Like Apple did when they introduced Siri?...cuz, Android had voice recognition and commands long ago. Admittedly, Siri is superior... now. But, DON'T EVEN.
Are you sure about that? Apple released Voice control with the iPhone 3GS on June 19, 2009 and demoed it on Jun 8, 2009. Google followed with Voice Commands in Froyo (2.2) about a year later but supporting only a fraction of the languages supported by the Apple feature.
Siri is more advanced than Voice Control/Voice Commands in that it understands natural language, can remember things like who your wife is, where your work is and where home is and then follow commands in the future when you mention those things. It also is able to follow the context of a conversation. So if you ask about London, England in the previous question and then ask "What's the weather like today", Siri infers that you are asking about London instead of where you currently are unless if you say "What's the weather like here?".
Siri is the off shoot of work at DARPA with SRI international on the PAL/CALO project. PAL stand for Personal Assistant that Learns. Good luck implementing AI in a couple of days.
Google users be they on Android or when you use gmail, google search etc... are not seen by Google as their customers. You are seen by Google as their product which they sell the advertisers. The "free" services they provide you is like feed to a cattle which is why Eric Schmitt has so little respect for privacy of users of google services. If you are fine with being viewed as cattle and fine with having to upgrade your handset to get the latest release let alone a specific feature then stick with Android if you want.
For all of the "faults" that some of you would see concerning Apple's behaviour, they are a customer/consumer focused company. The average consumer is who they see to be their customer and they are interested in selling products and services to those customers.
Despite all of the grousing about siri being only an iPhone 4S feature, look at the comparison of the iPhone 3GS getting almost all of the features of iOS 5 despite having been released over two years ago originally and iOS 5 even brought features from iOS 4 that were previously iPhone 4 exclusive to the 3GS like custom alert tones. Given that they rolled out that feature on the 3GS, I would guess that iOS 6 will bring Siri to the iPhone 4 when the iPhone 5 comes out.
Show me a single Android handset that was released even 6 months ago that is user upgradable to the latest Android version without any rooting or other hacks regardless of your carrier.
Android handsets are cheap and disposable and because of this, they want you to continue buying new versions and that is why they will not offer updates to firmware for anything but the latest model (if even that). This all stems back to the fact that they don't see you as their customer. They see you as a channel for advertising revenue.
Nobody ever bothered to contribute code changes to the project outside of the core team so they have every right as the copyright holders to do as they wish. They are not bound by any license be it BSD or GPL of any version. Those licenses are always trumped by copyright.
None of you have a right to complain since nobody contributed anything to the project.
You said they weren't present at Xerox. That was incorrect.
For all we know, Steve Jobs could have asked "why don't the windows overlap" during the tour and someone there took that suggestion and incorporated in a later release.
I spoke the following to my android phone in a natural voice, as a test:
"Directions to Doctor LastName in TownName."
Google determined the address of the doctors office I wanted, despite not mentioning the state, and brought up the directions from my current GPS location.
IMO, that's just as good as Siri. I expect Google will have no problem copycating whatever extra functionality Siri performs, such as inserting Calendar events.
Yeah, that really sounds super natural Mr. Data. I'm sure some day the blue fairy will turn you into a real boy.
Second that. Microsoft Voice Command has been around for a while as well as voice command in windows. It is fine for dictation but I would not use it to control PC. It is much easier to point what needs to be done with mouse than to explain it.
No doubt. Mac OS, prior to OS X also had voice recognition but I would not use MSFT as an example of "good' voice recognition. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX8oYoYy2Gc
Did you seriously fall for that? All this means is that they have multiple predefined phrases that mean the same thing. Siri is *not* new! At all! Ignoring the fact that it was an app that Apple acquired, there are nearly identical programs for both iOS and Android. All they did was integrate it a bit more with the OS, and removed the app from the app store, forcing people to upgrade to the 4S if they want to use it, even though previous hardware is perfectly capable. The other apps speak back, at least one can access Wolfram Alpha, and do everything I've seen Siri do.
Siri does not work based on multiple predefined phrases. Siri actually understands the meaning of words in a given context and the word order does not matter either. You can talk naturally without specific vocabulary or even like Master Yoda and Siri will likely infer the meaning of what you are asking it based on based on an inferred context. That is where the AI comes in.
