Hardware concerns aside, shouldn't bulky processes such as business logic be placed at the controller level? And shouldn't the controller level be placed on the server instead of the client?
I call bullshit. Try explaining to your boss that you can save the company $700 bucks with a wonderfully made application with a lot of really nice bells and whistles.
Then wait for the dreaded question... "What's the name of this dreamy app?!"
Answer: "GIMP... like.. you know.. a gimp?"
As much as we enjoy watching great innovations come out of corporations who employ amazing talent, occassionally we get a quick and dirty reminder that these companies (Apple, Amazon, Google, etc.) are just as worried about the bottom dollar as M$.
If it weren't for porn, the Internet wouldn't be nearly as whiz bang as it is today.
OS casts Lightning on DarkQueenM$'s (~Level 43 Necromancer) Outlook Abomination.
Outlook Abomination shrugs it off and continues being worthless while DarkQueenM$ becomes enraged despite being unable to move under its own own cumbersome weight.
Agreed. I believe those developers who are not confident in their abilities would want such a safety net, but this will do nothing but make those in the union less and less competitive. The best developers don't want to be a part of the herd, they want to distinguish themselves from it through outstanding performance. The union mentality will act counter to this.
As suggested in Graham's essay, "Hackers and Painters" we developers are makers. By turning our profession into more of an assembly line type of job we are hurting our professional chances by taking away the only positive elements that distinguish ourselves from the overseas competition, mainly, intelligent creativity.
I believe the underlying issue at hand is the declining usability gap between Microsoft products and all others. Not only are the other technology companies getting better at catering to the average customer, but the average customer is getting more and more savvy.
All it takes is one glimpse of the other side of the coin to realize that there are wonderful products out there that don't include M$. That glimpse could be Firefox, iPod, KDE or VI... well... maybe not KDE.
Certainly there are those who are looking for jobs, I don't deny that, but why does everyone think that being a techie in the U.S. is so terrible? Sure, talk bad about those dirty rotten scoundrels in India taking your $50K/year job.. those terrible job pirates can now put food on their table. How dare they?! I don't claim to be the expert on this, but I truly believe that there are jobs out there. Do you have to look hard and accept salaries that don't allow you to keep that 3 story castle you bought in the 90's? Maybe. Suck it up America, we have it pretty darn good.
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Hardware concerns aside, shouldn't bulky processes such as business logic be placed at the controller level? And shouldn't the controller level be placed on the server instead of the client?
There has to be some algorithm to compute slashdot opinion sway on such topics... possibly taking id size and other stats into account ;-)
Man, this is horrible, but I'm automatically going to trust the guy with the three digit id.
"Key Largo", with Bogart, is one I'd definitely recommend.
I call bullshit. Try explaining to your boss that you can save the company $700 bucks with a wonderfully made application with a lot of really nice bells and whistles. Then wait for the dreaded question... "What's the name of this dreamy app?!" Answer: "GIMP... like.. you know.. a gimp?"
As much as we enjoy watching great innovations come out of corporations who employ amazing talent, occassionally we get a quick and dirty reminder that these companies (Apple, Amazon, Google, etc.) are just as worried about the bottom dollar as M$. If it weren't for porn, the Internet wouldn't be nearly as whiz bang as it is today.
I'd be pretty impressed if you could pull a purely conceptual idea from your rectum.
OS casts Lightning on DarkQueenM$'s (~Level 43 Necromancer) Outlook Abomination. Outlook Abomination shrugs it off and continues being worthless while DarkQueenM$ becomes enraged despite being unable to move under its own own cumbersome weight.
Agreed. I believe those developers who are not confident in their abilities would want such a safety net, but this will do nothing but make those in the union less and less competitive. The best developers don't want to be a part of the herd, they want to distinguish themselves from it through outstanding performance. The union mentality will act counter to this. As suggested in Graham's essay, "Hackers and Painters" we developers are makers. By turning our profession into more of an assembly line type of job we are hurting our professional chances by taking away the only positive elements that distinguish ourselves from the overseas competition, mainly, intelligent creativity.
I believe the underlying issue at hand is the declining usability gap between Microsoft products and all others. Not only are the other technology companies getting better at catering to the average customer, but the average customer is getting more and more savvy. All it takes is one glimpse of the other side of the coin to realize that there are wonderful products out there that don't include M$. That glimpse could be Firefox, iPod, KDE or VI... well... maybe not KDE.
Certainly there are those who are looking for jobs, I don't deny that, but why does everyone think that being a techie in the U.S. is so terrible? Sure, talk bad about those dirty rotten scoundrels in India taking your $50K/year job.. those terrible job pirates can now put food on their table. How dare they?! I don't claim to be the expert on this, but I truly believe that there are jobs out there. Do you have to look hard and accept salaries that don't allow you to keep that 3 story castle you bought in the 90's? Maybe. Suck it up America, we have it pretty darn good.