And you have knowledge to evaluate the source code and spot problematic areas or would you have to rely on others and their motivations behind a review?
I've been using OSS software since way before linux surfaced, got old quarter inch tapes from EUUG in the 80's with software 4 times a year, but I don't think OSS is the holy grail which fixes everything, nor do I think MS is any better than OSS or worse for that matter. For 99.999% of all software users access to the source code is not adding any value to their computing experience nor do they or will they ever have the ability to do anything with that source code. OSS is good for many things, but using this as an argument against another OS which is currently under research seems farflung and downright ridiculous. Besides, the technical paper is quite good and they are definetly on to something, what the endresult will be, we can only speculate about, but I reserve any opinon for the finished product if or when it appears.
Ahhh... But we are talking about good ol'e US of A here and they don't have any laws to protect people, only corporations. And in case you never have seen commercials on US TV, I can inform you that there are many many commercials for pure scams, commercials that are pure lies etc. 90% of all commercials here in USA would never have been allowed on TV in Europe.
Yeah, you are the type of target audience. Anyone who publicly claim to like Lost has Lost his mind! That got to be the WORST show this season and utterly booooooring. I took out a season pass on my DVR for the show, but cancelled it after a few shows. Horrible!
Apple has once again shown that it can make tons of money on crap and I have to give them credit for that. There will be a cold day in hell before I would want to watch any form of video on an iPOD even stupid musci videos.
"First of all, it's a Japanese company that's developing it."
What? Did you actually expect things like this to be developed by American companies? Why? With todays religious climate here in USA, science and technology has been put on the backburner. Add to that the horrible education system, infrastructure that is laughable, and the ingrained horror and antipathy against anything that may taste of regulations, USA will fall further and further behind the rest of the 1st world. If you take some time to look through/. and other media that reports on new technology, you will see that a wast majority of new technology is not coming from USA Actually less and less innovation is done in USA and in a few decades (with todays trend continuing), virtually none will be done in USA
Remember that many European countries have mandatory military service for it's young men. This means that the amount of 20 year olds in higher education is lower for the countries that traditionally score the highest (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland etc). If they had looked at 22 year olds for instance, the percentage would be totally different since most military service is a year or less.
USA built the internet? Maybe Al Gore had a hand in it too?
I didn't know that American companies laid network cables all over the world, in China, Russia, Turkey, Guatemala, Indonesia, Germany, france etc, but I guess you know more than I do. I'm sure that you still think that it is only in USA that can connect to internet? You think USA owns all that cable? I guess this is another nail in the coffin that is called education here in USA?
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Well, I came on an L-1 visa and had close to 15 years experience in my field. I'm paid better than most of my coworkers and I'm currently in the top 5% that the company want to retain at all cost. My company also sponsor green cards for the workers that need them.
In some areas, it doesn't matter where you come from as long as you have the right skills. I'm from a north european country and can honestly say that I will not get an American citizenship, ever. I probably move back home in 5 - 10 years time and retire.
If I and the rest of my cowrkers do such a good job that the company makes a few billion dollars in profit each year and the company raise the price of our prodcts each year, but have problem giving the employees the slightest wage increase. THAT is the real problem, the company I work for and many, many others are having record years, the owners fortunes increases drastically each year because we do such a good job, WE, not THEY, because without us, they would not be rich, but without them, we couls still produce and sell the same product.
Nobody is talking about entitlements here, that is a typical right wing talking point without foothold in reality.
Over the past 6 years, we haven't even gotten cost of living raises, basically resulting in making LESS and LESS money each year.
When was the last time you took a good look at your local ISP's news-server? If you do, I think you'd discover things that you would think were impossible on US servers.
If it only was the telecom services that was awful in this country. I've lived here since 1998 and in general, I would say that a majority of services in this country is awful to horrible to downright disgusting, yet, for some reason the people here think they live in the best country in the world. I really would like to meet the PR firm responsible for that slogan.
Cool site? Maybe if it was actually possible to read it. Who in their right mind is making a website with black background and using lousy white fonts that makes it unreadable?
Is it too much to ask for that people actually make websites that can be read? This got to be one of the best examples of how not to make a website. Horrible!
So, lets, disconnect USA from the rest of the Internet then and transfer control over InterntMinusUSA to UN. If USA wants to use the rest of the worlds Internet, they will then have to play by their rules and pay interconnect. 85-90% of all Internet traffic is outside USA in case you didn't know.