What is available on Android is barely beyond voice control that shipped with the display-less iPod shuffles which did work based on a combination of predefined phrases and voice recognition and what currently ships on the iPhones prior to the iPhone 4S. Google just integrated a few more services but they still rely on a strict syntax.
You really don't have to take my word for it though, go try it out for yourself after the launch or simply "google" it for youtube videos with first looks/reviews of siri on the iPhone 4S.
A lot of people who talk about the Visual Studio are probably not using a stock install but most likely using addons like Resharper to give them the functionality they enjoy.
If you are focused on Java but like the ease of use of Visual Studio + Resharper then take a look at Intelli-J. It is a Java IDE written by the same guys that produced Resharper for VS.NET so you are going to see a lot of similarities between the two products.
I would stay away from GIT and other system popular in the blogosphere and go with SVN as it is tried and true or evaluate Perforce to see if it fits within your budget.
As for continuous integration, look into CruiseControl or something similar.
You can NOT compare Voice Actions/Vlingo and Siri. That Google shit has no AI and is very limited. Voice Actions have existed for iOS since 3.0 but that's not what Siri is about.
I'm not talking about built-in voice commands. (Which have existed on every mobile phone I've ever owned for the past decade - the iPhone seriously didn't get that for three versions? I knew Apple was behind the curve, but I didn't realize they were THAT far behind. Then again, it took them that long to get copy and paste, didn't it?)
I'm talking about third party apps that provide features similar to those Siri does. For example, there was an app released a year ago that does the same things. It was called "Siri."
That's because Apple didn't create Siri. Siri had been available on the App store since 2010, but was removed with the iPhone 4S announcement. (Which means that people with existing iPhones - which support Siri just fine - are having it removed by Apple to force them to upgrade to a new phone whose only other new feature is a slightly better camera.)
The keyword is INTEGRATION. And polish.
You didn't watch the Siri demo, did you? It doesn't integrate with anything, it's its own separate app. It launches with a UI that looks like nothing else on the phone, and does its own thing. That's the complete opposite of "integration" and the only thing "polished" about it is the shine on the little microphone icon.
Not to mention that apps on Android can easily integrate with other apps - even apps developed after they were. Apps on the iPhone cannot - Apple not only doesn't provide any API to do so, they also forbid anyone from developing one on their own.
Evidently, you did not watch the demo either or you are confusing the Siri app which apple bought out with the Siri feature in iOS 5 build for iPhone 4S. The latter is integrated into the look and feel of iOS 5. It can take over the entire screen but first launches in s similar manner to how the app switcher does taking up the lower portion of the screen with the icons greyed out when you hold down the home button.
What gets me is why this is coming to market without any of the current "4G" technologies for all the supported carriers. According to the tech specs there's no LTE, HSPA+, or WiMax antennas. At least on Sprint it would make sense to include a WiMax antenna since they're the only ones remaining with truly unlimited data for their phones (they just capped their mobile broadband to 5GB).
There is currently no "true" LTE chipset from Qualcomm. They have LTE "data" but not voice which is a problem because then you cannot implement and LTE "world" phone and have to settle for two LTE models. Don't believe me? Look up their roadmap.
As for Wi-Max, that is a real niche standard which was not even intended for use in handsets. It was meant for wireless home internet connectivity.
I have similar media center tales to spin. Apple has nothing special going on here.
Besides, children in general area actually much smarter than adults and much more adaptable.
Dude you are not getting it. You got my goat with your obvious troll and you have the gaul to speak of maturity? Why do you waste your time trolling? Is it to make you feel better? Windows has its uses and I use it every day at work but I prefer to use a UNIX based OS at home that that is built on top on OO framework. Everything supports drag and drop unlike Win32 where you have to explicitly code in such functionality. I speak from a place of experience with both platforms and you base your troll on no real experience with OS X. It so patently obvious.
Big deal. I've seen the same with GUIs bolted onto Linux. Apple has nothing special going on here.
They do have a killer marketing department these days though.
