bl968, my sites have almost the exact same stats as yours. I call shenanigans on statcounter. More like someone there is stuffing the ballot box, or a few zealots are running chrome bots.
Because OpenWRT doesn't support anything from linksys made in the past 3 years? The current line (e4200, e3200, e2500, e1500, e1200, x2000, n610), the previous line (e3000, e2000, e1000), or the line before that (WRT120N, WRT320N, WRT350N, WRTN610N), or all but one the line before that (WRT160N, WRT310N, etc).
And your point of view is on how terrible it may be that you can't implement something that someone has already done into your own applications. I'm on the other end of the balance. My projects are typically innovative. They aren't copies of something that someone else has done before, so I'm more afraid of a large company stealing my ideas and profiting from them than I am of whether I can or can't steal the ideas someone else had.
That doesn't mean I'm in total agreement with how software patents have been granted in the past. They are typically too broad (See i4i vs Microsoft), too general, and for things that are rarely innovative (See "click once"), or a simple repacking of one idea+some new medium=new patent.
As for the software patents being a blunt instrument used by the big boys.. I guess I'm in a special situation. I'm not big, but if a large company did decide to try and steal one of my ideas, I could quickly raise the capital to fend them off if necessary, but then again, I'm easily bought off if they present a large enough check. I'm not out to rule the world, just earn enough to keep food on the table, a roof over my head, and a slew of sports cars parked in my garage.
Are any of the people you know in the software industry over the age of 25? Most entry level programmers don't like software patents, but that is only because they themselves aren't trying to make, sell, and distribute something they have written themselves. When the shoe changes feet and they develop something new and innovative, and then when a multi-billion dollar company steals the idea, hires a team of programmers and re-creates it, and then starts putting improvements on it 10 times quicker than you can ever hope to, they will quickly scream bloody murder and how the government needs to do something to prevent this.
Not everyone knows Java, and the tools kinda suck when compared to C#. Browsers don't "support" java at all. There are some plug-ins that attempt to allow java to so some things with the browser DOM, but they are slow, and poorly implemented. And in many respects java is an even worse language than javascript and actionscript.
From a user perspective, being able to boot off my 3TB 4K sector HD, and start actually loading my OS in 2 seconds vs 42 seconds is a big plus. I don't care that not every code monkey straight out of college can't handle it.
Belial is correct, that was a big deal when windows first came out, and it's the reason that Microsoft finally created DirectX. The performance of games in the windows environment vs the performance of them running in DOS or DOS/4G or their own proprietary extenders was very significant prior to that point.
The average person doesn't care whether Adobes or Apples way is more open, they just care that it works well on their iDevice and doesn't instantly drain the battery.
Hmmm... And you think it's odd that senior roles are the upper end of the salary range while a new CS graduate is at the lower end? I got news for you... DUH. I think you need to go look up how an average works because, or perhaps you think someone brand new in a field is average, I'm not sure which, but I'm guessing you are a new graduate wondering why you aren't making as much as you thought you would.
I don't think a lot of people go to that site to report their salary, especially if they are happy what they are making, but even so... Plenty of programmer jobs in there at 100k+..
You are about right. Of course there will always be the low paying programmer jobs doing batch/command line automation or entry level java/c#/php code, but for the average programmer doing enterprise level java/C#/C/C++ code, $100k is about average, with a range of 80-150k (200k+ in some markets including benefits).
The music CDs seem to last forever only because you don't mind bits being wrong here and there, and a lot of music players are designed to compensate for it. If you wanted a bit-perfect copy of those CDs you'd have the same problems.
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bl968, my sites have almost the exact same stats as yours. I call shenanigans on statcounter. More like someone there is stuffing the ballot box, or a few zealots are running chrome bots.
Because OpenWRT doesn't support anything from linksys made in the past 3 years? The current line (e4200, e3200, e2500, e1500, e1200, x2000, n610), the previous line (e3000, e2000, e1000), or the line before that (WRT120N, WRT320N, WRT350N, WRTN610N), or all but one the line before that (WRT160N, WRT310N, etc).
