I think you are missing a key point. This service is an enabler. The risk profile for launching a new application is reduced because Joe Blow with a great application idea does not have to procure the gear and cage space to make it run. They can start withing the cloud and then plan a move to their own systems if they have the good problem of rapid adoption and growth.
For application developers I see: lower risk, lower cost. This is enabling. Developers will have less need for large companies and VC's to get off the ground. This is emancipation! More stuff will get tried. Consumers will win. Hooray!
The deal will happen. If BEA wanted to stay independent they would have just said they were not selling. The fact that they said the offer was too low is negotiation.
What happens to Oracle's OAS team and product if this happens? OAS has been soundly whipped by BEA in the marketplace and they are basically both the same thing.
Please don't read this and think that you or your loved ones should avoid an appendectomy if you need one. Nearly all appendectomies are performed on painfully sick people who are facing certain, slow, painful death without an appendectomy.
When I had mine removed, I heard that it was for digesting cellulose, including twigs, bark, and other rough plant material. I had to give up my wood chip grazing habit. I was also sad to acknowledge that an appendicitis is curtains for a rabbit.
No, I don't. Creating such a thing would require a large effort involving the collusion of thousands of people. Given that broad set of implementors, and the US traditions of freedom of the press, something like you describe would be impossible to keep secret. I don't doubt that there are probably several neo-fascist law makers in the US that would advocate for this. However, given what I have laid out, they would have to do it in the open rather than in secret.
I thought Socialism was about the ideal of giving power to the people rather than an elite oligarchy. What the hell happened? Censorship usually comes from an insecure and weak oligarchy desperate to maintain privilege.
What's the difference between soup and gravy? That's the question that comes to mind whenever I hear someone trying to describe the difference between open source and free. There's a lot of fud, flame, and passion out there and its very confusing for most people. Most people just want shit that works.
It opens the door to more developers. Today if you write a facebook application that holds user data, then you'd better be ready to build out a large infrastructure to store that data if your application becomes popular. In a world where facebook will store end user application data the little guy developers have a chance.
This venture is getting $3 million in start up capital? That's less than the Microsoft Outlook team spends on coffee and donuts. Is this targeted for single users or are they going after enterprise email? If they are going after enterprise then they'll need a lot of money and a lot of years.
It's been done in Santa Cruz California. Where, it turns out, it is a crime to feed a meter unless it is your car parked there. Check out this story about the famous Mr Twister.
I like the fact that our society is open enough that this information and this debate is public. There are many governments in this world today who would not allow this information to be released and would make the decision based on cloaked objectives and goals. The USA has its problems (e.g. the stupidity of Iraq) but it sets us apart that this is happening in the open. Nobody is going to get arrested for debating or questioning this intense and sensitive topic.
Go ahead and tell that to others who would sensor the internet, such as the US Senate and the government of the Peoples Republic of China. Both blather on about using force to make the internet safe. They're really just trying to stay in power. One by manipulating ignorant fear and one through imprisoning dissenters. Both need your attention.
Focus on the 12 years you worked in the industry. Make a list of everyone you worked with. Don't be cautious with the list. Include even the most junior people because some of them are now hiring managers and they will remember you. Track everyone of them down and make contact. Let them know you are looking. They may not hire you directly but they will know someone who is looking.
I've been a software engineering manager for a long time. I don't blame the higher education system. Nearly all CS programs cover enough of the basics to form a foundation for lifetime learning in CS. The rest is up to the student and their own innate passion. If they have a passion for the technology and chose CS as a labor of love, then they'll do fine. There have been many graduates of CS programs who declared CS majors when counseled to 'get into computers' by a high school guidance counselor. I always look for the passion players when I hire people. I avoid the people who chose CS as a 'sensible career in computers'. I've seen some passionate lovers of CS that come from tiny state universities run circles around graduates of Stanford, MIT, and Berkely.
I work in an office where there are nice projectors in every conference room and everyone has a lap top. Still, there are a few dinosaurs that bring stacks of printed slides for everyone in a meetingif they are presenting. Why do some people still do this? In my opinion, and printer is about as valuable in a modern office as horse stalls are in a modern firehouse.
The big picture is that the kids need great teachers who challenge them and parents encourage their kids to work hard in school. The rest is mouse nuts. If you pick this battle, then the more important one will suffer.
Do what you love to do. This is your one shot at life. For me, the choice was CS. I can't even imagine what an 'IT' degree is. CS will lay the ground work to create and understand any IT technology.
I'm hopeful that this becomes practical because, as a progressive, I want to see individuals at all income levels to be enabled to meet their personal transportation needs. There are some folks who call themselves progressive who want to use governmental force to coerce individuals out of personal cars and into mass transit. That's not progressive at all. In that Utopia, only the rich will have access to personal transportation. That's regressive.
So, funding research into affordable alternatives to gasoline for personal transportation is a progressive ideal.
I voted for W in 2000 because I thought Gore was an empty suit being handled by a slick campaign. I knew better by 2004 but it was too late. I'll never vote for the son of a president again. W will spend his life trying to prove he stands on his own two feet, without daddy, even if it means leading my children onto a battlefield. Screw you W.
I'm sorry, but the most important ranking criteria is missing. How about working on a product that, in itself, gives you joy? Let's face facts. Most of us spend the best part of waking hours, at least 5 of 7 days per week, pouring all available energy into this job. If you don't love it and you don't have an emotional alignment with the product then that effort is unhealthy for you.
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You can dismiss it as overly melodramatic. That's easy for you but you might want to ask The Tank Man if he was just being melodramatic that day.