You are so full of shit that I can smell it from here. Listen pal, I used to be a windows both at home and work up until 2002 when Jaguar came out and I bought my first mac (an eMac). I was heavily into the skinning/modding scene before then and I can tell you that a "skin" is only going to give you some of the appearance of OS X but not the functionality. OS X is more than just FreeBSD with with a pretty UI window manager. OS X has a rich set of framework libraries collectively known as Cocoa which even put parts of.NET to shame. OS X grew out of NeXT which pioneered most of the GUI and Object Oriented concepts you now take for granted. Its ".APP" packages inspired the layout of Java.jar packages as a convenient way of packaging software with meta data except the latter are renamed zip files rather than directories with a special attribute.
Healthy relationships would kill HIV 100%, not 90.
Have you heard of the saying about not throwing "pearls" before swine? Worldly people don't like to think of the consequences of their actions or think of relationships in terms of emotional entanglements.
I agree with you 100% but many people just don't seem to get that STDs exist as a deterrent for certain types of behaviours.
The SEC could also potentially fine MSFT for the actions of this employee.
i'm not sure the SEC would care since the information was made public. the SEC cares if information exits the company but does not enter the public domain.
The information was not made public, it was leaked by an unauthorized person. Making something public would involve an official press release. Acting on inside information would require the insider waiting for not only for the press release to go out but allowing enough time for the public to absorb the information to avoid insider trading.
Say that you work for a company and you know about a new product or initiative. As an insider, you would not be allowed to trade on that information until a press release was put out by your company and the public had sufficient time to absorb the news. That time would usually be about a day or so. Acting on the info right after the release of the press announcement could still be considered insider trading.
This guy was an insider and revealed information that was not public knowledge. You don't have to trade on insider information to be charged under insider trading laws and the information that you leaks does not have to belong to your employer. If you leak information about a client, supplier or business partner you can be charged with insider trading. The SEC could also potentially fine MSFT for the actions of this employee.
Rumours and leaks might be "popular" but improperly disclosing non-public information can get you fired or jail time and it can damage the reputation of your company with regulators.
I'm shocked that nobody else hear caught onto this. Anyone working for a publicly traded company should know this.
I am a securities lawyer, and this is terribly misguided information.
Is it really? Please explain. What constitutes publishing it? Is letting some of your friends know at a party about a hot tip considered publishing in the same way as a twitter post? Does this guy not deserve to get fired for leaking information about a business partner's device without permission of either their employer or Nokia?
I'd really like for you to enlighten us all. Please do so.
This guy was an insider and revealed information that was not public knowledge. You don't have to trade on insider information to be charged under insider trading laws and the information that you leaks does not have to belong to your employer. If you leak information about a client, supplier or business partner you can be charged with insider trading. The SEC could also potentially fine MSFT for the actions of this employee.
Rumours and leaks might be "popular" but improperly disclosing non-public information can get you fired or jail time and it can damage the reputation of your company with regulators.
I'm shocked that nobody else hear caught onto this. Anyone working for a publicly traded company should know this.
Spoken like a linux fanatic who apparently does not work for a living. Bread meat, eggs, dairy, gas, rent, electricity, parking, insurance, transit passes all cost money so why do you think that software has to be free (gratis)? Freedom is never free in the real world so why shouldn't you have to pay for it in the software world?
RMS has a perverted idea of freedom. Not only does he force people who use GPL'ed code to contribute back in the name of "freedom" but he assigns freedom to the code itself which is an inanimate object. It is not a person. Only people or organizations representing people should have rights. Code is "property". I have no problem with someone requiring effort in as "payment" in lieu of money but just don't be a hypocrite and claim that it is somehow more "freedom" than writing someone a check for a reasonable fee. If I have to pay for the basic necessities of life and I get paid for my work writing software for my company then I should be willing to pay for software other people write.
Flash is proprietary and cross platform. So in a perverse way it is more vendor neutral than some alternatives.
It's kind of like AACS vs PlaysForSure.
HTML 5 is platform agnostic since it is a standard anyone can implement and H.264 is a standard that anyone can license for any platform. I really don't see the problem here. Any platform can support H.264 with a small fee which is probably less than the price of a cup of McDonald's coffee.
Anyone claiming that it is a barrier shouldn't be able to afford internet access in the first place let alone a computer so that point is moot.
