confusing, yes. much like an x server is really run by the client accessing the server running the x client. or maybe I still have the x windowing system terminology mixed up.
yeah, maybe we need a 5 or mroe candidate system or something. if there were 2 democratic candidates legitimately in contention up until the end, and 2 republican candidates in contention, and several independents or other party candidates, all getting similar campaign budgets, all getting equal air time, debate time, etc.. then we would have a much better idea in the end of which candidate likes what and some idea of what is important to them. The problem is that the media will take a person and run with them, making him the primary candidate whether or not the people liked him more. Dean had one slip up, the media rode that wave until it crashed into the sand and Dean was done. They could do the same with Bush if they wanted to. They could do it with Kerry too.
Why do you set PayPal aside? Because they have so many users that the chance they pick you to screw is small? Because you have such a small ammount of cash going back and forth?
I'm curious really. I don't use paypal or anything similar. But i have see all the paypalsucks things and read paypals terms a hiwle back.
ah yeah. i was mixing up a few stories. one was his mayoral campaign in San Fran (hey, it's part of california, i wasn't too far off). the other was his bid to be the green party presidential candidate in 2000.
No, it's not a troll, and it's different from $MANAGEMENT_FAD. It's not a fad to understand how time, features, and resources interact.
Sure software is a creative craft. Still craftsmen have to create things that will exist outside the vacuum of their workbench. Managing people is also a creative craft that is equally if not more difficult. management won't like a paper pushing process any more than developers would.
I agree that "Just enough" process is the right amount, if you have the right people. A good process should be as transparent and natural as possible, and should coerce people who may not be the best for their position in the proper direction without herding them (developers and management alike). there probably aren't any hard fast rules to get a process like this. Still, if MS can find a process for them that minimizes their current problems in software development without creating new problems, they will have solved half their battle.
so this is where the SPA and BSA get their numbers! of course! MS probably has hundreds of thousands of copies of MS Outlook, WinXP, Win2k and everything else installed that they didn't pay for.
yes, we really needed an industry comparison for that number to mean anything at all. even not an industry comparison, just a comparison... tell me how much it costs Ford per person even.
a key focus now for Ballmer is "process excellence," which seems unlikely to inspire Microsoftees to stay up all night creating the Next Big Thing.
The Next Big Thing *is* process excellence and the goodies that come about through that, like secure software with minimal bugs. Ballmer atleast has that right. Now if he can have his developers find their idea of a Next Big Thing, while keeping true to the real Next Big Thing (process excellence) then you might see MS leave the doldrums of midlife crisis.
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Seriously. That sounds like someone who knows or heard that there is a problem with IE but doesn't understand what that problem is.
i think so. if you didn't mention it, i was going to.
confusing, yes. much like an x server is really run by the client accessing the server running the x client. or maybe I still have the x windowing system terminology mixed up.
stuff f**king up?
oh, service for unix...
Slashdot. "News for Nerds. Benchmarks that don't matter."
yeah, maybe we need a 5 or mroe candidate system or something. if there were 2 democratic candidates legitimately in contention up until the end, and 2 republican candidates in contention, and several independents or other party candidates, all getting similar campaign budgets, all getting equal air time, debate time, etc.. then we would have a much better idea in the end of which candidate likes what and some idea of what is important to them. The problem is that the media will take a person and run with them, making him the primary candidate whether or not the people liked him more. Dean had one slip up, the media rode that wave until it crashed into the sand and Dean was done. They could do the same with Bush if they wanted to. They could do it with Kerry too.
Quitcherbitchen != ...
oh.
news != advertising either.
/. has advertising, i hope they keep them out of the stories.
so? let's try to keep some dignity to journalism. I am not bred to be an advertisement absorber.
maybe they need to put more tinfoil wrapped cardboard into their servers.
excellent point. i wasn't going to click on the link until now. /., lets do our best!
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so you won't blame MS who when releases a small product wipes out all other existing competition of similar products?
my claim is as firmly based on fact as yours.
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*status may change. void in MI and VA.
that sided with Verisign and then claimed the Internet's infrastructure is archaic
excellent use of the singular form of "password" instead of plural! It really makes me think Yakov Smirnoff is on stage making joke at russia.
Why do you set PayPal aside? Because they have so many users that the chance they pick you to screw is small? Because you have such a small ammount of cash going back and forth?
I'm curious really. I don't use paypal or anything similar. But i have see all the paypalsucks things and read paypals terms a hiwle back.
ah yeah. i was mixing up a few stories. one was his mayoral campaign in San Fran (hey, it's part of california, i wasn't too far off). the other was his bid to be the green party presidential candidate in 2000.
who also (i think) ran for governor of California... and came in 5th or something. Behind Arnold. enough said.
My thoughts exactly. He's reason enough not to go.
but i got an "Error 404: BSD is Dead." message...
i kid! i kid! long live BSD! though i don't use it...
No, it's not a troll, and it's different from $MANAGEMENT_FAD. It's not a fad to understand how time, features, and resources interact.
Sure software is a creative craft. Still craftsmen have to create things that will exist outside the vacuum of their workbench. Managing people is also a creative craft that is equally if not more difficult. management won't like a paper pushing process any more than developers would.
I agree that "Just enough" process is the right amount, if you have the right people. A good process should be as transparent and natural as possible, and should coerce people who may not be the best for their position in the proper direction without herding them (developers and management alike). there probably aren't any hard fast rules to get a process like this. Still, if MS can find a process for them that minimizes their current problems in software development without creating new problems, they will have solved half their battle.
so this is where the SPA and BSA get their numbers! of course! MS probably has hundreds of thousands of copies of MS Outlook, WinXP, Win2k and everything else installed that they didn't pay for.
for shame, all along blaming p2p...
yes, we really needed an industry comparison for that number to mean anything at all. even not an industry comparison, just a comparison... tell me how much it costs Ford per person even.
a key focus now for Ballmer is "process excellence," which seems unlikely to inspire Microsoftees to stay up all night creating the Next Big Thing.
The Next Big Thing *is* process excellence and the goodies that come about through that, like secure software with minimal bugs. Ballmer atleast has that right. Now if he can have his developers find their idea of a Next Big Thing, while keeping true to the real Next Big Thing (process excellence) then you might see MS leave the doldrums of midlife crisis.
so if I have a pirated copy of OverpricedApp 4.0 that I installed in 199x, they probably count that in every year's report since 199x.