I think you are missing a key point. This service is an enabler. The risk profile for launching a new application is reduced because Joe Blow with a great application idea does not have to procure the gear and cage space to make it run. They can start withing the cloud and then plan a move to their own systems if they have the good problem of rapid adoption and growth.
For application developers I see: lower risk, lower cost. This is enabling. Developers will have less need for large companies and VC's to get off the ground. This is emancipation! More stuff will get tried. Consumers will win. Hooray!
The deal will happen. If BEA wanted to stay independent they would have just said they were not selling. The fact that they said the offer was too low is negotiation.
What happens to Oracle's OAS team and product if this happens? OAS has been soundly whipped by BEA in the marketplace and they are basically both the same thing.
Please don't read this and think that you or your loved ones should avoid an appendectomy if you need one. Nearly all appendectomies are performed on painfully sick people who are facing certain, slow, painful death without an appendectomy.
When I had mine removed, I heard that it was for digesting cellulose, including twigs, bark, and other rough plant material. I had to give up my wood chip grazing habit. I was also sad to acknowledge that an appendicitis is curtains for a rabbit.
Really? And they also censor newspapers, magazines, etc? How do they pull that off? Which government agency handles that?
No, I don't. Creating such a thing would require a large effort involving the collusion of thousands of people. Given that broad set of implementors, and the US traditions of freedom of the press, something like you describe would be impossible to keep secret. I don't doubt that there are probably several neo-fascist law makers in the US that would advocate for this. However, given what I have laid out, they would have to do it in the open rather than in secret.
I thought Socialism was about the ideal of giving power to the people rather than an elite oligarchy. What the hell happened? Censorship usually comes from an insecure and weak oligarchy desperate to maintain privilege.
What's the difference between soup and gravy? That's the question that comes to mind whenever I hear someone trying to describe the difference between open source and free. There's a lot of fud, flame, and passion out there and its very confusing for most people. Most people just want shit that works.
It opens the door to more developers. Today if you write a facebook application that holds user data, then you'd better be ready to build out a large infrastructure to store that data if your application becomes popular. In a world where facebook will store end user application data the little guy developers have a chance.
This venture is getting $3 million in start up capital? That's less than the Microsoft Outlook team spends on coffee and donuts. Is this targeted for single users or are they going after enterprise email? If they are going after enterprise then they'll need a lot of money and a lot of years.
It's been done in Santa Cruz California. Where, it turns out, it is a crime to feed a meter unless it is your car parked there. Check out this story about the famous Mr Twister.
I like the fact that our society is open enough that this information and this debate is public. There are many governments in this world today who would not allow this information to be released and would make the decision based on cloaked objectives and goals. The USA has its problems (e.g. the stupidity of Iraq) but it sets us apart that this is happening in the open. Nobody is going to get arrested for debating or questioning this intense and sensitive topic.
Go ahead and tell that to others who would sensor the internet, such as the US Senate and the government of the Peoples Republic of China. Both blather on about using force to make the internet safe. They're really just trying to stay in power. One by manipulating ignorant fear and one through imprisoning dissenters. Both need your attention.
Focus on the 12 years you worked in the industry. Make a list of everyone you worked with. Don't be cautious with the list. Include even the most junior people because some of them are now hiring managers and they will remember you. Track everyone of them down and make contact. Let them know you are looking. They may not hire you directly but they will know someone who is looking.
I've been a software engineering manager for a long time. I don't blame the higher education system. Nearly all CS programs cover enough of the basics to form a foundation for lifetime learning in CS. The rest is up to the student and their own innate passion. If they have a passion for the technology and chose CS as a labor of love, then they'll do fine. There have been many graduates of CS programs who declared CS majors when counseled to 'get into computers' by a high school guidance counselor. I always look for the passion players when I hire people. I avoid the people who chose CS as a 'sensible career in computers'. I've seen some passionate lovers of CS that come from tiny state universities run circles around graduates of Stanford, MIT, and Berkely.
That's interesting. Whose job is it to plan the economy? For example, how many sets of golf clubs should be put into the economy each year?
If you were establishing a new government today, which would you prefer? Capitalism or a centralized economy?
while you wait, you kill trees and endanger your co-workers. Why is that OK?
I work in an office where there are nice projectors in every conference room and everyone has a lap top. Still, there are a few dinosaurs that bring stacks of printed slides for everyone in a meetingif they are presenting. Why do some people still do this? In my opinion, and printer is about as valuable in a modern office as horse stalls are in a modern firehouse.
The big picture is that the kids need great teachers who challenge them and parents encourage their kids to work hard in school. The rest is mouse nuts. If you pick this battle, then the more important one will suffer.
Do what you love to do. This is your one shot at life. For me, the choice was CS. I can't even imagine what an 'IT' degree is. CS will lay the ground work to create and understand any IT technology.
I'm hopeful that this becomes practical because, as a progressive, I want to see individuals at all income levels to be enabled to meet their personal transportation needs. There are some folks who call themselves progressive who want to use governmental force to coerce individuals out of personal cars and into mass transit. That's not progressive at all. In that Utopia, only the rich will have access to personal transportation. That's regressive.
So, funding research into affordable alternatives to gasoline for personal transportation is a progressive ideal.
I voted for W in 2000 because I thought Gore was an empty suit being handled by a slick campaign. I knew better by 2004 but it was too late. I'll never vote for the son of a president again. W will spend his life trying to prove he stands on his own two feet, without daddy, even if it means leading my children onto a battlefield. Screw you W.
I'm sorry, but the most important ranking criteria is missing. How about working on a product that, in itself, gives you joy? Let's face facts. Most of us spend the best part of waking hours, at least 5 of 7 days per week, pouring all available energy into this job. If you don't love it and you don't have an emotional alignment with the product then that effort is unhealthy for you.