Nevertheless, I don't see that Sun has taken anything away from you. You're free not to fix bugs in Sun's source code.
For my money, I feel I am better off.. *compared with closed source* If I'd rather 'do Suns legwork for them' than maintain my own patches or alter applications to workaround problems, more power to me!
Just for perspective (and maybe offtopic), I just spent a week determining that MS's DAO dll has a memory leak on every database insert (!). Now, for me this is a dealkiller, there's almost nothing I can do besides switch infrastructure. If I had the source, I could still switch infrastructure:) But I could also fix the bug, or even step through the dll code & maybe find an alternate code path that avoids the bug.
I am not convinced by the argument for the future of eCollegeBid, because: (1) by definition, 'star' students are a small minority of the total student population. (2) by definition, 'prestige' schools are a small minority of the total school population.
So sure, Harvard doesn't need the service, and neither does the kid with a 4.0 GPA. But what about the other 95% of students, and the other 95% of colleges?
Another way of looking at it might be: a big change in the US since WW2 is increased job opportunities for women. This has removed an artificial oversupply of talent in professions that were open to women 50 years ago, e.g. teacher, nurse, secretary. I don't believe that business now offers lower salaries (in real terms) for secretaries; the person you could find for $40k (1999 dollars) in 1950 now has a chance to run an internet startup:^) Roland Conybeare
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Sure.. I like to get paid too.
:) But I could also fix the bug,
Nevertheless, I don't see that Sun has taken anything away from you. You're free not to fix bugs in Sun's source code.
For my money, I feel I am better off.. *compared
with closed source* If I'd rather 'do Suns
legwork for them' than maintain my own patches
or alter applications to workaround problems,
more power to me!
Just for perspective (and maybe offtopic), I just
spent a week determining that MS's DAO dll has a
memory leak on every database insert (!). Now,
for me this is a dealkiller, there's almost
nothing I can do besides switch infrastructure.
If I had the source, I could still switch
infrastructure
or even step through the dll code & maybe find
an alternate code path that avoids the bug.
Oh well just rambling on a Friday.
Roland Conybeare
I am not convinced by the argument for the
future of eCollegeBid, because:
(1) by definition, 'star' students are a small
minority of the total student population.
(2) by definition, 'prestige' schools are a small
minority of the total school population.
So sure, Harvard doesn't need the service, and
neither does the kid with a 4.0 GPA. But what
about the other 95% of students, and the other
95% of colleges?
My understanding is that time dilation means the
travel time experienced by the traveller goes to
zero as velocity approaches the speed of light.
The distance between us & the remote planet is
compressed *for the traveller*, approaching zero
as the travellers velocity approaches c.
Another way of looking at it might be: a big change in the US since WW2 is increased job opportunities for women. This has removed an artificial oversupply of talent in professions that were open to women 50 years ago, e.g. teacher, nurse, secretary. I don't believe that business now offers lower salaries (in real terms) for secretaries; the person you could find for $40k (1999 dollars) in 1950 now has a chance to run an internet startup :^) Roland Conybeare