...while eating gourmet tofu cuisine made by the Google corporate Über chef and installing Firefox on a hand built PC with a radical case mod, running the latest download of Ubanto optimized for playing MMORPGs?
...how many of those downloads are unique users, vs. prior users downloading a new version?
At least 10,000 was me.
Anyway, the number of downloads is "interesting" but that's about all. What counts is how many people use Firefox as their primary browser. Still around 10%, I think. But that's not bad. I'm just afraid that IE7 may reduce some of the perceived advantages of FF such as tabbed browsing and some of the "appearance" things. Many people don't understand or care about technical issues...
Actually you are right, I am guilty of NRTFA. But thinking about it now, it might not be far off. Consider that now that Lloyds is jumping on the boat, so might others with more insurance industry "oomph" than ORSM. In my opinion, ORSM has a bit of that "dirty hippie Open Source" feel to it in the minds of traditional management thought, and make no mistake, traditional management thought will be the driving force behind if Big Money Corporate Enterprise buys into indemnification at all.
This probably spells the end for that organization that PJ of Groklaw fame used to work for, OSRM that offered a similar product. The people purchasing such insurance will be the Big Names, and they will naturally gravitate to Lloyds, as the are an established insurance carrier.
Actually, many people are slowly finding they need 10 times the functionality that the Windows variants provide.
No. geeks may be "slowly finding" this, but the "average user" is not. The "average user" has and continues to have a very well defined profile of things that they do. Games, image management, email, IM. The "average user" has no clue about much of what is discussed at Slashdot, and even less interest.
Yes, my guess is a GoogleOS thin-client is not far off. Why? The things that most people do don't require even a 10th the functionality of Windows. Google search/IM/mail, for many people, this covers it.
Exaclty. I make it a point to know the relevent AFIs. But the story is about migrating Citrix to web, so I assume he/she is woring on an internal app(?)
Of course vender lockin is bad. But at least with the Air Force (my employer), that's the way it is, they have standardized on Microsoft, there is nothing anyone can do about it, so it doesn't make any sense to concern myself with browser nutral apps. We use IE. That's it. So, I develop apps based on using the non-standard MS technology, to do anything else would be silly. I think for the story submitter, this is the situation, so it makes little sense for him/her to bother thinking about it.
Anyway, you start talking Opern Source or "evil Microsoft, blaw, blaw, blaw.." to the people that have the pwoer to make these decisions, maybe you get branded unreliable and lose your clearence...
I don't know about Ruby on Rails, but I strongly agree with you about PHP and VB. I think they both lead poorly to working in other languages.
Well, that all depends on what environment the person intends on working in. I know most here would rather die than work in a Windows centered environment, but you know? They exist in large numbers, not everyone is "down" on Windows, and in that case, Windows centered languages such as VB, C#, and maybe C++ (down the line, maybe) is the direction to go. As far as PHP, I like it, any language offers opportunities for crappy code, and that's as far as I'm going.
The world is full of people wanting to make "little scenes", make ideological stands and such, people who think their little problem is some Earth-shaking issue. The reality is that these "issues" are rarely real issues.
By people not willing to work on code which can be closed up and made propriatery and people denied free access to it by its next best distributor.
Hmmm, wel this explaines the problems getting people interested in Apache. Ah, if only the Apach folks would GPL their project, it might actuallt "take off"...
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"yes but Firefox had them first, er, OK than Micro$loth is just ripping them off again... Or something..."
To suggest this at Slashdot is to invite "flamebait" or "troll". Anyway, what are the chances that this could happen?
At least 10,000 was me.
Anyway, the number of downloads is "interesting" but that's about all. What counts is how many people use Firefox as their primary browser. Still around 10%, I think. But that's not bad. I'm just afraid that IE7 may reduce some of the perceived advantages of FF such as tabbed browsing and some of the "appearance" things. Many people don't understand or care about technical issues...
Actually you are right, I am guilty of NRTFA. But thinking about it now, it might not be far off. Consider that now that Lloyds is jumping on the boat, so might others with more insurance industry "oomph" than ORSM. In my opinion, ORSM has a bit of that "dirty hippie Open Source" feel to it in the minds of traditional management thought, and make no mistake, traditional management thought will be the driving force behind if Big Money Corporate Enterprise buys into indemnification at all.
This probably spells the end for that organization that PJ of Groklaw fame used to work for, OSRM that offered a similar product. The people purchasing such insurance will be the Big Names, and they will naturally gravitate to Lloyds, as the are an established insurance carrier.
Is this you? http://www.mugshots.com/Favorites/Roberto+Sanchez. htm
No. geeks may be "slowly finding" this, but the "average user" is not. The "average user" has and continues to have a very well defined profile of things that they do. Games, image management, email, IM. The "average user" has no clue about much of what is discussed at Slashdot, and even less interest.
No, it will be a part of the Google Toolbar, at least until the GoogleOS (beta) is released.
...has been "beta" for years.
Yes, my guess is a GoogleOS thin-client is not far off. Why? The things that most people do don't require even a 10th the functionality of Windows. Google search/IM/mail, for many people, this covers it.
Exaclty. I make it a point to know the relevent AFIs. But the story is about migrating Citrix to web, so I assume he/she is woring on an internal app(?)
Why is it that there is very little PHP discussion here, and this story has been taken over by the RoR zelots? Seems like that's par here at Slashdot.
Isn't the "mom's basement" shit kind of old?
Anyway, you start talking Opern Source or "evil Microsoft, blaw, blaw, blaw.." to the people that have the pwoer to make these decisions, maybe you get branded unreliable and lose your clearence...
Your post has got to be a troll, yes? The world does not need more "web developers".
Well, that all depends on what environment the person intends on working in. I know most here would rather die than work in a Windows centered environment, but you know? They exist in large numbers, not everyone is "down" on Windows, and in that case, Windows centered languages such as VB, C#, and maybe C++ (down the line, maybe) is the direction to go. As far as PHP, I like it, any language offers opportunities for crappy code, and that's as far as I'm going.
No, those would be law school interns, not CS or EE typ interns...
Linus would never approve of such an OS.
The world is full of people wanting to make "little scenes", make ideological stands and such, people who think their little problem is some Earth-shaking issue. The reality is that these "issues" are rarely real issues.
Hmmm, wel this explaines the problems getting people interested in Apache. Ah, if only the Apach folks would GPL their project, it might actuallt "take off"...
It's pretty clear the whole thing keeps going because some bored FedEx lawyer is having a little fun with this guy.
It's still a non-issue. Had "Jose" simply ignored the letter, almost certainly nothing more would have come of it.
Well, maybe you just don'e notice it as much, what with being down on your knees in your manager's air conditioned office...
Like Roland???