The laws in Leviticus were not supposed to be for anybody after Jesus came and died for the collective sins of mankind.
Sorry, that proposition is made up from whole cloth, and has nothing to do with judaism. The messiah is supposed to be a great teacher and leader who brings peace to the world, and jesus obviously did nothing of the kind. Claiming that he'll do so in a "second coming" is nothing but an excuse.
I don't think Microsoft/Weber was particularly evil, but they were slightly rude and rather stupid.
No, this is evil. You don't treat people this way who are helping your business. If they needed to maintain their stupid EULA, they should have sent him a letter specifically exempting him from it in this circumstance.
To one of the MSFT managers who's threatening this developer:
Subject: TestDriven.net
Jason,
Regarding your issues with the developer of the unit-testing framework which your product sorely lacks, I would suggest that you run this up the chain to the monkey-boy himself, *immediately*, and see to it that your lawyers send him an apology by the end of business on Monday.
Charging for development tools is a bloody stupid idea in the first place. That's a lesson that Apple learned from you, ironically. When did MSFT forget it? Hassling someone whose product fills a gaping hole in your own offering is not merely stupid, it's arguably a breach of your fiduciary duty to your shareholders.
But hey, you don't have to take my advice. I'm just someone who spent three and a half years working in Apple Worldwide Developer Relations, and is currently the head of engineering for exactly the kind of start-up that's been leaving Microsoft and going to Apple in droves over the last five years.
Oh, and let me add that as an AAPL shareholder, I really hope you *don't* take my advice. Every developer you piss off helps to push up the value of my portfolio.
No thanks Apple, unlike portable music players, people actually are happy with their cellphones.
Guess again, Mr. Ballmer. Apple's done the research, and found that you are mistaken. They don't jump into a crowded market unless they know that it's very poorly-served.
But what I really want when I get around to building a house is central vacuum and compressed air. Central vacuum is amazing for dealing with bugs: just point the hose at the bug, and whoosh! he's in the garage. Having compressed air available is great for drying off your glasses, blasting dust out of your keyboard, or getting a fire started with damp logs in the fireplace.
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It doesn't take schooling to know a thug when you see one.
-jcr
I hope the court slaps him good and hard. What a jackass.
-jcr
The laws in Leviticus were not supposed to be for anybody after Jesus came and died for the collective sins of mankind.
Sorry, that proposition is made up from whole cloth, and has nothing to do with judaism. The messiah is supposed to be a great teacher and leader who brings peace to the world, and jesus obviously did nothing of the kind. Claiming that he'll do so in a "second coming" is nothing but an excuse.
-jcr
Before they get around to legalizing online gambling
I'll take whatever rollbacks of government power I can get, in whatever order they arrive, thanks.
-jcr
Surely you're not trying to suggest that the congress is an elite group?
-jcr
the Levitical Law was for the Jews, not for us Christians. ..and that is only one of the clear proofs that jesus was not the messiah.
-jcr
What he does when he's visiting your trailer is beside the point.
He's right on this issue, and he deserves the support of anyone who's sick of the nanny state telling us what to do.
-jcr
This isn't quite frivolous, but he's going to lose. He did own a trademark, and there's enough of an issue to get to trial.
-jcr
use against jcr in a court of law someday
Quite the amateur lawyer, are you?
-jcr
It doesn't. Those people aren't helping Apple's business.
-jcr
Rather like Castro, although it's pretty clear that Castro was never any good in the first place.
-jcr
is now a villain... for failing to continue to act like a puppet
Oh, is that what drove him to become a thug? Funny, I had assumed that he turned to violence because his kleptocracy was threatened.
-jcr
I don't think Microsoft/Weber was particularly evil, but they were slightly rude and rather stupid.
No, this is evil. You don't treat people this way who are helping your business. If they needed to maintain their stupid EULA, they should have sent him a letter specifically exempting him from it in this circumstance.
-jcr
To one of the MSFT managers who's threatening this developer:
Subject: TestDriven.net
Jason,
Regarding your issues with the developer of the unit-testing framework which your product sorely lacks, I would suggest that you run this up the chain to the monkey-boy himself, *immediately*, and see to it that your lawyers send him an apology by the end of business on Monday.
Charging for development tools is a bloody stupid idea in the first place. That's a lesson that Apple learned from you, ironically. When did MSFT forget it? Hassling someone whose product fills a gaping hole in your own offering is not merely stupid, it's arguably a breach of your fiduciary duty to your shareholders.
But hey, you don't have to take my advice. I'm just someone who spent three and a half years working in Apple Worldwide Developer Relations, and is currently the head of engineering for exactly the kind of start-up that's been leaving Microsoft and going to Apple in droves over the last five years.
Oh, and let me add that as an AAPL shareholder, I really hope you *don't* take my advice. Every developer you piss off helps to push up the value of my portfolio.
There has of course, been no reply.
-jcr
Hollywood will be able to say anything they want, whenever they want!
Why, it would be as if they had freedom of speech or something! Horrors!
-jcr
Music on MTV... That was a good week, back in the early 1980's.
-jcr
What's to explain? He submits stories, and they get approved because they're interesting. What's your beef?
-jcr
IBM still has a whole lot of inertia
Sure they do, but buying a 3090 to run your billing and payroll apps is no longer the default choice.
-jcr
I would assume that you have never worked in a large corp. environment...
I have worked in very large corporate environments, and I concur with his statement. MS has a whole lot of inertia, but so did IBM.
-jcr
jcr worked at Apple until recently.
It's coming up on two years since I left, actually.
-jcr
The fact that Apple does their homework before introducing a product is public information.
-jcr
Well, if you chew the coal very throughly before putting it in the fuel cell, sure!
-jcr
No thanks Apple, unlike portable music players, people actually are happy with their cellphones.
Guess again, Mr. Ballmer. Apple's done the research, and found that you are mistaken. They don't jump into a crowded market unless they know that it's very poorly-served.
-jcr
Imagine Ballmer throwing a chair, and getting tackled by the secret service presidential security detail.
-jcr
But what I really want when I get around to building a house is central vacuum and compressed air. Central vacuum is amazing for dealing with bugs: just point the hose at the bug, and whoosh! he's in the garage. Having compressed air available is great for drying off your glasses, blasting dust out of your keyboard, or getting a fire started with damp logs in the fireplace.
-jcr