True. But if they have marketing brains, this could earn them fame. There are good causes where these kind of processing power can be donated for free and earn reputation, whenever there is no customer in sight.
No.. Do not wish to flaimbait... But I feel so bogged down by some simple questions. We know very little about our nebor planet. How can we think we know perfectly about the galaxies, quasars, pulsars, neuteron stars, black holes and what not, millions of light years away?
And who says there is no software like bridge. There are servers, applications that are rock solid. They won't break for months (sometimes years), and that is an achievement given the fact that it is complex piece of HiTech around us.
Well, I am not talking about M$ products... u know....:-D
Your points are valid. But the perception will change one day. Soon clusters will offer higher reliability. Oracle recently announced shifting some of its infrastructure from Spark system to Linux clusters (I dont seem to find the url:-()
Interestingly, I was working for a very large organization. The server utilized for configuration management was based on a mainframe developed in 1452. It sucked. The user interface was horrible. Almost every architcet/developer was sick of it.. We kept bearing it, since management believed that it was too risky to change. End of the day, they had to change when the noise was too high.
This is really informative.. and the discussion also is very important. It is easy to see that making old nuts change their system is a daunting task, just for the plain reason of risk involved. And they cant be blamed.
No matter how better systems we have, legacy plays its role. Does that mean, Windows also is never going to die? (Shivers...)
Because... the world is grey. It is difficult to define what is "good" and what is "bad" in absolute terms. Different cultures bring more variables in the picture. Somewhere, one has to draw a line and express an opinion, and invite fair debate to make sure we reach a common minimum agreement.
Software (design and) development is all about passion. Only mechanisms to express the road to success have changed (and improved). Experts look for species like good software developers, analyse them and define a new process. And most of them are not wrong.
There are hardcore believers of waterfall model. And so goes with extreme programming. Configuration management is luxary (and waste of time, sometimes) for somebody, and may not be same for others. The best part is, we have methods suitable for individual's nature.
Indian developers are joining the bandwagon. Look at the linux conference that is happening in Bangalore. There is great support to OSS from developers in IBM, Oracle, Infosys and many other organizations.
Open Source is here to stay. And in India, this movement has picked up even before these visits.
The awareness in India is brough by published magazines, that carry tools that are Open Source on CDs. A definite trend of rise of "Services" industry around Linux and other open source tools is visible. It won't be far fetched conclusion that when India (a pool of millions of Software Developers) wakes up to Open Source, the world will be free from marketing gimmicks.:-D
Slashdot Mirror
Very nicely written. :-), though I am not convinced that the anology fits with languages (to some extent OS, yes).
I would try it on beaches first...:-D
Will it have Karma too? :-(
It is M$ gimmick. They're gonna take your snaps while shopping PCs. Have a look at this new technology that takes snap through monitor.
True. But if they have marketing brains, this could earn them fame. There are good causes where these kind of processing power can be donated for free and earn reputation, whenever there is no customer in sight.
Absolutely. And the corporate intranet is much faster and secure than sending data all over net and getting it processed.
My 2e-2 cents.
Why not just get involved in SETI project? If money is criterion, go for RSA challenges.
Microsoft's .NET is losing big way to J2EE. Have a look at this
Could have been Bill kissing penguin.
You already have one :-D
I miss good ol' Digger and Prince of Persia. Soon after I updated my PC to 286, I lost Digger (cuz it was too fast on 286.) :-(
Sometimes I feel we know a lot.
Juz sharing my thoughts guys..:-)
And who says there is no software like bridge. There are servers, applications that are rock solid. They won't break for months (sometimes years), and that is an achievement given the fact that it is complex piece of HiTech around us.
Well, I am not talking about M$ products... u know....:-D
That's great news. I guess a more organized approach is always welcome.
Engineers dont work that way. :-D If it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.
Interestingly, I was working for a very large organization. The server utilized for configuration management was based on a mainframe developed in 1452. It sucked. The user interface was horrible. Almost every architcet/developer was sick of it.. We kept bearing it, since management believed that it was too risky to change. End of the day, they had to change when the noise was too high.
No matter how better systems we have, legacy plays its role. Does that mean, Windows also is never going to die? (Shivers...)
I should have waited for Linux2k....
Because... the world is grey. It is difficult to define what is "good" and what is "bad" in absolute terms. Different cultures bring more variables in the picture. Somewhere, one has to draw a line and express an opinion, and invite fair debate to make sure we reach a common minimum agreement.
:-D
I haven't released it yet. :-D
Yes. And most of them are from India. ;)
Wake up man. :-D
Software (design and) development is all about passion. Only mechanisms to express the road to success have changed (and improved). Experts look for species like good software developers, analyse them and define a new process. And most of them are not wrong.
There are hardcore believers of waterfall model. And so goes with extreme programming. Configuration management is luxary (and waste of time, sometimes) for somebody, and may not be same for others. The best part is, we have methods suitable for individual's nature.
Indian developers are joining the bandwagon. Look at the linux conference that is happening in Bangalore. There is great support to OSS from developers in IBM, Oracle, Infosys and many other organizations.
The awareness in India is brough by published magazines, that carry tools that are Open Source on CDs. A definite trend of rise of "Services" industry around Linux and other open source tools is visible. It won't be far fetched conclusion that when India (a pool of millions of Software Developers) wakes up to Open Source, the world will be free from marketing gimmicks. :-D