Probably because all that code is already in place. Rewriting the kernel and basic system libraries/tools was the goal for Vista, for reasons of security and to add new features. There was no need to touch apps like notepad and paint, because their functionality/interfaces have not changed -- it would be silly to port them to.NET simply for the sake of porting them.
Hi-larious -- you were cracking at 12 and now you're stuck building websites with PHP? Sorry, but that's regression if I ever heard of it...or you're trolling.
(I'd personally say the latter, given that you think an MVC framework in PHP is a cause for celebration.)
Dude,.NET already does this. Get over your fears of M$ monopolies and just use it!
What people should be spending time on is Mono -- make that a worthy tool, and we're set.
Aren't fullerenes ridiculously expensive to manufacture? As in so expensive the entire human race has only (intentionally) managed to produce a few grams?
Maybe that's the true vaporware-nature-ness of this "discovery". If I'm not mistaken, a sheet woven from fullerenes would automatically have the sort of strength they're boasting of, simply by virtue of the chemical nature of fullerenes. It's like saying, "ooh, we've created artificial lighting systems out of luminescent bacteria that are 10x longer-lasting than light bulbs. Now we just have to go out and collect enough luminescent bacteria..."
Tech CEOs are not important in the greater scheme of things. Blackberries are bought in the hundreds by investment banks for their new graduates, as well as for every level of management. These are people who use computers every day, but whose primary functions are more along the lines of research, analysis and client relations. They use computers for spreadsheets and word processing, but aren't really bothered about learning more.
Outside of investment banks, the same is true in government, law and other areas of business.
These people *swear* by their Blackberries. Just ask them.
Here's the problem with that argument. Management almost inevitably gears on the hipness factor when making strategic technology decisions. Only when you have an engineer high enough on the ladder to counteract these morons does Good Technology (tm) stand a chance against Hip Technology (tm).
I work for a bulge-bracket IB, so I have many examples to give. My favourite centers around web apps: although at this point it is universally recognized that the JSP/Servlet scheme is over-engineered for the kind of simple web apps developers write day in and day out (think web traffic monitoring for a small team website, or a simple web-based way to start a regression run, or a web-based system to get `top` output from a specified server), a quality web development platform like RoR is not approved for use. Perl was grudgingly allowed in a few years back, but not early enough to prevent the regression system from being written in a mixture of Make and Java that scares the shit out of me.
Oh, and to answer some of the other comments I've read so far: - PHP is crap. Don't fight it, just move to a better language. There's no reason for you to subject yourself to this humiliation. At this point, even VB users have moved to a real language. -.NET is not actively displacing Java in industry -- anyone who tells you that is lying. However, it is increasingly being picked for new projects, particularly those involving (real-time) GUIs, and that *will* shift the numbers over time. It's important to note that.NET is a very high quality platform and there's really no reason any more to do GUIs in Java. (I've thrown down the gauntlet there, I fully expect some Java zealot to try to smack me with it...) - Importantly, Java's still king on the server-side, because it can run on racks and racks of cheap *nix blades. Many companies are investigating how best to set up MS infrastructure and support, and compared to *nix, it's a nightmare. - Put the last two points together and you get this one: companies are indeed reverting to the client-server model, putting heavy-duty processing on the Java/*nix-side and the real-time display on the.NET/desktop side. Not a bad compromise for everyone, eh? - C++/C continues to occupy the minds of a select few who still sneer at Java and scoff at.NET. This may make perfect sense in embedded systems or 3D games, but I see less reason for this in my industry every day.
Here's the problem with that argument. Management almost inevitably gears on the hipness factor when making strategic technology decisions. Only when you have an engineer high enough on the ladder to counteract these morons does Good Technology (tm) stand a chance against Hip Technology (tm).
I work for a bulge-bracket IB, so I have many examples to give. My favourite centers around web apps: although at this point it is universally recognized that the JSP/Servlet scheme is over-engineered for the kind of simple web apps developers write day in and day out (think web traffic monitoring for a small team website, or a simple web-based way to start a regression run, or a web-based system to get
top
output from a specified server), a quality web development platform like RoR is not approved for use. Perl was grudgingly allowed in a few years back, but not early enough to prevent the regression system from being written in a mixture of Make and Java that scares the shit out of me.
Oh, and to answer some of the other comments I've read so far:
- PHP is crap. Don't fight it, just move to a better language. There's no reason for you to subject yourself to this humiliation. At this point, even VB users have moved to a real language.
-.NET is not actively displacing Java in industry -- anyone who tells you that is lying. However, it is increasingly being picked for new projects, particularly those involving (real-time) GUIs, and that *will* shift the numbers over time. It's important to note that.NET is a very high quality platform and there's really no reason any more to do GUIs in Java. (I've thrown down the gauntlet there, I fully expect some Java zealot to try to smack me with it...)
