OSS operating systems are free and I won't base my enterprise critical apps on any OSS until I finish the testing. MS asserts that their shipping product is ready for such and charges me an arm and a leg to put it on a machine. Next "Oh yeah, well..."
Yeah but even there Microsoft won. Wine is an implementation of the MS API. If Linux were truly the platform they wouldn't need wine, they'd need a Linux emulator for Windows.
So they are selling the beta versions and then upping the price after you tell them how to fix it. Ok just like Microsoft's operating system strategy but with MS you don't get the cheap version first.
That's why we keep the nickname "Stumpy" around, for guys that think they can be safe 100% of the time. Sort of like all those people shot with unloaded guns and parents that use the rhythm method.
Anybody read or see the story about the Tucker? Great car safer than anything on the road. Pity he was shut down and it took at least 10 years before seat belts became required. We have to get over this stupid idea that adding a safety device means to your customer that the product is unsafe at any speed.
This means that the SawStop guys are going to be very wealthy. If you want to avoid product liability you need to license this technology. Now it's going to get expensive. It was cheap the first time they were offered it but they decided that "Safety doesn't sell". And they got sued before the patent ran out. Boo hoo. I guess safety will sell now!
Clearly the only proper way to control the Insurance Industry is to start a coalition and begin buying their stocks in small pieces, so the poison pill doesn't kick in. Proxy the shares to a non-profit regulation organization (that's a tough nut to crack though) which will control the companies through stock holder action. It will also funnel their ridiculous profits back into the organization. I think this could work for all but Kaiser which is already non-profit.
No the karma hit is irrelevant, but the courtesy of not assuming (remember what happens when you ass u me) my sarcasm. So now I'm an ass and u are too. But thank you for pointing out that it did sound a bit whiny. Sorry about that. I'll try harder to convey my spite or appreciation in the future without leaving it open to interpretation. Oddly enough, the people who answered my question did so without assuming I was trolling (well except for one guy but he gave useful info anyway) it seems that not all people on/. are as sensitive to whining as you are. Oh and actually used their real names. Anonymous idiots abound here because they want the privilege of commenting and moderating so I'm told.
Wow, you get insightful for pointing out what the other guy pointed out in less words. And I get a troll for thanking him. I'd say thank you to you as well but I would probably get modded down again.
what wounds, I sincerely thanked the guy for pointing me at the blog (didn't come up anywhere near the top in my Google search the other night) and I get marked a troll. I know blogspot is owned by Google I have a blogspot blog myself.
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I would suggest the best way to land a nuclear powered Cooper Mini on Mars be done with a nuclear powered sling shot! Worked for me!
OSS operating systems are free and I won't base my enterprise critical apps on any OSS until I finish the testing. MS asserts that their shipping product is ready for such and charges me an arm and a leg to put it on a machine. Next "Oh yeah, well..."
I Ran the Vista RC and the Windows 7 RC, as an MS developer I have to. Next wrong assertion...
Um, then windows is what?
Some day Windows 7 will be out of beta too.
Yeah but even there Microsoft won. Wine is an implementation of the MS API. If Linux were truly the platform they wouldn't need wine, they'd need a Linux emulator for Windows.
An MS RC is at best beta software. Always has been always will be. Microsoft pioneered customer based QC testing.
Nope, sorry you are referencing their alpha's which they give away mostly.
It hadn't hurt Microsoft and they charge full price for their betas.
So they are selling the beta versions and then upping the price after you tell them how to fix it. Ok just like Microsoft's operating system strategy but with MS you don't get the cheap version first.
That's why we keep the nickname "Stumpy" around, for guys that think they can be safe 100% of the time. Sort of like all those people shot with unloaded guns and parents that use the rhythm method.
Unemployment hasn't been kind to you has it...
Not these days...
Anybody read or see the story about the Tucker? Great car safer than anything on the road. Pity he was shut down and it took at least 10 years before seat belts became required. We have to get over this stupid idea that adding a safety device means to your customer that the product is unsafe at any speed.
This means that the SawStop guys are going to be very wealthy. If you want to avoid product liability you need to license this technology. Now it's going to get expensive. It was cheap the first time they were offered it but they decided that "Safety doesn't sell". And they got sued before the patent ran out. Boo hoo. I guess safety will sell now!
Clearly the only proper way to control the Insurance Industry is to start a coalition and begin buying their stocks in small pieces, so the poison pill doesn't kick in. Proxy the shares to a non-profit regulation organization (that's a tough nut to crack though) which will control the companies through stock holder action. It will also funnel their ridiculous profits back into the organization. I think this could work for all but Kaiser which is already non-profit.
No the karma hit is irrelevant, but the courtesy of not assuming (remember what happens when you ass u me) my sarcasm. So now I'm an ass and u are too. But thank you for pointing out that it did sound a bit whiny. Sorry about that. I'll try harder to convey my spite or appreciation in the future without leaving it open to interpretation. Oddly enough, the people who answered my question did so without assuming I was trolling (well except for one guy but he gave useful info anyway) it seems that not all people on /. are as sensitive to whining as you are. Oh and actually used their real names. Anonymous idiots abound here because they want the privilege of commenting and moderating so I'm told.
What /. do you read, most of us slap out replies so fast the pixels haven't dried on the parent yet.
Thank you. Oops last time I said that I was marked a troll. Aw well.
Wow, you get insightful for pointing out what the other guy pointed out in less words. And I get a troll for thanking him. I'd say thank you to you as well but I would probably get modded down again.
what wounds, I sincerely thanked the guy for pointing me at the blog (didn't come up anywhere near the top in my Google search the other night) and I get marked a troll. I know blogspot is owned by Google I have a blogspot blog myself.
oops l337
/, is a lot like /. but with a pause to think before replying...
Sorry we can't all be l33t.
OK makes sense, but.. /. Thanks for the minSDK thingy though, I'll look it up.
http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html
wasn't too helpful. The previous answers were actually clear and useful something that sometimes lack on