Well, nobody forced you to live so far away from the train. You make you choices and have to live the trade offs. The longer commute is part of the equation when you choose to live in a certain neighbourhood which is far away from work.
QT is just a UI framework whereas Cocoa spans Aqua (UI), Core Audio (low latency audio recording), Core Image (image filters), Core Animation, Core Video (video filters), Core Data (simplified data storage), fast restore (lion) etc...
Pubic transport is where you sit in someone elses filthy cum, hair gel mystery excretion and are trapped until you get to your destination 20 times as long as it by car.
Cool story bro. It takes me 4 minutes to walk to the Skytrain station from my house and 12-13 minutes to ride the train to work. In total, it takes me less than 25 minutes to get to work in the morning from door to door. That includes being choosy about which train to get on. It would take considerably longer to drive a car into work and costs a lot more per month to park the car than the 81 dollars that the one zone monthly pass costs me. Now this is my experience commuting into Waterfront Vancouver from East Van but your experience might be worse in other cities. Have you actually taken a close look at what your options are? Is there no rapid transit where you live?
Most of the newer trains (blue ones) are pretty clean but the subway type trains have seen better days. The really should take some of them out of service for a good cleaning once a month at least.
Everything software-wise can be found in GNU/Linux and BSD...
LOL. I love Linux and run it at home, but please. Get back to me when Linux has something even close to Aqua.
Not to mention the frameworks that make it so bloody easy to write software that you know will run on every mac running a fairly new version of OS X. Linux standard based is nowhere near this. You probably could use Mono but again, that is not exactly complete yet and you still run the risk of it not working quite right and you are forcing your end users to install a hefty third party library package.
Channel Stuffing? You mean advertising? Yeah, everyone does that...
Except Apple because they could not manufacture enough iPads to keep up with demand initially let alone having some left to "stuff" the channel. There was no need to report "shipped" units when they could just quote sold units.
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Like Apple did when they introduced Siri? ...cuz, Android had voice recognition and commands long ago. Admittedly, Siri is superior... now. But, DON'T EVEN.
Are you sure about that? Apple released Voice control with the iPhone 3GS on June 19, 2009 and demoed it on Jun 8, 2009. Google followed with Voice Commands in Froyo (2.2) about a year later but supporting only a fraction of the languages supported by the Apple feature.
Siri is more advanced than Voice Control/Voice Commands in that it understands natural language, can remember things like who your wife is, where your work is and where home is and then follow commands in the future when you mention those things. It also is able to follow the context of a conversation. So if you ask about London, England in the previous question and then ask "What's the weather like today", Siri infers that you are asking about London instead of where you currently are unless if you say "What's the weather like here?".
Siri is the off shoot of work at DARPA with SRI international on the PAL/CALO project. PAL stand for Personal Assistant that Learns. Good luck implementing AI in a couple of days.
Google users be they on Android or when you use gmail, google search etc... are not seen by Google as their customers. You are seen by Google as their product which they sell the advertisers. The "free" services they provide you is like feed to a cattle which is why Eric Schmitt has so little respect for privacy of users of google services. If you are fine with being viewed as cattle and fine with having to upgrade your handset to get the latest release let alone a specific feature then stick with Android if you want.
For all of the "faults" that some of you would see concerning Apple's behaviour, they are a customer/consumer focused company. The average consumer is who they see to be their customer and they are interested in selling products and services to those customers.
Despite all of the grousing about siri being only an iPhone 4S feature, look at the comparison of the iPhone 3GS getting almost all of the features of iOS 5 despite having been released over two years ago originally and iOS 5 even brought features from iOS 4 that were previously iPhone 4 exclusive to the 3GS like custom alert tones. Given that they rolled out that feature on the 3GS, I would guess that iOS 6 will bring Siri to the iPhone 4 when the iPhone 5 comes out.
Show me a single Android handset that was released even 6 months ago that is user upgradable to the latest Android version without any rooting or other hacks regardless of your carrier.
Android handsets are cheap and disposable and because of this, they want you to continue buying new versions and that is why they will not offer updates to firmware for anything but the latest model (if even that). This all stems back to the fact that they don't see you as their customer. They see you as a channel for advertising revenue.
