Red Hat have contributed a HUGE amount to the open source community over the years.
Then Red Hat understands the GPL license used by the Linux kernel and the association risks. Red Hat still makes money. I wouldn't worry about Red Hat.
I thought it was because Nokia owns Navteq which has been a provider of GPS based navigation since the late '80s. Most of the couriers use Navteq as well as some US municipalities which explains the high accuracy of the mapping data.
..which is why Google Maps latest release has offline maps.
Which is still pretty much crap. I used it when I was traveling in New Mexico and Google's map cache consumed most of my phone's memory and still didn't work well enough to be useful.
Why would you say something like that? They are under no obligation to learn better than they do now. It's their choice to work harder. You don't disparage South American indigenous people for their life choices, either (I hope, at least).
I think the problem has more to do with how do they fit in the society in which they live. An aboriginal tribesman in New York City will have a hard time not because he's inferior (which I find measuring a culture versus Western civilization a little disingenuous) but because his lifestyle puts him at a significant disadvantage when compared to his neighbors. So world culture comparisons is really off-topic to what is being discussed.
I think the "elephant in the room" is that we have a single labor market in the US, and trying to grade people on the curve based on their social or ethnic background isn't doing anyone any favors. If a job requires a skill set "A" then we should be able to measure accurately that applicants have skill set "A" not that he would have skill set "A" if he was a certain race or income bracket.
Grading on a social curve isn't really doing anyone any favor and does more to hide problems than fix them.
I think the Pandas aren't as bad as some people made them out to be. It also adds some asian based cultural references to the game which makes the MMO appear more global in nature.
No. I think when people talk bad about Linux on the desktop that they are just repeating someone else's bogus nonsense from 10 years ago.
I don't think that is entirely true. Of course you have trolls that roam the comment section and spout off 10 year old talking points. These tactics are common to all fans of any OS, Language, etc. That said, Linux as a desktop is still not compelling enough to convert users from their current OS.
Not to mention Unity, Gnome 3.0, and KDE 4.x are recent developments and in the case of Unity and Gnome there wasn't the usual give the user what they want. Instead they gave them what they believe will make them relevant compared to internet appliances. Wether or not they were correct in their assessment remains to be seen, but for the time being there were a large amount of pushback from their users.
I think when people talk bad about Linux as a desktop that they are referring to the quality of the desktop applications and how they interact with one another. Sure it works fine enough for us and in some cases we can do more work than possible with the mainstream apps. However most people just find the experience lacking.
To make matters more difficult, the applications that are really popular on the Linux platform are eventually ported to other operating systems. This allows them to continue to use a desktop and OS they are familiar with while still being able to use these applications. So with a commercial OS a user is able to work with more polished mainstream applications designed to run natively on their platform on choice, and still be able to use the more powerful open source applications that are written for specific tasks that they need to get done.
Linux still has to make up for the lack of momentum in the desktop segment and while choice of a desktop manager is a good thing it does nothing to help win over converts.
It's not like we are competing against the other OS. At least not in the traditional sense... Well not us old Linux guys. We wanted an OS to do things that we needed done and its popularity will increase by word of mouth. It's not like we have a multimillion dollar PR machine nor do we really need one or the market share that is supposedly gives us.
I don't see the part where it says, "Except when we're crossing the border or getting on an airplane." So why is it that the DHS can treat us any old way they want to, just because we're crossing back into this country or traveling somewhere?
I think it may be the part that described the government's duty to defend our international borders and to regulate international trade.
If that were the case, then the young workers wouldn't be filling sweatshop positions while older workers pass on them.
You've confused someone with who wants THAT job with someone who wants A job. Older programmers have options where young ones don't. That doesn't mean the young programmer wanted to work in a sweatshop, it just means the young programmer wanted a job. This would also explain the high turnover rates at these jobs.
They have the power to walk out. They don't. The older workers do walk out. Thus, the logical explanation is that the younger workers want it.
In other words, In your eyes they have less to lose. They gamble that they will make it long enough to find a better job and if they fail they are young enough to look for another career. Nice defense for bad employers.
Older workers want more pay, don't want to work all nighters every other thursday, don't want mandatory 90 hour weeks,...
You've confused the desire to work long hours with the need to work long hours. Experienced programmers tend to be more productive than inexperienced ones. Younger workers work the long hours because they want to prove themselves but have to work longer to meet the same deadline.
The reason employers have those working conditions is because they are willing to accept the lower productivity in exchange for lower labor costs.
