I constantly hear people say all the ways you CAN make money doing OSS. The fact is, I have not heard these things from a single person actually DOING them.
It's like hearing fat people talk about how you should diet. While there's something to the ideology that they would know more then someone who has never had to worry about their weight... you're still not going to take them seriously.
Companies most certainly do buy software from single person companies called Micro-ISVs, if you don't believe me check out Eric Sinks articles on the subject. He is someone who has done it (both open and closed).
Ok, I suppose this is more of a question then a comment. But it seems to me, there is nothing stopping Intel from creating a chip of any architecture.
When a chip manufacturer invests their 2 billion to create the latest chip, they are investing in the technology that allows them to create chips at the.11 micron scale NOT x86 specifically, but any chip at that scale. We used to have a joke in Digital Design, that you first chip you make costs 2 billion, every other chip is free.
So why can't Apple give Intel an architecutre and say "Make this" just like anyone would send a PCB out to be printed by a company that does that?
So, assuming Intel can produce RISC chips if they want to (which seems logical to me), I think it makes more sense that Apple is looking at Intel as a chip manufacturer as opposed to buying Pentiums. Because Intel has proven it can produce tons of volume, Apple will not run into the same problems with production that they are having with IBM. Intel will also be able to use their shiny chip building plant, to make an entire new line of chips thus increasing the ROI for Intel.
I see this as a win-win business decision, not as an architecture change for Apple.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but so far I have not seen anything saying "Apple announces move to x86/Pentium platform for OS X" all I hear is Apple is changing chip vendors (aka the people who make the chips).
I believe it was a Tom Baker episde where, using the rod of Rassilon and the sash of *cough* the President of Gallifray could be given infinite regenerations. Also, in this episode The Doctor becomes the president... again...
just my 2c.
Also, expect your social life to take a huge hit if you don't follow your age group to college.
I agree with this 100% from personal expeirence. You are too young to go out with the guys from work, your friends in college have little to no money to do stuff with even though you have money.
I'm now in school, and my friends graduated so I kinda got doubly screwed as they all have money and now I don't.
Also you might develope the wrong attitude about school after being in the 'real world'. There's this funny notion that when you pay somebody, they work for you... and that's completely WRONG in school. (this happened to me as well)
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I constantly hear people say all the ways you CAN make money doing OSS. The fact is, I have not heard these things from a single person actually DOING them. It's like hearing fat people talk about how you should diet. While there's something to the ideology that they would know more then someone who has never had to worry about their weight... you're still not going to take them seriously. Companies most certainly do buy software from single person companies called Micro-ISVs, if you don't believe me check out Eric Sinks articles on the subject. He is someone who has done it (both open and closed).
Ok, I suppose this is more of a question then a comment. But it seems to me, there is nothing stopping Intel from creating a chip of any architecture.
When a chip manufacturer invests their 2 billion to create the latest chip, they are investing in the technology that allows them to create chips at the .11 micron scale NOT x86 specifically, but any chip at that scale. We used to have a joke in Digital Design, that you first chip you make costs 2 billion, every other chip is free.
So why can't Apple give Intel an architecutre and say "Make this" just like anyone would send a PCB out to be printed by a company that does that?
So, assuming Intel can produce RISC chips if they want to (which seems logical to me), I think it makes more sense that Apple is looking at Intel as a chip manufacturer as opposed to buying Pentiums. Because Intel has proven it can produce tons of volume, Apple will not run into the same problems with production that they are having with IBM. Intel will also be able to use their shiny chip building plant, to make an entire new line of chips thus increasing the ROI for Intel.
I see this as a win-win business decision, not as an architecture change for Apple.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but so far I have not seen anything saying "Apple announces move to x86/Pentium platform for OS X" all I hear is Apple is changing chip vendors (aka the people who make the chips).
I believe it was a Tom Baker episde where, using the rod of Rassilon and the sash of *cough* the President of Gallifray could be given infinite regenerations. Also, in this episode The Doctor becomes the president... again... just my 2c.
I agree with this 100% from personal expeirence. You are too young to go out with the guys from work, your friends in college have little to no money to do stuff with even though you have money.
I'm now in school, and my friends graduated so I kinda got doubly screwed as they all have money and now I don't.
Also you might develope the wrong attitude about school after being in the 'real world'. There's this funny notion that when you pay somebody, they work for you... and that's completely WRONG in school. (this happened to me as well)