1. No I do not. I have not given any method to solve 'unusable' applications. I want usability 'on the radar' instead of fragmentized. How you get that large radar cross section is irrelevant.
2. LOL. Maybe there need to exist two UI's of the Gimp (ducks). Upto now maybe half of the gimp-endusers are not satisfied. We, as a community, have not yet come up with a way to deal with that (technically or otherwise) other than to say 'RTFM' etc etc. However, I sort of agree that it is a hard problem.
My suggestions: start a Usability Level Group where one can see which level of usability the application has ( for platform X).
Things to consider (remember: using starts with considering installation): -does it compile cleanly? -is it pre-packaged? -is it in the standard repositories? -is there a manual and man page -are there examples which can be followed -(if relevant) are there screenshots -are all options of the application available in the GUI -let people vote about the quality of the above
First you have to obtain a means to measure usability (by the users is best, I guess).
1st line incidents can be solved by outsourcing which can do a pretty good job.
Dinosaur age mainframes (and their applications) however... I've never seen it work properly because all systems are just 'too different' from each other and too much documentation has to be written (which isn't read or available).
Most applications in Ubuntu let themselves be installed via synaptic, a gui front-end to apt-get. About 24000 are available. I think you are setting your standards too low;-).
Of course they don't mention numbers. So that makes them more trustful?
And, you twit, That's not a nice thing to say. Stick to arguments...
are these or aren't these apps standing up to a Slashdotting? Well, saying that an email program can stand a slashdotting doesn't prove much. It does not inform me of the limits that have to exist (after all the software runs on a normal server). Let me repeat that:
There has to be a limit.
Since I reach that limit daily on mainframes (I program registrative systems), I am curious to what extend they can serve the 'app' community.
Last: I don't think Google's applications are 'done' yet. They are plain and simple applications and I wonder if it is by design or 'by restriction' (technical). Since I don't have details, I cannot determine that.
what you describe is a very volatile use of an application: some months no use, other months heavy use. For that, it may make sense. I think, but I haven't fully evaluated AppEngine, that the applications you can make are rather limited.
About the performance/scalability: they haven't provided any numbers on performance. You call it unique, I call it 'unknown'. They haven't given any prices either.
The only persons able to use AppEngine are programmers. As such, setting up a LAMP configuration shouldn't be too hard. You can get hosting for 6 euro/month. Basically what they are saying is: we are between the 6 euro/month line and 0 euro/month. I don't see the business advantage here.
Scalability and performance management: they don't mention numbers. I therefore do not trust them.
Exit strategy: I can find a lot of LAMP providers, I know of only one Google AppEngine provider.
There are a billion more holes, but one argument is enough.
Actually, the ABN Amro has a pretty stupid scheme. Although you cannot change the amount, you can only verify the target account via the browser. This can be crhacked (and has been in other countries).
There exists no fool-proof system in the Netherlands to my knowledge.
Slashdot Mirror
Not just ocean water, but all liquid water is wet.
There, fixed that for you.
that would be 2C:00:1B:AB:E5 or look for more combinations here:
http://www.nsftools.com/tips/HexWords.htm
1. No I do not. I have not given any method to solve 'unusable' applications. I want usability 'on the radar' instead of fragmentized. How you get that large radar cross section is irrelevant.
2. LOL. Maybe there need to exist two UI's of the Gimp (ducks). Upto now maybe half of the gimp-endusers are not satisfied. We, as a community, have not yet come up with a way to deal with that (technically or otherwise) other than to say 'RTFM' etc etc. However, I sort of agree that it is a hard problem.
Since most home users have permissions to install software: yes I do.
The first n points are to establish the fact that it is meant to be usable. The last one is to measure if it fulfills that.
Upto now, usability is scattered among FOSS. Make it something standardized, talked about.
My suggestions: start a Usability Level Group where one can see which level of usability the application has ( for platform X).
Things to consider (remember: using starts with considering installation):
-does it compile cleanly?
-is it pre-packaged?
-is it in the standard repositories?
-is there a manual and man page
-are there examples which can be followed
-(if relevant) are there screenshots
-are all options of the application available in the GUI
-let people vote about the quality of the above
First you have to obtain a means to measure usability (by the users is best, I guess).
Maybe not called central. Maybe not multi-purpose. But try pulling out your graphical processor.
I agree that we haven't really been programming our multi processor environments like we should (generally with libraries).
You don't need to: just recompile with a compiler that will not generate the abusive opcodes with certain cpu's.
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix08/tech/full_papers/elson/elson.pdf
If you know what you are searching for, you are right. If you forgot, you are wrong.
If you want all the mail, relevant to the subject, you are wrong too. Relevance and having keywords is not a 1:1 relationship.
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To phrase it differently: In society, how much does a group (e.g. corporation) share?
I guess you can share as long as it does not breed competition in your market or change the market as a whole in unfavorable ways.
I have to point you to the argus codewatch eclipse plugin: http://arguscodewatch.sourceforge.net/
(which is the one I know, there may be more)
so people actually read tfa?
1st line incidents can be solved by outsourcing which can do a pretty good job.
Dinosaur age mainframes (and their applications) however... I've never seen it work properly because all systems are just 'too different' from each other and too much documentation has to be written (which isn't read or available).
people tell lies
people write on the internet
cyc learns from the internet
cyc tells lies
Not everything is done and kids still make software in their barn.
Most applications in Ubuntu let themselves be installed via synaptic, a gui front-end to apt-get. About 24000 are available. I think you are setting your standards too low ;-).
I did in electrical engineering 16 years ago. Along with the notification: they don't exist.
Hey man, I clicked the link and now my machine is infected. Thanks a lot bro!!!
There has to be a limit.
Since I reach that limit daily on mainframes (I program registrative systems), I am curious to what extend they can serve the 'app' community.
Last: I don't think Google's applications are 'done' yet. They are plain and simple applications and I wonder if it is by design or 'by restriction' (technical). Since I don't have details, I cannot determine that.
what you describe is a very volatile use of an application: some months no use, other months heavy use. For that, it may make sense. I think, but I haven't fully evaluated AppEngine, that the applications you can make are rather limited.
About the performance/scalability: they haven't provided any numbers on performance. You call it unique, I call it 'unknown'. They haven't given any prices either.
You don't. The business model is flawed.
The only persons able to use AppEngine are programmers. As such, setting up a LAMP configuration shouldn't be too hard. You can get hosting for 6 euro/month. Basically what they are saying is: we are between the 6 euro/month line and 0 euro/month. I don't see the business advantage here.
Scalability and performance management: they don't mention numbers. I therefore do not trust them.
Exit strategy: I can find a lot of LAMP providers, I know of only one Google AppEngine provider.
There are a billion more holes, but one argument is enough.
Actually, the ABN Amro has a pretty stupid scheme. Although you cannot change the amount, you can only verify the target account via the browser. This can be crhacked (and has been in other countries).
There exists no fool-proof system in the Netherlands to my knowledge.
marketing, distribute, design and services?