Please run by me again why USA is suited to control the rest of the world? By what right is it that USA claims to have exclusive rights over Internet or DNS in particular. Your fears, unfounded unless USA continues to act like the school bully, is the exact same fear and hate mongering that we see among islamic fundametalistic groups. They and you both believe to be the one and true way, both equally wrong
How would you like it if non-US oil-priducing nations cut off oil supply to USA? At least obesity would drop in USA. First time I came to USA and I bought a shirt, I got large as I normally did back home and it looked like a tent! I had to go down to medium to get a good fit! This is symptomatic for USA, it changes everythinf to fit it's bloated figure.
If you look at the tech force in USA, you will that the majority of the really smart people, are non US citizens. tech workers here in USA on L1, H1-B, Green Card etc, just like me. I was "shopped" into USA by my company. The team I work for, is a highly specialized technical team. Of 14 people, 1 - ONE- is a US citizen. Our regular technical people are in general US citizens, with a nice amount of foreign workers. The least skilled are the US citizens, the foreign workers generally are much more technical, with broader knowledge range and better analytical skills. That is one of the reasons why both our department and development mostly consist of non US citizens.
If you take a look at the educational system in USA, it's easy to see that a lot of foreign countries have catched up to and surpassed US schools, esp in lower education. When it comes to University educatiom, I got mine form the school ranked 68th in the world and way ahead on the majority of USA universities. And this education costed me $300 per semester and hence is affordable to anyone, no matter their financial status and without putting them into debt.
And lately, the Secretary of Education have showed his lack of education through his statement along the lines of "If we abort all black babies, we would eliminate crime in this country". Yes, USA gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling these days.
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And you have knowledge to evaluate the source code and spot problematic areas or would you have to rely on others and their motivations behind a review?
I've been using OSS software since way before linux surfaced, got old quarter inch tapes from EUUG in the 80's with software 4 times a year, but I don't think OSS is the holy grail which fixes everything, nor do I think MS is any better than OSS or worse for that matter. For 99.999% of all software users access to the source code is not adding any value to their computing experience nor do they or will they ever have the ability to do anything with that source code. OSS is good for many things, but using this as an argument against another OS which is currently under research seems farflung and downright ridiculous. Besides, the technical paper is quite good and they are definetly on to something, what the endresult will be, we can only speculate about, but I reserve any opinon for the finished product if or when it appears.
For us living in the real world... Is the White Wizard Karl Rove or Scooter Libby? Ohhhh... my head hurts!
Geeezzz... You could at least be believable!
I would say "Steve Ballmer screwed Patty Hearst brain"
Ahhh... But we are talking about good ol'e US of A here and they don't have any laws to protect people, only corporations. And in case you never have seen commercials on US TV, I can inform you that there are many many commercials for pure scams, commercials that are pure lies etc. 90% of all commercials here in USA would never have been allowed on TV in Europe.
Yeah, you are the type of target audience. Anyone who publicly claim to like Lost has Lost his mind! That got to be the WORST show this season and utterly booooooring. I took out a season pass on my DVR for the show, but cancelled it after a few shows. Horrible!
Apple has once again shown that it can make tons of money on crap and I have to give them credit for that. There will be a cold day in hell before I would want to watch any form of video on an iPOD even stupid musci videos.
What new innovation coming out of USA since ... let's say 1985... are we using today?
Thank you for a great comment, it actually underlines my point and shows that you don't even understand what I'm talking about.
And people wonder why USA is not inventing new stuff anymore. Well, a quick read of your comment says it all.
"First of all, it's a Japanese company that's developing it."
/. and other media that reports on new technology, you will see that a wast majority of new technology is not coming from USA Actually less and less innovation is done in USA and in a few decades (with todays trend continuing), virtually none will be done in USA
What? Did you actually expect things like this to be developed by American companies? Why? With todays religious climate here in USA, science and technology has been put on the backburner. Add to that the horrible education system, infrastructure that is laughable, and the ingrained horror and antipathy against anything that may taste of regulations, USA will fall further and further behind the rest of the 1st world. If you take some time to look through
Remember that many European countries have mandatory military service for it's young men. This means that the amount of 20 year olds in higher education is lower for the countries that traditionally score the highest (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland etc). If they had looked at 22 year olds for instance, the percentage would be totally different since most military service is a year or less.
HERSEY?
