I can't write code for the sake of the technology alone - I need to know that the code is useful for others, and the only way to measure the usefulness is by the amount of money that the people are willing to part with to have access to my work.
Sorry open source fanatics, your world is not for me!
It's so ironic... open source programmers work KNOWING that their code will be useful for others. And yet he goes because he wants to see how much money he earns from code.
I can't write code for the sake of the technology alone - I need to know that the code is useful for me, and the only way to measure the usefulness for me is by the amount of money that the people are willing to part with to have access to my work.
There, fixed.
P.S. Has anyone noticed the Irony that his blog is owned by Google? P.P.S. Read the blog people, the guy's being hammered by his readers:) P.P.P.S. I tagged the article "troll".
While I applaud Netflix, I think it's odd/funny/sad/hilarious that we make a big deal when "companies listen to their customers".
Isn't that what they are supposed to be doing?
Netflix and Profiles feature... check. Microsoft and the XP sales... Stop 0x0000001e (c000009a 80123f36 02000000 00000246) Unhandled Kernel exception c000009a from 8123f26 Address has base at 80100000 steve.exe
I can't bring myself to read an article with "cloud" in it unless it's about weather, flying, or sunshine. There is no cloud.
I sure as hell hope it wasn't Stallman who used that ugly yuppified buzzword.
Whenever you talk security and encryption, you're very likely to make diagrams of Alice, Bob, and "the cloud". What's so yuppified about that? This very message arrived to Slashdot through "the cloud".
Software Developers need to eat too. There is no way I would release anything under 'AGPL' or even 'GPL' if it was important to my core business. How am I supposed to pay for a roof over my head!?
Maybe by RENTING developer hours for the same price as the code being "sold"? Just because the source is available doesn't make making changes easy. Go ahead, try to fork the Linux kernel and see if you don't end up with something unstable. You need to hire professionals for that. Why would a web application be different?
Selling software is going the way of the dinosaur. You can embrace the new business model of customizing F/OSS, or follow SCO. Your choice.
No, I'm serious. Get a picture from the Microsoft Headquarters, and from a building, add a chair breaking a window and falling to the floor. Cartoonize it, and you're done!:)
The whole idea of cigarette vending machines is itself fantastically stupid if there is an age cutoff for the legal purchase of cigarettes. Can you just imagine what Japan would be like if marijuana were legal there?
Let's say that instead of someone beating the shit out of me, they're coming at me with a knife -- except that they're a surgeon performing a medical procedure I opted into. Is it still the police officer's job to "protect" me from something I'm doing by choice?
The problem is that the cop is not "protecting you", but the human inside you.
So it should be illegal for me to get a tumor cut out of me -- because a DNA test would show that it's human?
Nope. The DNA test shows that it's a HUMAN TUMOR. A biologist clearly knows the difference between a differenced human cell, a stem cell, a cancerous cell, and a human embryo.
But I think that this has more to do with the longterm consequences for the human race. What happens if all humans are genetically selected and accidentally a necessary gene for the survival of humanity is lost?
You know, I think I'll tag the article "whatcouldpossiblygowrong".
Oh my, chills just went up my spine imagining a central government in charge of code - with no option to fork. Newsflash! Recently the Chinese govt. reports that an undisclosed company just sent, as part of a negotiation to establish their new headquarters in China, an undisclosed amount of chairs for a new olympic event: Chair tossing.
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It's so ironic... open source programmers work KNOWING that their code will be useful for others. And yet he goes because he wants to see how much money he earns from code.
There, fixed.
P.S. Has anyone noticed the Irony that his blog is owned by Google? :)
P.P.S. Read the blog people, the guy's being hammered by his readers
P.P.P.S. I tagged the article "troll".
Microsoft has more testers.
Therefore, Microsoft's products are better than Google's.
*bzzt* - ERROR - OVERLOAD - ERROR *bzzt*
While I applaud Netflix, I think it's odd/funny/sad/hilarious that we make a big deal when "companies listen to their customers".
Isn't that what they are supposed to be doing?
Netflix and Profiles feature... check.
