to the point where it would look, to an observer, like a cheater.
I dunno.... Many specs are greatly helped by the presence of Apache members on the expert group. This isn't going to happen anymore. Apache didn't just resign from the EC, they resigned from the JCP itself and pulled all of their EG members.
Here are some other stats they should be tracking
% of schools requiring physical activity (via P.E. or recess) on a daily basis.
Nutritional composition of the average school lunch.
% of kids eating school lunches vs. bringing their own.
% of households where all parents work (either single-parent, or two-parent, two-income)
Indeed. I think it's arguably a more elegant operating system than Android or iOS. I look forward to seeing what's next, especially since my Pre is getting a bit long in the tooth.
This IDE looks similar to Ares (Palm's webOS IDE, which has been out for several months now).
They were in the phone business, but lacked a compelling product. The press release says that buying Palm gives them what they need to compete.
The press release makes clear that HP intends to continue with webOS. In the press conference, they say they're intending to go forward with Android and Windows Phone gear as well.
Expect new webOS products (not just phones, but tablets as well).
I know this won't be popular, but IBM didn't break their promise. It's actually quite dishonest to say so.
IBM's pledge contains the following terms: "[The pledge] is irrevocable except that IBM
reserves the right to terminate this patent pledge and commitment only with regard to any party
who files a lawsuit asserting patents or other intellectual property rights against Open Source
Software."
I actually think it's kind of stupid on TurboHercules' part to file an antitrust complaint against IBM and expect to still be covered by the patent pledge.
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licensing/patents/pledgedpatents.pdf
...for AT&T (where other companies came in and swooped up the remnants of the failed split) and Palm and Motorola's previous split.
It's the standard Icahn strategy: split the companies to make the shareholders more short-term money, at the expense of a lasting (and ultimately more profitable) presence in the industry. The pieces will wither until they get scooped up for pennies.
I think this is a great move on Palm's part to spur developer interest in their platform. webOS is a very elegant and functional mobile platform, and I'd really like to see it succeed along with iPhone OS and Android (great platforms in their own rights).
I just hope Palm comes out with a new generation of hardware soon - although I like the hand feel and footprint of the Pre, the build quality could be better and the new Android devices are coming out with 1GHz processors.
I personally hate gift cards and calling cards, but I think this suit needs to fail for several reasons:
1) The consumers that bought the cards paid for minutes. They did not deposit money on their cards, and minutes are not legal tender currency.
2) Many gift cards don't carry expiration dates. If the governments do this, it will force card issuers to put an expiration date on the cards.
3) Success in this litigation will embolden other governments that are looking for ways to close budget shortfalls without doing the fiscally responsible thing and cutting wasteful spending. Unfortunately, the first place where most governments choose to cut spending, instead of looking for waste, is in the school districts, police and fire precincts. Threatening cuts in those services makes it easier to justify doing stupid things like this, or raising taxes.