I thought they designed chocolate and not people... Damn, now I'm unsure what I had with my coffee tonight....
USA built the internet? Maybe Al Gore had a hand in it too?
I didn't know that American companies laid network cables all over the world, in China, Russia, Turkey, Guatemala, Indonesia, Germany, france etc, but I guess you know more than I do. I'm sure that you still think that it is only in USA that can connect to internet? You think USA owns all that cable? I guess this is another nail in the coffin that is called education here in USA?
Well, I came on an L-1 visa and had close to 15 years experience in my field. I'm paid better than most of my coworkers and I'm currently in the top 5% that the company want to retain at all cost. My company also sponsor green cards for the workers that need them.
In some areas, it doesn't matter where you come from as long as you have the right skills. I'm from a north european country and can honestly say that I will not get an American citizenship, ever. I probably move back home in 5 - 10 years time and retire.
If I and the rest of my cowrkers do such a good job that the company makes a few billion dollars in profit each year and the company raise the price of our prodcts each year, but have problem giving the employees the slightest wage increase. THAT is the real problem, the company I work for and many, many others are having record years, the owners fortunes increases drastically each year because we do such a good job, WE, not THEY, because without us, they would not be rich, but without them, we couls still produce and sell the same product.
Nobody is talking about entitlements here, that is a typical right wing talking point without foothold in reality.
Over the past 6 years, we haven't even gotten cost of living raises, basically resulting in making LESS and LESS money each year.
When was the last time you took a good look at your local ISP's news-server? If you do, I think you'd discover things that you would think were impossible on US servers.
Attach the program to one of these and you geeks will be happy!
Why are all storms given female names?
I see you have never been married.....
It's sad that a personal observation and experience over years is rated as flamebait. Again this goes to show that propaganda overshadows truth.
If it only was the telecom services that was awful in this country. I've lived here since 1998 and in general, I would say that a majority of services in this country is awful to horrible to downright disgusting, yet, for some reason the people here think they live in the best country in the world. I really would like to meet the PR firm responsible for that slogan.
Cool site? Maybe if it was actually possible to read it. Who in their right mind is making a website with black background and using lousy white fonts that makes it unreadable?
Is it too much to ask for that people actually make websites that can be read? This got to be one of the best examples of how not to make a website. Horrible!
I can think of many reasons as to why a single country should not be running this alone, but mostly it is for all the reasons I can't think of.
The great Designer must have been Slartibartfast!
So, lets, disconnect USA from the rest of the Internet then and transfer control over InterntMinusUSA to UN. If USA wants to use the rest of the worlds Internet, they will then have to play by their rules and pay interconnect. 85-90% of all Internet traffic is outside USA in case you didn't know.
USA : 295 million
Rest of the world : 6 billion
Please run by me again why USA is suited to control the rest of the world? By what right is it that USA claims to have exclusive rights over Internet or DNS in particular. Your fears, unfounded unless USA continues to act like the school bully, is the exact same fear and hate mongering that we see among islamic fundametalistic groups. They and you both believe to be the one and true way, both equally wrong
How would you like it if non-US oil-priducing nations cut off oil supply to USA? At least obesity would drop in USA. First time I came to USA and I bought a shirt, I got large as I normally did back home and it looked like a tent! I had to go down to medium to get a good fit! This is symptomatic for USA, it changes everythinf to fit it's bloated figure.
Technical competancy?
That's a good one!
If you look at the tech force in USA, you will that the majority of the really smart people, are non US citizens. tech workers here in USA on L1, H1-B, Green Card etc, just like me. I was "shopped" into USA by my company. The team I work for, is a highly specialized technical team. Of 14 people, 1 - ONE- is a US citizen. Our regular technical people are in general US citizens, with a nice amount of foreign workers. The least skilled are the US citizens, the foreign workers generally are much more technical, with broader knowledge range and better analytical skills. That is one of the reasons why both our department and development mostly consist of non US citizens.
If you take a look at the educational system in USA, it's easy to see that a lot of foreign countries have catched up to and surpassed US schools, esp in lower education. When it comes to University educatiom, I got mine form the school ranked 68th in the world and way ahead on the majority of USA universities. And this education costed me $300 per semester and hence is affordable to anyone, no matter their financial status and without putting them into debt.
And lately, the Secretary of Education have showed his lack of education through his statement along the lines of "If we abort all black babies, we would eliminate crime in this country". Yes, USA gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling these days.