Nobody ever bothered to contribute code changes to the project outside of the core team so they have every right as the copyright holders to do as they wish. They are not bound by any license be it BSD or GPL of any version. Those licenses are always trumped by copyright.
None of you have a right to complain since nobody contributed anything to the project.
You said they weren't present at Xerox. That was incorrect.
For all we know, Steve Jobs could have asked "why don't the windows overlap" during the tour and someone there took that suggestion and incorporated in a later release.
Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down the road and back again
Your heart is true, you're a pal and a cosmonaut.
That is confidant, not cosmonaut.
I spoke the following to my android phone in a natural voice, as a test:
"Directions to Doctor LastName in TownName."
Google determined the address of the doctors office I wanted, despite not mentioning the state, and brought up the directions from my current GPS location.
IMO, that's just as good as Siri. I expect Google will have no problem copycating whatever extra functionality Siri performs, such as inserting Calendar events.
Yeah, that really sounds super natural Mr. Data. I'm sure some day the blue fairy will turn you into a real boy.
Second that. Microsoft Voice Command has been around for a while as well as voice command in windows. It is fine for dictation but I would not use it to control PC. It is much easier to point what needs to be done with mouse than to explain it.
No doubt. Mac OS, prior to OS X also had voice recognition but I would not use MSFT as an example of "good' voice recognition. See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX8oYoYy2Gc
Siri can understand very natural language
Did you seriously fall for that? All this means is that they have multiple predefined phrases that mean the same thing. Siri is *not* new! At all! Ignoring the fact that it was an app that Apple acquired, there are nearly identical programs for both iOS and Android. All they did was integrate it a bit more with the OS, and removed the app from the app store, forcing people to upgrade to the 4S if they want to use it, even though previous hardware is perfectly capable. The other apps speak back, at least one can access Wolfram Alpha, and do everything I've seen Siri do.
Siri does not work based on multiple predefined phrases. Siri actually understands the meaning of words in a given context and the word order does not matter either. You can talk naturally without specific vocabulary or even like Master Yoda and Siri will likely infer the meaning of what you are asking it based on based on an inferred context. That is where the AI comes in.
What is available on Android is barely beyond voice control that shipped with the display-less iPod shuffles which did work based on a combination of predefined phrases and voice recognition and what currently ships on the iPhones prior to the iPhone 4S. Google just integrated a few more services but they still rely on a strict syntax.
You really don't have to take my word for it though, go try it out for yourself after the launch or simply "google" it for youtube videos with first looks/reviews of siri on the iPhone 4S.
A lot of people who talk about the Visual Studio are probably not using a stock install but most likely using addons like Resharper to give them the functionality they enjoy.
If you are focused on Java but like the ease of use of Visual Studio + Resharper then take a look at Intelli-J. It is a Java IDE written by the same guys that produced Resharper for VS.NET so you are going to see a lot of similarities between the two products.
I would stay away from GIT and other system popular in the blogosphere and go with SVN as it is tried and true or evaluate Perforce to see if it fits within your budget.
As for continuous integration, look into CruiseControl or something similar.
You can NOT compare Voice Actions/Vlingo and Siri.
That Google shit has no AI and is very limited. Voice Actions have existed for iOS since 3.0 but that's not what Siri is about.
I'm not talking about built-in voice commands. (Which have existed on every mobile phone I've ever owned for the past decade - the iPhone seriously didn't get that for three versions? I knew Apple was behind the curve, but I didn't realize they were THAT far behind. Then again, it took them that long to get copy and paste, didn't it?)
I'm talking about third party apps that provide features similar to those Siri does. For example, there was an app released a year ago that does the same things. It was called "Siri."
That's because Apple didn't create Siri. Siri had been available on the App store since 2010, but was removed with the iPhone 4S announcement. (Which means that people with existing iPhones - which support Siri just fine - are having it removed by Apple to force them to upgrade to a new phone whose only other new feature is a slightly better camera.)
The keyword is INTEGRATION. And polish.
You didn't watch the Siri demo, did you? It doesn't integrate with anything, it's its own separate app. It launches with a UI that looks like nothing else on the phone, and does its own thing. That's the complete opposite of "integration" and the only thing "polished" about it is the shine on the little microphone icon.