No, they don't. They want pay and opportunity. The older workers have seen plenty of people burn out, and want to avoid that.
Bullshit. We were all young programmers once in our lifetimes. We all wanted an opportunity to become old programmers. We also dreamed of making it big so we can buy fancy stuff and get women.
Oh wait you said the same thing:
They want pay and opportunity.
Oh I see you've confused what young programmers want with what tech firms will give them:
Many of the consulting firms (IT and accounting) will work their workers until one breaks down, then hires a whole new group, fresh out of college, as you can't use someone from a team that was worked until someone broke. They know next time, it might be them. But before that, they think they and all their peers are invulnerable, and they are gaining work experience and other such things less relevant to the older crowd.
Nice pivot but the fact remains young programmers want the same thing as old programmers.
Leaking this story obfuscates some of the facts like the reason Google thinks this App will be rejected is because they want to introduce their own mapping API to the iOS. They didn't say they couldn't find any competing apps (that's because there are plenty), they said they (this is from the summary btw):
Specifically, they pointed to the lack of any mapping app in the 'Find maps for your iPhone' section of the App Store — accessible only via iPhones or iPads — that use the Google Maps APIs to call wirelessly for location, routing or point-of-interest (POI) data.
So basically this is Google complaining that they can't promote their own API over Apple's on iOS.
But they don't have to stop every two or three hours to spend an hour or two recharging at one of the few charging stations available.
You act like the typical driver spends more than two hours driving every day. For an overwhelming majority of people, the total time driving for an average day is well within the 2 to 3 hour mark.
Want to go on a long road trip? Well this may not be the car for you (just yet).
I think the point isn't browsers, browsers are just the lead in point on the platform. What's to stop MS from bundling in a store, and anti virus, an office suite a..... ? If you let them control the entire experience you risk severely limiting consumer choice.
The argument sounds hollow when you look at the bundling that occurs with the other OSes. There is no ballot option for any of the Linux distributions or OS X, yet people are able to use yum, apt or Safari to get their preferred browser. Prior to the EU's ballot initiative, people were able to download their browser of choice using the browser that Microsoft was nice enough to include with the OS (solving the how do we search and download problem).
Keep in mind this didn't really change anything since Microsoft still has the majority of the enterprise software market, and their web based offerings always work best with IE.
I know what you mean. I just finished my absentee voting and the amendments are written to specifically into tricking you into voting "yes".
For example, amendment 4 in Alabama states on the ballot that voting yes removes all references to segregated education. In reality, that one sentence has been invalid for over 3 decades. I got suspicious and research the bill that was mentioned on the sample ballot and found out that the bill actually removes all language in the State's constitution guaranteeing a person's right to a publicly funded education. If the amendment passes then the state legislature will be allowed to right laws that funnel money from education into their personal pork projects.
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They are dishonest because they are Oracle? Like Red Hat and Google offer their services solely out of the goodness in their heart?
Then Red Hat understands the GPL license used by the Linux kernel and the association risks. Red Hat still makes money. I wouldn't worry about Red Hat.
I thought it was because Nokia owns Navteq which has been a provider of GPS based navigation since the late '80s. Most of the couriers use Navteq as well as some US municipalities which explains the high accuracy of the mapping data.
Which is still pretty much crap. I used it when I was traveling in New Mexico and Google's map cache consumed most of my phone's memory and still didn't work well enough to be useful.
I think the problem has more to do with how do they fit in the society in which they live. An aboriginal tribesman in New York City will have a hard time not because he's inferior (which I find measuring a culture versus Western civilization a little disingenuous) but because his lifestyle puts him at a significant disadvantage when compared to his neighbors. So world culture comparisons is really off-topic to what is being discussed.
I think the "elephant in the room" is that we have a single labor market in the US, and trying to grade people on the curve based on their social or ethnic background isn't doing anyone any favors. If a job requires a skill set "A" then we should be able to measure accurately that applicants have skill set "A" not that he would have skill set "A" if he was a certain race or income bracket.
Grading on a social curve isn't really doing anyone any favor and does more to hide problems than fix them.
I think the Pandas aren't as bad as some people made them out to be. It also adds some asian based cultural references to the game which makes the MMO appear more global in nature.
I don't think that is entirely true. Of course you have trolls that roam the comment section and spout off 10 year old talking points. These tactics are common to all fans of any OS, Language, etc. That said, Linux as a desktop is still not compelling enough to convert users from their current OS.
