In point of fact, Microsoft is great at releasing material to help developers. Of course they don't release finished standalone products for free, and it would be stupid of any publicly traded company to do so.
If you want to see open source Windows software, just check out DotNetNuke. It started as some Microsoft toolkit, and it's now a fully functional portal solution with an enthusiastic user base. Open source, GPL, the whole bit.
Buildings are not designed to be metaphors. They are designed for people to live and work in them.
You ever see the Sydney Opera House? That's a totally different and distinctive building. And one which is admired and loved not just across the world, but across the universe - Carl Sagan sent a picture of it into space aboard the Voyager spacecraft.
This building echoes the excitement and adventure of computing. I cannot comment on whether it makes good use of space or is enjoyable to work in, because if I were to do so, I'd be guessing. Like you.
The fact that it arouses strong emotions is proof enough that it is succeeding on at least one level.
True takes into account the wind, if you have a tailwind you can be going faster than the aircraft is possible of flying, like when the B-29s discovered the Jet Stream over the Pacific and would end up going 450-500 MPH when the aircraft was only possible of doing around 290 under it's own power.
And on the return trip they could be going slower than the aircraft was actually capable of flying...
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I didn't say they didn't do it, now did I?
If you want to see open source Windows software, just check out DotNetNuke. It started as some Microsoft toolkit, and it's now a fully functional portal solution with an enthusiastic user base. Open source, GPL, the whole bit.
You ever see the Sydney Opera House? That's a totally different and distinctive building. And one which is admired and loved not just across the world, but across the universe - Carl Sagan sent a picture of it into space aboard the Voyager spacecraft.
This building echoes the excitement and adventure of computing. I cannot comment on whether it makes good use of space or is enjoyable to work in, because if I were to do so, I'd be guessing. Like you.
The fact that it arouses strong emotions is proof enough that it is succeeding on at least one level.
You'd be slashdotted but then again you could probably handle the load.
In ten years time kids will be wearing that much power on their wrist and if they don't have a terabyte or two they'll feel left behind.
I was astonished to buy a handheld computer three years ago and realise that it had more computing and better graphics than the early Crays.
But the scary part is that in twenty years, they won't need computers to create orcs and oliphaunts.
And on the return trip they could be going slower than the aircraft was actually capable of flying...