- Importantly, Java's still king on the server-side, because it can run on racks and racks of cheap *nix blades. Many companies are investigating how best to set up MS infrastructure and support, and compared to *nix, it's a nightmare.
- Put the last two points together and you get this one: companies are indeed reverting to the client-server model, putting heavy-duty processing on the Java/*nix-side and the real-time display on the.NET/desktop side. Not a bad compromise for everyone, eh?
- C++/C continues to occupy the minds of a select few who still sneer at Java and scoff at.NET. This may make perfect sense in embedded systems or 3D games, but I see less reason for this in my industry every day.
Yeah dude, AJAX sucks, which makes sense since it's a Microsoft technology, but huh, who do they think they are, claiming to have 'invented' AJAX with that XmlHttp thing?! Loooooosers!
I could do the same thing with any of several open-source data-mining packages (see Weka, http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/) and a spare weekend. There's simply so much data available in the form of Billboard charts extending over 65 years that it would be trivial to define a bunch of parameters and run any of several well-defined models to generate a simple binary classification.
You're missing the point: the Linux kernel is valuable, but on its own it's far from remarkable. There are plenty of other kernels around, some with sizeable communities. The two factors that make Linux the earth-shattering, ground-breaking force it is are:
- The universe of utilities and software that make life fun and easy. GNU-licensed software certainly plays a huge part here, providing building-blocks that we take for granted today -- 'ps', for example. Have you ever tried using 'ps' on a Solaris box? It's a massive pain -- I have to do 'ps -auxwww' rather than my default 'ps -ef' to get a decent printout of the processes. In addition, there are countless other products, some commercial. - The die-hard community of Linux super-freaks.
This project is awesome because it will allow all our favourite GNU utilities, and hopefully other software, to be available by default on Solaris (you can build them from source right now if you're desperate). It also lowers the barrier-to-entry for the super-freaks, who will have all the familiar Linux goodness of Debian available, as well as the pieces that Sun's built into Solaris (virtualization/containers, DTrace...which really is quite amazing).
There's a common misconception that Linux now mirrors everything *BSD and Solaris provide -- nothing could be further from the truth. Each OS still boasts areas of excellence (or focus, anyway) that the others would do well to learn from. Or, as free software is supposed to work, include rather than replicate.
Hardly a small problem -- in fact, VCs everywhere have been desperately looking for someone to fill this niche. That it's an established player, PayPal, that makes it first to the scene is understandable, but something entrepreneurs should put down as a missed opportunity. For context, the issue of micropayments was addressed by two other/. favorites, Business 2.0: http://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/print/0,1 7925,1096807,00.html/ and Paul Graham: http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html/
Back to the drawing board...doh!
Here's the obligatory BSD troll...err, post.
Because if you want:
- security: use OpenBSD!
- portability: use NetBSD!
- performance: use FreeBSD!
Umm...and if you want all three, sorry.
It has nothing to do with RAID-on-laptops -- this is a strategic move because Intel's planning to use Centrino-like chips in servers pretty soon, as highlighted here (and in other, better articles): http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/12/technology/intel.r eut/
Intel has a good chance of consolidating the underlying infrastructure across all their product lines, which would be a massive win and really benefit from economies of scale.
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Probably because all that code is already in place. Rewriting the kernel and basic system libraries/tools was the goal for Vista, for reasons of security and to add new features. There was no need to touch apps like notepad and paint, because their functionality/interfaces have not changed -- it would be silly to port them to .NET simply for the sake of porting them.
Hi-larious -- you were cracking at 12 and now you're stuck building websites with PHP? Sorry, but that's regression if I ever heard of it...or you're trolling. (I'd personally say the latter, given that you think an MVC framework in PHP is a cause for celebration.)
Dude, .NET already does this. Get over your fears of M$ monopolies and just use it!
What people should be spending time on is Mono -- make that a worthy tool, and we're set.
Try HURD for recursive acronyms.
Why doesn't someone sue Bush/the government?
Aren't fullerenes ridiculously expensive to manufacture? As in so expensive the entire human race has only (intentionally) managed to produce a few grams? Maybe that's the true vaporware-nature-ness of this "discovery". If I'm not mistaken, a sheet woven from fullerenes would automatically have the sort of strength they're boasting of, simply by virtue of the chemical nature of fullerenes. It's like saying, "ooh, we've created artificial lighting systems out of luminescent bacteria that are 10x longer-lasting than light bulbs. Now we just have to go out and collect enough luminescent bacteria..."
Tech CEOs are not important in the greater scheme of things. Blackberries are bought in the hundreds by investment banks for their new graduates, as well as for every level of management. These are people who use computers every day, but whose primary functions are more along the lines of research, analysis and client relations. They use computers for spreadsheets and word processing, but aren't really bothered about learning more.
