Yeah, unfortunately distributed computing has proven to be too difficult for most developers. We have been making tools for distributed computing since the 60s, but developers still end up writing essentially procedural code because it's easier to explain and understand step-by-step instructions than it is to explain and understand formalizations.
If you are developing derivitave shit, like group video chat which has been around for a decade, then of course any big player can come along and do the same thing. Startups should develop new products, not new brands.
GitHub is highly strategic. It's value extends beyond its revenue to its brand, its momentum, and its position at the crux of the exceedingly important developer demograpchic. If they mostly sit on it, they can use it to effectively push MS's FOSS projects over competitors that marginalize MS's own proprietary products.
What comes to mind for me is Node.js. It's one of the first really popular developer platforms to come around that really made Windows a second class citizen. MS has pushed their way into the community and found solutions to those issues, but it shows how MS is vulnerable in this space.
Especially since their biggest desktop competitor (OS X) is much more compatible with their largest server competitor (Linux), and aligned with the mobile OSes which actively undermine MS's position as a dominant player. It's a perfect shit storm for MS.
The point is you don't need to incentivize creative people with money. Creative people actually prefer exposure to money. Or at least enough of them do for YouTube's ad model to work. So, no, there's no good reason to pay them for content they're getting exposure on for free.
Unless CA drivers drive shorter distances. It really should be broken down by miles driven rather than number of drivers. The top state Massachusetts is four times less than the bottome state, North Dakota. But North Dakota is all spread out, while Massachusetts is dense.
Lots of web apps nowadays don't even pass through anything but a static server. Requring third party APIs to pass through a server in many cases undermines the way the web is designed to work.
No one checks diplomas. A few will call former institutions for verification, but even that's rare. Diplomas generally are only for putting on the wall at a professional's office.
And when Acme Co.'s American customers fail to receive their calls because Acme Co. hired Call Co. to do support, then Call Co. outsourced to Service Co. who outsourced to Foreign Co. who hired WhoTheFuckKnows Co. to route their calls caused Acme Co's calls to come through looking like they originated from Mars, who do you think takes the blame? It's MyTel.
Yeah, I've had that discussion at work. I'm supposed to be available for backup support calls, but I had to get everyone's number ahead of time for pre-authentication.
Not uncommon scenario: you make a support call to an Indiana number routed to India. After the incident is escalated, they ask for some time and say they will call you back. No one on that end knows what number will come up or even if it will always be the same number.
But tons of foreign call centers deal with American customers every day. Telcos can't just block out any spoofed number. Spoof numbers is legitimate sometimes, and in the U.S. it's ubiquitous.
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Seriously. I can't believe /. thought they could shill SourceForge expecting we'd all forgotten.
Yeah, unfortunately distributed computing has proven to be too difficult for most developers. We have been making tools for distributed computing since the 60s, but developers still end up writing essentially procedural code because it's easier to explain and understand step-by-step instructions than it is to explain and understand formalizations.
I think Diaspora is closer to the mark. It's more like running your own private Facebook node.
If you are developing derivitave shit, like group video chat which has been around for a decade, then of course any big player can come along and do the same thing. Startups should develop new products, not new brands.
Given MS's recent purchare of LinkedIn, I'd say that sounds accurate.
GitHub is highly strategic. It's value extends beyond its revenue to its brand, its momentum, and its position at the crux of the exceedingly important developer demograpchic. If they mostly sit on it, they can use it to effectively push MS's FOSS projects over competitors that marginalize MS's own proprietary products.
What comes to mind for me is Node.js. It's one of the first really popular developer platforms to come around that really made Windows a second class citizen. MS has pushed their way into the community and found solutions to those issues, but it shows how MS is vulnerable in this space.
Especially since their biggest desktop competitor (OS X) is much more compatible with their largest server competitor (Linux), and aligned with the mobile OSes which actively undermine MS's position as a dominant player. It's a perfect shit storm for MS.
Well shit. That's gonna seriously impact all my MIT licensed code on GitHub...
The point is you don't need to incentivize creative people with money. Creative people actually prefer exposure to money. Or at least enough of them do for YouTube's ad model to work. So, no, there's no good reason to pay them for content they're getting exposure on for free.
If the value of your artistic expression is less than the value of hosting your art, then no, you should NOT get a cut of the revenue.
No true capitalism fallacy.
But they would if they carried hundreds of passengers through the air. It's not the complexity, it's the impact of something going wrong.
Why not get rid of assessments all together and give everyone the minimum income, and get rid of minimum wage? Wouldn't that be much simpler?
They wouldn't change the name Windows despite it causing confusion with every other Windowing environment. This is pretty typical MS.
Unless CA drivers drive shorter distances. It really should be broken down by miles driven rather than number of drivers. The top state Massachusetts is four times less than the bottome state, North Dakota. But North Dakota is all spread out, while Massachusetts is dense.
I would imagine most objects encountered in the sky weren't there the last time.
As the summary points out, there are likely people being saved by autopilot like Zedd, but they don't make the news.
But that's how autopilot works on planes. Why should we redefine what autopilot means on cars?
Lots of web apps nowadays don't even pass through anything but a static server. Requring third party APIs to pass through a server in many cases undermines the way the web is designed to work.
I think most people are using them to avoid parking. In any sufficiently populated city that's going to be the majority of the use.
No one checks diplomas. A few will call former institutions for verification, but even that's rare. Diplomas generally are only for putting on the wall at a professional's office.
And when Acme Co.'s American customers fail to receive their calls because Acme Co. hired Call Co. to do support, then Call Co. outsourced to Service Co. who outsourced to Foreign Co. who hired WhoTheFuckKnows Co. to route their calls caused Acme Co's calls to come through looking like they originated from Mars, who do you think takes the blame? It's MyTel.
Yeah, I've had that discussion at work. I'm supposed to be available for backup support calls, but I had to get everyone's number ahead of time for pre-authentication.
Not uncommon scenario: you make a support call to an Indiana number routed to India. After the incident is escalated, they ask for some time and say they will call you back. No one on that end knows what number will come up or even if it will always be the same number.
But tons of foreign call centers deal with American customers every day. Telcos can't just block out any spoofed number. Spoof numbers is legitimate sometimes, and in the U.S. it's ubiquitous.
They may not have free market capitalism, but crony capitalism is still capitalism.