You may remember, in 1999 Eric Raymond started an interesting debate on the parallels between communism (referring to China) and F/OSS... you can read it here, oddly enough referred by google.cn.
Most of his donations were made to humanitarian causes
And while I can appreciate that, what really bothers me in comparing two "humanitarian giants" is, I'd rather compare the "giants" to the quiet sacrifices made by countless unknown doctors, nurses, clergy, and engineers who are touching, healing, building, and in general sacrificing their careers, their health, and their safety, for others.
I know a family practitioner who gave up his lucrative practice to work in Sudan under horrific conditions. He has no plans to return, I guess when the money runs out.
companies are required to "disclose ownership of intellectual property to their shareholders." How are these companies supposed to really list out all the IP owners if they were to install a full desktop or server environment - there could be literally thousands of parties listed!
There's a big difference between ownership and utilization. For example, if McDonalds employs the use of WinXP workstations in their facilities, that does not mean that they own, but instead license Microsoft's IP.
Brown is not your usual ignorant Microsoft-bribed hack
to be pure invective, and an obvious attempt to score points with the OSS crowd. There are grounds to criticize software in both the OSS and Microsoft camps, but impugning the motives of those who raise the criticism weakens the argument... at least IMO.
Sorry, not trying to upset the proverbial applecart here, but your link does not refer to any actual statistics. And simply running Eclipse (which I do btw) is by no means a benchmark, any more than running SourceGear's.NET products are. Just an observation. I would however be interested in some legitimate objective comparisons if there are any.
Probably not the right terminology: C++ is not a company, and coders are not a "market" per-se.
The advance of Java and C# prove that large parts of OO functionality found C++ are not necessary.
Managed code and VM's dictate a completely different set of rules (and yes, I do understand managed C++ exists), and thus cannot be compared one-to-one. That said, I never use multiple-inheritance in C++, implement interfaces. Java and.Net did not "show" me that, experience did.
- C++ lite - essentially what C# is today
Again I disagree. Formulas such as "((C# == C++)--)--;" look cool but oversimplify, and fail to see the richness of both environments.
t would seem timely to release a volume titled Don't Click on the Blue E
I too avoid the "Blue E", but what's with the Firefox logo? Is that Papa Smurf's head? A salamander feeding off a giant blueberry? Flipped upside-down it sorta looks like a redhead getting choked.
Since programming is an art, we ought to be able to classify types of programmers. Here is a start;
The Picasso programmer: As a whole the system works, but each piece is a warped view of reality.
The Jackson Pollack programmer: Throws code at the system, trying to see what works.
The Georges Seurat programmer: When you step back from the system, you can see the overall pattern, but close up each piece is totally distinct from all of the others. (Actually, this is a pretty good description of OO design).
The Michalangelo programmer: Has a grand, sweeping view of what the system should do, but each piece is done in such meticulous detail that it takes years to finish anything.
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Surely "prettier" is a subjective term
Indeed it is subjective. I recall being amazed at OSX's animated taskbar at first glance; my friend (a Microsoft fan) was less than impressed to say the least. I believe his comment was, "it's just flashy, but offers no practical benefit". I think he may have been correct.
Thing is, now he's ecstatic about Avalon (words like "cool" and "sexy" flow freely) for the exact reason he snubbed OSX. Go figure. I guess whatever "camp" you happen to be in also influences your sense of the aesthetic.
Your boyfriend isn't the only one. The latest email I received from Microsoft doesn't contain the Sender-ID in the header:
Return-Path: <20_16637_9ysiPH5q/KYjZgVB8GWI4A@newsletters.micro soft.com> X-Original-To: xxx@xxx.com Delivered-To: xxx@xxx.com Received: from delivery.pens.microsoft.com (delivery.pens.microsoft.com [000.00.248.67]) by xxx.xxx.xxx () with ESMTP id F0F657299 for <xxx@xxx.com>; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:49:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from TK2MSFFDDSQ09 ([10.40.5.33]) by delivery.pens.microsoft.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:25:33 -0700 Thread-Topic: Business Insight Newsletter, June 2005: Get a handle on expenses; improve reporting; evaluate business solutions; try new software; and more... thread-index: AcV3YCiZ6IY1ucRyRQmlNuxdYiFQlQ== Reply-To: "Microsoft" <20_16637_9ysiPH5q/KYjZgVB8GWI4A@newsletters.micro soft.com> From: "Microsoft" <20_16637_9ysiPH5q/KYjZgVB8GWI4A@newsletters.micro soft.com> To: <xxx@xxx.com> Subject: Business Insight Newsletter, June 2005: Get a handle on expenses; improve reporting; evaluate business solutions; try new software; and more... Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:25:33 -0700 Message-ID: <97946201d57760$289e83d0$2105280a@phx.gbl> MIME-V ersion: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Jun 2005 19:25:33.0184 (UTC) FILETIME=[289C8800:01C57760] Status:
At $5k a pop, 10k of these settlements is worth $50,000,000 dollars.
It costs alot of money to prosecute a case in a Superior Court my friend. There is no "profit motive" as you suggest in the suits, but rather a pandering to their constituency.
cat/var/log/* | less and you'll find some interesting and even personal stuff. The accumulation of diagnostic data isn't the real concern, it's the transfer to external sources. I question the legality of sending document data if, for example, it contains protected heathcare information (as many of my documents do) it may violate HIPAA.
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I know a family practitioner who gave up his lucrative practice to work in Sudan under horrific conditions. He has no plans to return, I guess when the money runs out.
IMO, people like him are the real heroes.
Actually what I was referring to was the verbatim quoting of the article in the text of the summary.
I appreciate your sense of humor, but I find it odd that /. would publish this post, which is a clear plagiarism of this article on CRM.
Perhaps Microsoft can demonstrate prior art and apply for a patent?
(cat tongue > cheek)
3. Use said knowledge to build a capitalist empire.
2. ???
1. Profit!
to be pure invective, and an obvious attempt to score points with the OSS crowd. There are grounds to criticize software in both the OSS and Microsoft camps, but impugning the motives of those who raise the criticism weakens the argument... at least IMO.
Sorry, not trying to upset the proverbial applecart here, but your link does not refer to any actual statistics. And simply running Eclipse (which I do btw) is by no means a benchmark, any more than running SourceGear's .NET products are. Just an observation. I would however be interested in some legitimate objective comparisons if there are any.
Do you have any stats I could look at to support your statement? Just curious...
And what's that silly fox gumming, Lithuania?
Since programming is an art, we ought to be able to classify types of programmers. Here is a start;
The Picasso programmer: As a whole the system works, but each piece is a warped view of reality.
The Jackson Pollack programmer: Throws code at the system, trying to see what works.
The Georges Seurat programmer: When you step back from the system, you can see the overall pattern, but close up each piece is totally distinct from all of the others. (Actually, this is a pretty good description of OO design).
The Michalangelo programmer: Has a grand, sweeping view of what the system should do, but each piece is done in such meticulous detail that it takes years to finish anything.
Thing is, now he's ecstatic about Avalon (words like "cool" and "sexy" flow freely) for the exact reason he snubbed OSX. Go figure. I guess whatever "camp" you happen to be in also influences your sense of the aesthetic.
Carmack, there is no reason to post AC here.
I'm alarmed by your sig.
There is no "market" in suing the general public.
cat /var/log/* | less and you'll find some interesting and even personal stuff. The accumulation of diagnostic data isn't the real concern, it's the transfer to external sources. I question the legality of sending document data if, for example, it contains protected heathcare information (as many of my documents do) it may violate HIPAA.
Where do I get one of these? No, I want it now