Outside of investment banks, the same is true in government, law and other areas of business.
These people *swear* by their Blackberries. Just ask them.
Balls, my last post got freaky-formatted...
.NET is not actively displacing Java in industry -- anyone who tells you that is lying. However, it is increasingly being picked for new projects, particularly those involving (real-time) GUIs, and that *will* shift the numbers over time. It's important to note that .NET is a very high quality platform and there's really no reason any more to do GUIs in Java. (I've thrown down the gauntlet there, I fully expect some Java zealot to try to smack me with it...) .NET/desktop side. Not a bad compromise for everyone, eh? .NET. This may make perfect sense in embedded systems or 3D games, but I see less reason for this in my industry every day.
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Here's the problem with that argument. Management almost inevitably gears on the hipness factor when making strategic technology decisions. Only when you have an engineer high enough on the ladder to counteract these morons does Good Technology (tm) stand a chance against Hip Technology (tm).
I work for a bulge-bracket IB, so I have many examples to give. My favourite centers around web apps: although at this point it is universally recognized that the JSP/Servlet scheme is over-engineered for the kind of simple web apps developers write day in and day out (think web traffic monitoring for a small team website, or a simple web-based way to start a regression run, or a web-based system to get `top` output from a specified server), a quality web development platform like RoR is not approved for use. Perl was grudgingly allowed in a few years back, but not early enough to prevent the regression system from being written in a mixture of Make and Java that scares the shit out of me.
Oh, and to answer some of the other comments I've read so far:
- PHP is crap. Don't fight it, just move to a better language. There's no reason for you to subject yourself to this humiliation. At this point, even VB users have moved to a real language.
-
- Importantly, Java's still king on the server-side, because it can run on racks and racks of cheap *nix blades. Many companies are investigating how best to set up MS infrastructure and support, and compared to *nix, it's a nightmare.
- Put the last two points together and you get this one: companies are indeed reverting to the client-server model, putting heavy-duty processing on the Java/*nix-side and the real-time display on the
- C++/C continues to occupy the minds of a select few who still sneer at Java and scoff at
Yeah dude, AJAX sucks, which makes sense since it's a Microsoft technology, but huh, who do they think they are, claiming to have 'invented' AJAX with that XmlHttp thing?! Loooooosers!
I could do the same thing with any of several open-source data-mining packages (see Weka, http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/) and a spare weekend. There's simply so much data available in the form of Billboard charts extending over 65 years that it would be trivial to define a bunch of parameters and run any of several well-defined models to generate a simple binary classification.
You're missing the point: the Linux kernel is valuable, but on its own it's far from remarkable. There are plenty of other kernels around, some with sizeable communities. The two factors that make Linux the earth-shattering, ground-breaking force it is are:
- The universe of utilities and software that make life fun and easy. GNU-licensed software certainly plays a huge part here, providing building-blocks that we take for granted today -- 'ps', for example. Have you ever tried using 'ps' on a Solaris box? It's a massive pain -- I have to do 'ps -auxwww' rather than my default 'ps -ef' to get a decent printout of the processes. In addition, there are countless other products, some commercial.
- The die-hard community of Linux super-freaks.
This project is awesome because it will allow all our favourite GNU utilities, and hopefully other software, to be available by default on Solaris (you can build them from source right now if you're desperate). It also lowers the barrier-to-entry for the super-freaks, who will have all the familiar Linux goodness of Debian available, as well as the pieces that Sun's built into Solaris (virtualization/containers, DTrace...which really is quite amazing).
There's a common misconception that Linux now mirrors everything *BSD and Solaris provide -- nothing could be further from the truth. Each OS still boasts areas of excellence (or focus, anyway) that the others would do well to learn from. Or, as free software is supposed to work, include rather than replicate.
Hardly a small problem -- in fact, VCs everywhere have been desperately looking for someone to fill this niche. That it's an established player, PayPal, that makes it first to the scene is understandable, but something entrepreneurs should put down as a missed opportunity. For context, the issue of micropayments was addressed by two other /. favorites, Business 2.0: http://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/print/0,1 7925,1096807,00.html/ and Paul Graham: http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html/
Back to the drawing board...doh!
Here's the obligatory BSD troll...err, post. Because if you want: - security: use OpenBSD! - portability: use NetBSD! - performance: use FreeBSD! Umm...and if you want all three, sorry.
Mate, you're a VB6 haxor trying to turn a much better offering *back* into VB6 -- you just might be a moron yourself!
It has nothing to do with RAID-on-laptops -- this is a strategic move because Intel's planning to use Centrino-like chips in servers pretty soon, as highlighted here (and in other, better articles): http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/12/technology/intel.r eut/
Intel has a good chance of consolidating the underlying infrastructure across all their product lines, which would be a massive win and really benefit from economies of scale.