Here's further proof that Java is best suited for applets and all attempts to kludge it into a general purpose tool for developing applications is appealing to academics, introverts and the type of people who like to compile all the software that they use. Command Line arguments?! Double-click on the Mozilla icon, for God's sake!
I'd rather own the music for $7500 than be held hostage by Microsoft. I want to be able to move my music around, burn CDs, listen to it on my DVD player or stereo... I'm tired of technology developed for the lowest denominator in society, making it difficult to enjoy the primary purpose of having the technology in the first place. I don't mind paying for what I want. This is something that both commercial and "free" software proponents have to learn. Ironically, I was willing to pay for music downloads (from MP3.com, long before iTunes). If schemes like Microsoft's become prevalent, Kazaa and the like will thrive. iTunes proves that people are willing to pay to download music... that everyone who uses P2P software is not a pirate. I'm willing to pay for music to own it. Renting music is a stupid model. And I don't trust Microsoft.
I've been "in the business" for almost 30 years as a programmer, Analyst, engineer etc... and I have NEVER seen the IT sector so bad. Usually it would take me between 4 and 8 days to get a new contract. After my last contract ended at Lucent in April 2001, I ended up free-lancing for an entire year, finally finding a job with a military contractor in April of 2002. Many I know in the industry haven't been as lucky. Agents who were getting rich during the 90s, are calling ME asking for leads. In actuality, things are worse than the media is making it out to be. People are losing their houses. People are losing their minds. People are compromising to pay their bills. I know a highly skilled Software Analyst who made $200,000 during the glory years, take a job where he has to commute an hour for $50000 working as an in-house network admin... These are not isolated stories. When I was at Lucent in Holmdel, there were some 7500 people in the building. Last I heard, there were 800 left, and there were stories that Lucent was going to give the building up. (That huge building in Holmdel used to be symbolic of the glory of Bell Labs). It's bad. It's very bad.
Seems like an awful lot of trouble to run Linux. And the Linux Kit costs $199.00!!! You can get a whole computer system at WALMART pre-installed with Lindows for about $50.00 more (a playstation 2 alone costs $200.00, and I have to buy a monitor!?). Why would I want to screw with my Playstation 2 to turn it into a Linux system that needs me to port applications -- obviously this is just for a hobbyist with time and money to burn.... a little TOO geeky for me...
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Here's further proof that Java is best suited for applets and all attempts to kludge it into a general purpose tool for developing applications is appealing to academics, introverts and the type of people who like to compile all the software that they use. Command Line arguments?! Double-click on the Mozilla icon, for God's sake!
I'd rather own the music for $7500 than be held hostage by Microsoft. I want to be able to move my music around, burn CDs, listen to it on my DVD player or stereo... I'm tired of technology developed for the lowest denominator in society, making it difficult to enjoy the primary purpose of having the technology in the first place. I don't mind paying for what I want. This is something that both commercial and "free" software proponents have to learn. Ironically, I was willing to pay for music downloads (from MP3.com, long before iTunes). If schemes like Microsoft's become prevalent, Kazaa and the like will thrive. iTunes proves that people are willing to pay to download music... that everyone who uses P2P software is not a pirate. I'm willing to pay for music to own it. Renting music is a stupid model. And I don't trust Microsoft.
I've been "in the business" for almost 30 years as a programmer, Analyst, engineer etc... and I have NEVER seen the IT sector so bad. Usually it would take me between 4 and 8 days to get a new contract. After my last contract ended at Lucent in April 2001, I ended up free-lancing for an entire year, finally finding a job with a military contractor in April of 2002. Many I know in the industry haven't been as lucky. Agents who were getting rich during the 90s, are calling ME asking for leads. In actuality, things are worse than the media is making it out to be. People are losing their houses. People are losing their minds. People are compromising to pay their bills. I know a highly skilled Software Analyst who made $200,000 during the glory years, take a job where he has to commute an hour for $50000 working as an in-house network admin... These are not isolated stories. When I was at Lucent in Holmdel, there were some 7500 people in the building. Last I heard, there were 800 left, and there were stories that Lucent was going to give the building up. (That huge building in Holmdel used to be symbolic of the glory of Bell Labs).
It's bad. It's very bad.
Seems like an awful lot of trouble to run Linux. And the Linux Kit costs $199.00!!! You can get a
whole computer system at WALMART pre-installed with Lindows for about $50.00 more (a playstation 2 alone costs $200.00, and I have to buy a monitor!?). Why would I want to screw with my Playstation 2 to turn it into a Linux system that needs me to port applications -- obviously this is just for a hobbyist with time and money to burn.... a little TOO geeky for me...