Say what you will about the confusing configuration dialogs and lack of build config options. Visual Studio + Visual Assist is (so far) untouched in terms of features and stability.
(And I'm saying this as a full time developer of Gnome apps...)
You'd think that on Slashdot of all places, they wouldn't bother saying "Nobel Prize of computing" in the article title, but would just say "...wins Turing Award."
If readers don't know who Turing was, they can Google it and learn something in the process.
The "article" is simply a poorly re-written press release presented as news. Within minutes of reading the article entirely, I was able to find the original press release on Google.
Back in the day, I think that was the main way graphics editors were sold. Remember when you had to buy a mouse for your first computer? It probably came with PCPaint or something similar.
Then scanners came along and they tended to come with either Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop Elements.
Presumably these distribution channels were profitable in the short run.
Traditional shareware, I mean. Has anyone ever made a living off of it?
I know there's plenty of "crippleware" or game demos that claim to be shareware, but traditional shareware involved giving the product away for free and then begging for money. (Sort of like public radio.)
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Interesting how praising a Microsoft product now gets you modded as "Flamebait."
Slashdot, where the echochamber is too fragile to be disturbed by contrary opinions.
Say what you will about the confusing configuration dialogs and lack of build config options. Visual Studio + Visual Assist is (so far) untouched in terms of features and stability.
(And I'm saying this as a full time developer of Gnome apps...)
Why, do you you only get your sex changes from newbies?
...because it's 1 version more.
No, I'm referring to the not quite even half-finished Flash->HTML5 application mentioned in the article.
"Hey, here's a cool new idea you'll love... too bad you can't actually use it yet."
Philately/Philatelism/Philatelic is your vocabulary word for the day.
Especially if you live in or around San Francisco.
http://stampsfromelsewhere.com/
I'm sure this will be a raging success, a truly innovative and high quality product, just like everything else HP has produced in the past decade.
*forehead smack*
It's amazing how people will spend more time typing a reply than reading the message they're replying to.
...a social engineering scheme to make people buy the book?
You'd think that on Slashdot of all places, they wouldn't bother saying "Nobel Prize of computing" in the article title, but would just say "...wins Turing Award."
If readers don't know who Turing was, they can Google it and learn something in the process.
The "article" is simply a poorly re-written press release presented as news. Within minutes of reading the article entirely, I was able to find the original press release on Google.
The press release is here:
http://www.openlogic.com/news/press/03.08.11.php
You'll note that the original press release doesn't contain the math error.
Back in the day, I think that was the main way graphics editors were sold. Remember when you had to buy a mouse for your first computer? It probably came with PCPaint or something similar.
Then scanners came along and they tended to come with either Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop Elements.
Presumably these distribution channels were profitable in the short run.
Perhaps everyone on Slashdot isn't as smart and all-knowing as you?
Why would you pay for Winzip when 7-Zip is free FOSS software?
Actually he died of organ failure due to his alcoholism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Katz
But you may be right, PKWARE was pretty successful.
Traditional shareware, I mean. Has anyone ever made a living off of it?
I know there's plenty of "crippleware" or game demos that claim to be shareware, but traditional shareware involved giving the product away for free and then begging for money. (Sort of like public radio.)
Cisco, Broadcom, Intel... hell even Darpa! Without the internet, piracy would be less of a problem. Sue everyone.
Sure. but unless you're writing your own runtime libraries, you're always going to be relying on the work of others.
Society doesn't advance if we have to reinvent the wheel each time we solve a problem.
...that a CS degree should require you to pass the bar exam before you write code.
Link against a library (even unintentionally) and the hell of reading license legalese begins.
Games used to have a "boss key" so you could bring up a spreadsheet or something whenever your boss walked by so it looked like you were working.
I see no reason smartphones couldn't have a program that had similar functionality for when a teacher walked by.
Too bad technology can't improve acting and dialog, because that's the real reason Star Wars I, II and III are forever stuck in the second dimension.
Of course, it will only work with a Horrible Printer (HP)
But what about velvet? Velvet is often made from silk.
When will I be able to ensconce myself in velvet e-devices?
But here's the thing -- had that patent holder done something with the patent in 1996, maybe they'd have a case for it.
Instead, they waited 15 years and now they're just suing people who not only came up with the same idea, but actually implemented it as well.
So in effect, what the patent holder is doing is to "monopolize the obvious and the stuff of yesterday."