Microsoft and the XP sales... Stop 0x0000001e (c000009a 80123f36 02000000 00000246)
Unhandled Kernel exception c000009a from 8123f26
Address has base at 80100000 steve.exe
I was pleasantly surprised to find the same email (and submitted to Slashdot) on this. I look forward to continuing to use this feature.
Same here. I look forward to continuing to use the slashdot submit feature, too!
Indeed. This is a strange new move by the borg.
This reminds me the episode of House M.D. when he started acting nice one day and everyone began freaking out.
You should chill out and think of this being more of a partial victory than an enemy's plan.
I'm sure this move was somewhat forced to please the European Union or something.
In any case, I'm sure this would be just what Sun needs to make OpenOffice(.org) more compatible with MS Office than MS Office itself :)
I can't bring myself to read an article with "cloud" in it unless it's about weather, flying, or sunshine. There is no cloud.
I sure as hell hope it wasn't Stallman who used that ugly yuppified buzzword.
Whenever you talk security and encryption, you're very likely to make diagrams of Alice, Bob, and "the cloud". What's so yuppified about that? This very message arrived to Slashdot through "the cloud".
People don't get it.
Software Developers need to eat too.
There is no way I would release anything under 'AGPL' or even 'GPL' if it was important to my core business. How am I supposed to pay for a roof over my head!?
Maybe by RENTING developer hours for the same price as the code being "sold"? Just because the source is available doesn't make making changes easy. Go ahead, try to fork the Linux kernel and see if you don't end up with something unstable. You need to hire professionals for that. Why would a web application be different?
Selling software is going the way of the dinosaur. You can embrace the new business model of customizing F/OSS, or follow SCO. Your choice.
I should remove the bloodninja quotes from my facebook profile. No wonder I don't get any dates :'(
I vote for a chair breaking a Window :D
No, I'm serious. Get a picture from the Microsoft Headquarters, and from a building, add a chair breaking a window and falling to the floor. Cartoonize it, and you're done! :)
The whole idea of cigarette vending machines is itself fantastically stupid if there is an age cutoff for the legal purchase of cigarettes. Can you just imagine what Japan would be like if marijuana were legal there?
I can! :)
Your phrase reminded me of good ol' Darth, so...
Jedi Mind trick #147: Fooling a cigarrette vending machine.
"These aren't the underages you're looking for" (waves magazine)
Oops :P
how about you wait until we're at the point where the human race is organised enough to provide every person with food and water
As long as there's greed, that won't happen. And unfortunately, it's the greedy people who have political power.
My point was that Ballmer obviously set up people he trusted below him. And you know how this goes.
is if Ballmer and the Gates people are no longer at the top. And that ain't gonna happen.
Let's say that instead of someone beating the shit out of me, they're coming at me with a knife -- except that they're a surgeon performing a medical procedure I opted into. Is it still the police officer's job to "protect" me from something I'm doing by choice?
The problem is that the cop is not "protecting you", but the human inside you.
So it should be illegal for me to get a tumor cut out of me -- because a DNA test would show that it's human?
Nope. The DNA test shows that it's a HUMAN TUMOR. A biologist clearly knows the difference between a differenced human cell, a stem cell, a cancerous cell, and a human embryo.
You're absolutely right.
But I think that this has more to do with the longterm consequences for the human race. What happens if all humans are genetically selected and accidentally a necessary gene for the survival of humanity is lost?
You know, I think I'll tag the article "whatcouldpossiblygowrong".
What? Are you expecting Microsoft to hold a download-IE8 and break-the-world record event?
There, fixed that for you.
The only solution is to reformat you system with Divorce 1.0.
I don't understand what the big fuss is - Microsoft doesn't really make money off of IE.
1. Require sites to use MS-IE.
2. IE requires Microsoft Windows.
3. Profit!!
Has this not already been posted?
Yes, it has.
Tagged oldnews.
If it projects an image over a solid object (that can crush your hand if you touch it, btw), it's definitely NOT holographic.
This reminds me of code freeze cycles in open source projects... as annoying as they may be for developers (and some users), they're necessary.