To me it seems very simple, don't use.net. c++ have evolved into a very powerful and easy to use language since the last round of standards updates, and there are already two shipping compilers with 99% complete implementations of that standard, and the massive amount of libraries that are compatible with c/c++ make it a great choice for development. Not to mention, many of those libraries and frameworks are free and open source.
Combine that with the weakening stronghold MS has on the consumer device market, with the laughable market share in tablet and phones, and growing competition and acceptance from alternatives, Mac and Chrome among others.
Also, with the growing number of very good tools for multi-platform development that beat anything MS has for "multi-platform" development, that there isn't only no good reason to use.net, but there are a long list of reasons instead look elsewhere.
Its been some years since I took AI in college, but I recall the turning test being an interactive one where a person is supposed to engage on conversation over a terminal with something on the other end and determine if its a person or computer. So if I remember right, this is not a turing test pass at all. And quite honestly, to write an algorithm to generate a poem that looks like a humans work, with unlimited time and then post it to see if anyone can tell is a much easier test to pass.
If the issue here is the government can abuse power, then aren't there many places that can and do happen. Why do we focus so much on the Patriot Act? It seems like this is the "en vogue" thing right now, but is this really the issue?
Don't you guys see the contradiction in this article?
Thier subscriptions are down, thier free readership is up, and they are writing an article about how free news won't work. Doesn't this sound like they are primeing thier online readers for some kind of subscription fee down the road?
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To me it seems very simple, don't use .net. c++ have evolved into a very powerful and easy to use language since the last round of standards updates, and there are already two shipping compilers with 99% complete implementations of that standard, and the massive amount of libraries that are compatible with c/c++ make it a great choice for development. Not to mention, many of those libraries and frameworks are free and open source.
Combine that with the weakening stronghold MS has on the consumer device market, with the laughable market share in tablet and phones, and growing competition and acceptance from alternatives, Mac and Chrome among others.
Also, with the growing number of very good tools for multi-platform development that beat anything MS has for "multi-platform" development, that there isn't only no good reason to use .net, but there are a long list of reasons instead look elsewhere.
Its been some years since I took AI in college, but I recall the turning test being an interactive one where a person is supposed to engage on conversation over a terminal with something on the other end and determine if its a person or computer. So if I remember right, this is not a turing test pass at all. And quite honestly, to write an algorithm to generate a poem that looks like a humans work, with unlimited time and then post it to see if anyone can tell is a much easier test to pass.
Can we please, please, keep politics out of this? I would rather discuss the FF issue, than listen to a flame war about politics.
If the issue here is the government can abuse power, then aren't there many places that can and do happen. Why do we focus so much on the Patriot Act? It seems like this is the "en vogue" thing right now, but is this really the issue?
Don't you guys see the contradiction in this article? Thier subscriptions are down, thier free readership is up, and they are writing an article about how free news won't work. Doesn't this sound like they are primeing thier online readers for some kind of subscription fee down the road?