Not to mention Unity, Gnome 3.0, and KDE 4.x are recent developments and in the case of Unity and Gnome there wasn't the usual give the user what they want. Instead they gave them what they believe will make them relevant compared to internet appliances. Wether or not they were correct in their assessment remains to be seen, but for the time being there were a large amount of pushback from their users.
I think when people talk bad about Linux as a desktop that they are referring to the quality of the desktop applications and how they interact with one another. Sure it works fine enough for us and in some cases we can do more work than possible with the mainstream apps. However most people just find the experience lacking.
To make matters more difficult, the applications that are really popular on the Linux platform are eventually ported to other operating systems. This allows them to continue to use a desktop and OS they are familiar with while still being able to use these applications. So with a commercial OS a user is able to work with more polished mainstream applications designed to run natively on their platform on choice, and still be able to use the more powerful open source applications that are written for specific tasks that they need to get done.
Linux still has to make up for the lack of momentum in the desktop segment and while choice of a desktop manager is a good thing it does nothing to help win over converts.
It's not like we are competing against the other OS. At least not in the traditional sense... Well not us old Linux guys. We wanted an OS to do things that we needed done and its popularity will increase by word of mouth. It's not like we have a multimillion dollar PR machine nor do we really need one or the market share that is supposedly gives us.
True but unlike an election or a hurricane, these patent lawsuits seem to last forever.
Depends. Is he giving it to you or is it just second hand smoke?
That Blizzard nerfed the rogue class so much for MoP, that her time was better spent running for public office.
I think it may be the part that described the government's duty to defend our international borders and to regulate international trade.
Funny, I remember the same thing being said 4 years ago.
Be better than that guy.
You've confused someone with who wants THAT job with someone who wants A job. Older programmers have options where young ones don't. That doesn't mean the young programmer wanted to work in a sweatshop, it just means the young programmer wanted a job. This would also explain the high turnover rates at these jobs.
In other words, In your eyes they have less to lose. They gamble that they will make it long enough to find a better job and if they fail they are young enough to look for another career. Nice defense for bad employers.
You've confused the desire to work long hours with the need to work long hours. Experienced programmers tend to be more productive than inexperienced ones. Younger workers work the long hours because they want to prove themselves but have to work longer to meet the same deadline.
The reason employers have those working conditions is because they are willing to accept the lower productivity in exchange for lower labor costs.
Sort of like undocumented workers who work in sweat shops enjoy and crave their work conditions.
Bullshit. We were all young programmers once in our lifetimes. We all wanted an opportunity to become old programmers. We also dreamed of making it big so we can buy fancy stuff and get women.
Oh wait you said the same thing:
Oh I see you've confused what young programmers want with what tech firms will give them:
Nice pivot but the fact remains young programmers want the same thing as old programmers.
Was rounded corners FRAND?
Leaking this story obfuscates some of the facts like the reason Google thinks this App will be rejected is because they want to introduce their own mapping API to the iOS. They didn't say they couldn't find any competing apps (that's because there are plenty), they said they (this is from the summary btw):
So basically this is Google complaining that they can't promote their own API over Apple's on iOS.
You act like the typical driver spends more than two hours driving every day. For an overwhelming majority of people, the total time driving for an average day is well within the 2 to 3 hour mark.
Want to go on a long road trip? Well this may not be the car for you (just yet).
The argument sounds hollow when you look at the bundling that occurs with the other OSes. There is no ballot option for any of the Linux distributions or OS X, yet people are able to use yum, apt or Safari to get their preferred browser. Prior to the EU's ballot initiative, people were able to download their browser of choice using the browser that Microsoft was nice enough to include with the OS (solving the how do we search and download problem).
Keep in mind this didn't really change anything since Microsoft still has the majority of the enterprise software market, and their web based offerings always work best with IE.
Or worse make it legal to discriminate against people with mental or learning disabilities.
I know what you mean. I just finished my absentee voting and the amendments are written to specifically into tricking you into voting "yes".
For example, amendment 4 in Alabama states on the ballot that voting yes removes all references to segregated education. In reality, that one sentence has been invalid for over 3 decades. I got suspicious and research the bill that was mentioned on the sample ballot and found out that the bill actually removes all language in the State's constitution guaranteeing a person's right to a publicly funded education. If the amendment passes then the state legislature will be allowed to right laws that funnel money from education into their personal pork projects.