From the article: "In their latest paper, which has not been formally peer reviewed,..."
I believe in light of their "flip-flopping" conclusions that people should wait until the peer review process is completed.
Talk about a sense of entitlement... people discover autoplay and rely on it. *cough*game programmers*cough*
My preference is to have ALL dynamic browser objects disabled by default. Allow users to enable it.
I'm with Tim Berners-Lee in the belief that "The Web" is fundamentally broken and this is just another example of it.
The expectation of privacy is invalid.
Assume that everyone is "compromised" on FB. Live with facts. Live as though your privacy is no more.
I learned this a long time ago when I got my Amateur Radio License KJ7L. I'm world-searchable via the FCC.gov website for just being a Ham Radio guy. Thus, how should I expect my privacy to be anything but a smoke screen?
No amount of criticism is going to make Java go away so get over it and stop flaming about Java being _______________.
I am going to go out on a limb here and state categorically that each and every programming language has its faults. So your choice is simple: either declare that "the glass is half-fiull" or "the glass is half-empty".
IMHO Java is an incredibly fantastic language to use for accomplishing your task at hand. Yes, you need to type a little bit more in Java. Shut up and get to work is what your managers are going to say.
The entire discussion as to why we will never meet aliens is fundamentally flawed because we are are discussing it from our current (tiny) viewpoint. And the rest? Well it's pure speculation.
Clause 2. In any other case, you are liable for whatever damage your
software causes when used normally.
This is too broadly stated. Define "when used normally". If the
purpose is well-defined and performance is agreed to by spec via
signed contract, then yes Clause 2 is fine. Now let's go into the
real world shall we?
In the real world software is continually modified, changed, enhanced,
etc. Thus "when used normally" is difficult to nail down.
A glaring omission of this software liability discussion is the area
of software testing and, even further, software certification. The
bottom line here is that such a simplistic treatment of software in
terms of product liability is doomed.
Considering that the fight for market share faces an uphill battle against IE, I'd say the subject line (borrowed from the Entertainment Industry mantra) says it all. Make noise for Firefox, it's worth it!
According the article: "The problem, according to some free software voices..."
Stop right there. Name names that carry some weight, please. This is almost as bad as "Unidentified sources within the White House..."
After drilling down to the cited NewsForge article http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/22/204244, we get to the the real reasons. Java is very powerful, albeit coming from Sun and not from the OSS community. Until the OSS community can deliver, can anyone provide an alternate to using Sun's Java?
Most of the text I've read in the past on linux.com is a wash -- too heavy on the histrionics and not enough on the facts. Because of this I usually avoid linux.com like the plague for facts. Furthermore it's not my first choice for finding out accurate information about distros.
(Heh, Slashdot is way more factual;-) )
FYI, I have been using FC2 for about a week now. I'm a KDE / fluxbox user so I have no opinion on Gnome. After starting from scratch (previously was using Red Hat 9), my poor 200 Mhz / 128 Mb RAM PC is working much better. Everything else I have installed (Java 1.4, RealPlayer, MP3 support for XMMS, prboom, Timidity and so on) has been fine, no issues.
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From the article: "In their latest paper, which has not been formally peer reviewed, ..."
I believe in light of their "flip-flopping" conclusions that people should wait until the peer review process is completed.
Talk about a sense of entitlement... people discover autoplay and rely on it. *cough*game programmers*cough* My preference is to have ALL dynamic browser objects disabled by default. Allow users to enable it. I'm with Tim Berners-Lee in the belief that "The Web" is fundamentally broken and this is just another example of it.
The expectation of privacy is invalid. Assume that everyone is "compromised" on FB. Live with facts. Live as though your privacy is no more. I learned this a long time ago when I got my Amateur Radio License KJ7L. I'm world-searchable via the FCC.gov website for just being a Ham Radio guy. Thus, how should I expect my privacy to be anything but a smoke screen?
Ref: #6: You can make money without doing evil.
http://www.google.com/about/company/philosophy/
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No amount of criticism is going to make Java go away so get over it and stop flaming about Java being _______________. I am going to go out on a limb here and state categorically that each and every programming language has its faults. So your choice is simple: either declare that "the glass is half-fiull" or "the glass is half-empty". IMHO Java is an incredibly fantastic language to use for accomplishing your task at hand. Yes, you need to type a little bit more in Java. Shut up and get to work is what your managers are going to say.
The entire discussion as to why we will never meet aliens is fundamentally flawed because we are are discussing it from our current (tiny) viewpoint. And the rest? Well it's pure speculation.
Clause 2. In any other case, you are liable for whatever damage your software causes when used normally.
This is too broadly stated. Define "when used normally". If the purpose is well-defined and performance is agreed to by spec via signed contract, then yes Clause 2 is fine. Now let's go into the real world shall we?
In the real world software is continually modified, changed, enhanced, etc. Thus "when used normally" is difficult to nail down.
A glaring omission of this software liability discussion is the area of software testing and, even further, software certification. The bottom line here is that such a simplistic treatment of software in terms of product liability is doomed.
Miss a period and you're in trouble.
There will be more Serenity / Firefly when the money is there. Period.
Considering that the fight for market share faces an uphill battle against IE, I'd say the subject line (borrowed from the Entertainment Industry mantra) says it all. Make noise for Firefox, it's worth it!
...then don't use it.
If you take a step back and just reflect, this is simply just another knee-jerk reaction, and I consider it a form of "computer rage".
It will be more difficult, but let's just fix the systems.
Interviewing both Gosling and Schwartz would provide plenty of answers to help cut through the FUD, IMHO.
Most of the text I've read in the past on linux.com is a wash -- too heavy on the histrionics and not enough on the facts. Because of this I usually avoid linux.com like the plague for facts. Furthermore it's not my first choice for finding out accurate information about distros.
;-) )
(Heh, Slashdot is way more factual
FYI, I have been using FC2 for about a week now. I'm a KDE / fluxbox user so I have no opinion on Gnome. After starting from scratch (previously was using Red Hat 9), my poor 200 Mhz / 128 Mb RAM PC is working much better. Everything else I have installed (Java 1.4, RealPlayer, MP3 support for XMMS, prboom, Timidity and so on) has been fine, no issues.