Not to mention that apps on Android can easily integrate with other apps - even apps developed after they were. Apps on the iPhone cannot - Apple not only doesn't provide any API to do so, they also forbid anyone from developing one on their own.
Evidently, you did not watch the demo either or you are confusing the Siri app which apple bought out with the Siri feature in iOS 5 build for iPhone 4S. The latter is integrated into the look and feel of iOS 5. It can take over the entire screen but first launches in s similar manner to how the app switcher does taking up the lower portion of the screen with the icons greyed out when you hold down the home button.
Here is a clip of Steve Jobs in 1997 looking forward into the future where we have cloud computing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or7zaUaP-J8&feature=related
That should shut up everyone who claim that Steve Jobs was not a visionary and was just a good salesman.
What gets me is why this is coming to market without any of the current "4G" technologies for all the supported carriers. According to the tech specs there's no LTE, HSPA+, or WiMax antennas. At least on Sprint it would make sense to include a WiMax antenna since they're the only ones remaining with truly unlimited data for their phones (they just capped their mobile broadband to 5GB).
There is currently no "true" LTE chipset from Qualcomm. They have LTE "data" but not voice which is a problem because then you cannot implement and LTE "world" phone and have to settle for two LTE models. Don't believe me? Look up their roadmap.
As for Wi-Max, that is a real niche standard which was not even intended for use in handsets. It was meant for wireless home internet connectivity.
> You are so full of shit that
I have similar media center tales to spin. Apple has nothing special going on here.
Besides, children in general area actually much smarter than adults and much more adaptable.
Dude you are not getting it. You got my goat with your obvious troll and you have the gaul to speak of maturity? Why do you waste your time trolling? Is it to make you feel better? Windows has its uses and I use it every day at work but I prefer to use a UNIX based OS at home that that is built on top on OO framework. Everything supports drag and drop unlike Win32 where you have to explicitly code in such functionality. I speak from a place of experience with both platforms and you base your troll on no real experience with OS X. It so patently obvious.
Big deal. I've seen the same with GUIs bolted onto Linux. Apple has nothing special going on here.
They do have a killer marketing department these days though.
You are so full of shit that I can smell it from here. Listen pal, I used to be a windows both at home and work up until 2002 when Jaguar came out and I bought my first mac (an eMac). I was heavily into the skinning/modding scene before then and I can tell you that a "skin" is only going to give you some of the appearance of OS X but not the functionality. OS X is more than just FreeBSD with with a pretty UI window manager. OS X has a rich set of framework libraries collectively known as Cocoa which even put parts of .NET to shame. OS X grew out of NeXT which pioneered most of the GUI and Object Oriented concepts you now take for granted. Its ".APP" packages inspired the layout of Java .jar packages as a convenient way of packaging software with meta data except the latter are renamed zip files rather than directories with a special attribute.
I suggest that you at the very least take a look at the the GNUStep project. http://www.gnustep.org/information/aboutGNUstep.html
Healthy relationships would kill HIV 100%, not 90.
Have you heard of the saying about not throwing "pearls" before swine? Worldly people don't like to think of the consequences of their actions or think of relationships in terms of emotional entanglements.
I agree with you 100% but many people just don't seem to get that STDs exist as a deterrent for certain types of behaviours.
The SEC could also potentially fine MSFT for the actions of this employee.
i'm not sure the SEC would care since the information was made public. the SEC cares if information exits the company but does not enter the public domain.
The information was not made public, it was leaked by an unauthorized person. Making something public would involve an official press release. Acting on inside information would require the insider waiting for not only for the press release to go out but allowing enough time for the public to absorb the information to avoid insider trading.
Say that you work for a company and you know about a new product or initiative. As an insider, you would not be allowed to trade on that information until a press release was put out by your company and the public had sufficient time to absorb the news. That time would usually be about a day or so. Acting on the info right after the release of the press announcement could still be considered insider trading.
This guy was an insider and revealed information that was not public knowledge. You don't have to trade on insider information to be charged under insider trading laws and the information that you leaks does not have to belong to your employer. If you leak information about a client, supplier or business partner you can be charged with insider trading. The SEC could also potentially fine MSFT for the actions of this employee.
Rumours and leaks might be "popular" but improperly disclosing non-public information can get you fired or jail time and it can damage the reputation of your company with regulators.
