The funny thing is that of those 15,786 jobs, not one has any economic impact on Sun's bottom line. It's like the old joke - what do Bill Gates and Scott McNealy have in common? Neither can make a dime on Java.
My $BIG_FORTUNE_500_EMPLOYER uses a ton of Java...but I don't think Sun makes a dime on any of it. We certainly aren't using their IDE tools, nor running the code on Sun servers.
It's nice that Sun is open-sourcing Java. But it's also kind of funny/sad that only Sun would invent a hugely successful product, not make a dime on it, and yet keep it closed-sourced for 13 years.
I did go, and the parent is right. Anyone who thinks the old Soviet Union had a working democracy (in the "free press, free speech, freedom of assembly, vigorous debate in a marketplace of ideas") is deluding himself. Same thing for the rule of law - yes, crime was low, but so were the absolute rights of citizens (e.g., habeas corpus).
Look at Macintosh. It is unix based, has a better user interface than Linux, more informal support, a major consumer brand name behind it, MS Office is natively available...
...and only runs on one company's proprietary hardware, hence...
I have an exceptionally keen sense of smell. And on top of that, I take a medication that has a side effect of heightening the sense of smell. Trust me, you are better off with no smell than one that picks up every hint of human funk, bad breath, or barely-expired meat product.
If Steve Novick is elected, then I'll be at the realtor's office the next week. Seriously.
Just so everyone knows, Novick has zero chance of winning. Seriously. I'm not commenting on his views or stands, it's just the reality. I live in PDX and read the local papers, etc. and he really is an underdog to the point of Don Quixote.
The inventer of this device never indended it for playback. What good is a recording that can't be played back?
I just recorded an entire immersive virtual world simulation of Ancient Rome on a single Cheerio and have it here at my desk. It's only intended for recording, though - you can't play it back.
I'd say that's far less than the cost of equivalent entertainment at the movies which would have cost me something like $350 (for me and someone else) just in ticket costs.
That is the right way to look at it.
It's the people who say they made $200 "in profit" that drive me nuts. Spending 20 hours to make $200 (which is really $120 after taxes) means you're making less than minimum wage. I guess they don't teach about "opportunity cost" in high school economics any more.
...people wouldn't be writing articles lambasting their poor management and decision to relocate to one of the most expensive real estate markets in the USA, and they would have an easier time raising money, while also not needing so much of it. Jimbo's expense account doesn't help, either.
Remember, at one time IBM had 100% of the PC business.
Uh, no it didn't. It might have had 100% of the IBM-PC-compatible business, but there were plenty of other personal computers competing contemporaneously with it - Tandy, Apple, Commodore, etc. And there were PCs before the IBM-PC (e.g., Altair).
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The funny thing is that of those 15,786 jobs, not one has any economic impact on Sun's bottom line. It's like the old joke - what do Bill Gates and Scott McNealy have in common? Neither can make a dime on Java.
My $BIG_FORTUNE_500_EMPLOYER uses a ton of Java...but I don't think Sun makes a dime on any of it. We certainly aren't using their IDE tools, nor running the code on Sun servers.
It's nice that Sun is open-sourcing Java. But it's also kind of funny/sad that only Sun would invent a hugely successful product, not make a dime on it, and yet keep it closed-sourced for 13 years.
Are you seriously telling us that you've broken friendships over disagreements about software licensing models?
Wikipedia links don't have trailing slashes. Try this link instead. Alas, it mentions nothing about what you're discussing.
Will they simply laugh at us earthlings; or shake their heads in frustration, wondering "when will we ever learn"?
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Now, take a can of your gasoline. Say this can of gasoline is the sun...
There was a proposition to modify the B-52's with reverse-stealth technology.
Dude, I played MegaFortress, too...
Because a philosophical critique of psychoanalysis is so relevant to a discussion of network firewall topologies...
I did go, and the parent is right. Anyone who thinks the old Soviet Union had a working democracy (in the "free press, free speech, freedom of assembly, vigorous debate in a marketplace of ideas") is deluding himself. Same thing for the rule of law - yes, crime was low, but so were the absolute rights of citizens (e.g., habeas corpus).
Of course, things are not much better now.
(rolling in laughter and pounding his fist on the floor) Stop it! You're killing me!
Well, there's also Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Guyana, Suriname, Guyane...and that's just South America.
Look at Macintosh. It is unix based, has a better user interface than Linux, more informal support, a major consumer brand name behind it, MS Office is natively available...
...and only runs on one company's proprietary hardware, hence...
I have an exceptionally keen sense of smell. And on top of that, I take a medication that has a side effect of heightening the sense of smell. Trust me, you are better off with no smell than one that picks up every hint of human funk, bad breath, or barely-expired meat product.
I would expect a product named "Clearflow" to either help me beat a drug test or to fix a prostate problem.
...who saw the headline and though the article would be a list of ports like 23 (tcp) and 117 (uucp)?
Just so everyone knows, Novick has zero chance of winning. Seriously. I'm not commenting on his views or stands, it's just the reality. I live in PDX and read the local papers, etc. and he really is an underdog to the point of Don Quixote.
I just recorded an entire immersive virtual world simulation of Ancient Rome on a single Cheerio and have it here at my desk. It's only intended for recording, though - you can't play it back.
All right, who let the baby boomer in?
...a Slashdot article now?
Several people have pointed out that Slashdot's obsession with Wikileaks is getting tired.
...and 9:26:53am.
Well, duh.
I read this subject in the original sense of hacking - like someone would get in under the covers and hot-rod it to increase his aerobic performance.
That is the right way to look at it.
It's the people who say they made $200 "in profit" that drive me nuts. Spending 20 hours to make $200 (which is really $120 after taxes) means you're making less than minimum wage. I guess they don't teach about "opportunity cost" in high school economics any more.
...people wouldn't be writing articles lambasting their poor management and decision to relocate to one of the most expensive real estate markets in the USA, and they would have an easier time raising money, while also not needing so much of it. Jimbo's expense account doesn't help, either.
...because we know that airlines are so customer-oriented and really think about what their customers want.
Personally, they could take an hour to board for all I care...just eliminate the middle seat and I will never complain again.
Remember, at one time IBM had 100% of the PC business.
Uh, no it didn't. It might have had 100% of the IBM-PC-compatible business, but there were plenty of other personal computers competing contemporaneously with it - Tandy, Apple, Commodore, etc. And there were PCs before the IBM-PC (e.g., Altair).
And hopefully the Chinese will now go off and waste 30 years on it like we did.