I'm shocked that nobody else hear caught onto this. Anyone working for a publicly traded company should know this.
I am a securities lawyer, and this is terribly misguided information.
Is it really? Please explain. What constitutes publishing it? Is letting some of your friends know at a party about a hot tip considered publishing in the same way as a twitter post? Does this guy not deserve to get fired for leaking information about a business partner's device without permission of either their employer or Nokia?
I'd really like for you to enlighten us all. Please do so.
This guy was an insider and revealed information that was not public knowledge. You don't have to trade on insider information to be charged under insider trading laws and the information that you leaks does not have to belong to your employer. If you leak information about a client, supplier or business partner you can be charged with insider trading. The SEC could also potentially fine MSFT for the actions of this employee.
Rumours and leaks might be "popular" but improperly disclosing non-public information can get you fired or jail time and it can damage the reputation of your company with regulators.
I'm shocked that nobody else hear caught onto this. Anyone working for a publicly traded company should know this.
Spoken like a linux fanatic who apparently does not work for a living. Bread meat, eggs, dairy, gas, rent, electricity, parking, insurance, transit passes all cost money so why do you think that software has to be free (gratis)? Freedom is never free in the real world so why shouldn't you have to pay for it in the software world?
RMS has a perverted idea of freedom. Not only does he force people who use GPL'ed code to contribute back in the name of "freedom" but he assigns freedom to the code itself which is an inanimate object. It is not a person. Only people or organizations representing people should have rights. Code is "property". I have no problem with someone requiring effort in as "payment" in lieu of money but just don't be a hypocrite and claim that it is somehow more "freedom" than writing someone a check for a reasonable fee. If I have to pay for the basic necessities of life and I get paid for my work writing software for my company then I should be willing to pay for software other people write.
Flash is proprietary and cross platform. So in a perverse way it is more vendor neutral than some alternatives.
It's kind of like AACS vs PlaysForSure.
HTML 5 is platform agnostic since it is a standard anyone can implement and H.264 is a standard that anyone can license for any platform. I really don't see the problem here. Any platform can support H.264 with a small fee which is probably less than the price of a cup of McDonald's coffee.
Anyone claiming that it is a barrier shouldn't be able to afford internet access in the first place let alone a computer so that point is moot.
Well, nobody forced you to live so far away from the train. You make you choices and have to live the trade offs. The longer commute is part of the equation when you choose to live in a certain neighbourhood which is far away from work.
Qt?
QT is just a UI framework whereas Cocoa spans Aqua (UI), Core Audio (low latency audio recording), Core Image (image filters), Core Animation, Core Video (video filters), Core Data (simplified data storage), fast restore (lion) etc...
Pubic transport is where you sit in someone elses filthy cum, hair gel mystery excretion and are trapped until you get to your destination 20 times as long as it by car.
Cool story bro. It takes me 4 minutes to walk to the Skytrain station from my house and 12-13 minutes to ride the train to work. In total, it takes me less than 25 minutes to get to work in the morning from door to door. That includes being choosy about which train to get on. It would take considerably longer to drive a car into work and costs a lot more per month to park the car than the 81 dollars that the one zone monthly pass costs me. Now this is my experience commuting into Waterfront Vancouver from East Van but your experience might be worse in other cities. Have you actually taken a close look at what your options are? Is there no rapid transit where you live?
Most of the newer trains (blue ones) are pretty clean but the subway type trains have seen better days. The really should take some of them out of service for a good cleaning once a month at least.
Everything software-wise can be found in GNU/Linux and BSD...
LOL. I love Linux and run it at home, but please. Get back to me when Linux has something even close to Aqua.
Not to mention the frameworks that make it so bloody easy to write software that you know will run on every mac running a fairly new version of OS X. Linux standard based is nowhere near this. You probably could use Mono but again, that is not exactly complete yet and you still run the risk of it not working quite right and you are forcing your end users to install a hefty third party library package.
Channel Stuffing? You mean advertising? Yeah, everyone does that...
Except Apple because they could not manufacture enough iPads to keep up with demand initially let alone having some left to "stuff" the channel. There was no need to report "shipped" units when they could just quote sold units.