By hitting F12 while the system is booting?
In what alternate universe did the NES replace 8-bit micros?
SSDs fail on write, not on read, which makes your whole argument rather meaningless.
And your point of view is on how terrible it may be that you can't implement something that someone has already done into your own applications. I'm on the other end of the balance. My projects are typically innovative. They aren't copies of something that someone else has done before, so I'm more afraid of a large company stealing my ideas and profiting from them than I am of whether I can or can't steal the ideas someone else had.
That doesn't mean I'm in total agreement with how software patents have been granted in the past. They are typically too broad (See i4i vs Microsoft), too general, and for things that are rarely innovative (See "click once"), or a simple repacking of one idea+some new medium=new patent.
As for the software patents being a blunt instrument used by the big boys.. I guess I'm in a special situation. I'm not big, but if a large company did decide to try and steal one of my ideas, I could quickly raise the capital to fend them off if necessary, but then again, I'm easily bought off if they present a large enough check. I'm not out to rule the world, just earn enough to keep food on the table, a roof over my head, and a slew of sports cars parked in my garage.
Yes, everyone would pay $.001 per copy cheaper. I'll give mozilla a penny if they include it, think they have change?
Are any of the people you know in the software industry over the age of 25? Most entry level programmers don't like software patents, but that is only because they themselves aren't trying to make, sell, and distribute something they have written themselves. When the shoe changes feet and they develop something new and innovative, and then when a multi-billion dollar company steals the idea, hires a team of programmers and re-creates it, and then starts putting improvements on it 10 times quicker than you can ever hope to, they will quickly scream bloody murder and how the government needs to do something to prevent this.
Not everyone knows Java, and the tools kinda suck when compared to C#. Browsers don't "support" java at all. There are some plug-ins that attempt to allow java to so some things with the browser DOM, but they are slow, and poorly implemented. And in many respects java is an even worse language than javascript and actionscript.
And what else does?
Why would Microsoft need to surrender the language and library to a 3rd party?
Granted, it *may* be useful that it operate in an open manner, to some.
It already offers free use without royalty requirements.
The performance chipset for intel is still the X58. All X58 motherboards have 6 slots. The fact that you've never seen a consumer board with more than 4 says taht you've never actually looked at Intel at all. Additionally, while not a typical consumer board, here's one with 12: http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=270-WS-W555-A2&family=Motherboard%20Family&series=All%20Motherboards&sw=5
EVGA's dual 2011 board due in January 2012 should have 8 slots as well.
Well except that coreboot doesn't run on anything released in the past decade, perhaps.
From a user perspective, being able to boot off my 3TB 4K sector HD, and start actually loading my OS in 2 seconds vs 42 seconds is a big plus. I don't care that not every code monkey straight out of college can't handle it.
Belial is correct, that was a big deal when windows first came out, and it's the reason that Microsoft finally created DirectX. The performance of games in the windows environment vs the performance of them running in DOS or DOS/4G or their own proprietary extenders was very significant prior to that point.
That isn't the norm in a corporate environment.
The average person doesn't care whether Adobes or Apples way is more open, they just care that it works well on their iDevice and doesn't instantly drain the battery.
Yeah overtime hours here I come! Daddy just got paid.
Since forever, where have you been?
Hmmm... And you think it's odd that senior roles are the upper end of the salary range while a new CS graduate is at the lower end? I got news for you... DUH. I think you need to go look up how an average works because, or perhaps you think someone brand new in a field is average, I'm not sure which, but I'm guessing you are a new graduate wondering why you aren't making as much as you thought you would.
I don't think a lot of people go to that site to report their salary, especially if they are happy what they are making, but even so... Plenty of programmer jobs in there at 100k+..
http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/programmer-salaries-SRCH_KO0,10_SDAS_IP2.htm
You are about right. Of course there will always be the low paying programmer jobs doing batch/command line automation or entry level java/c#/php code, but for the average programmer doing enterprise level java/C#/C/C++ code, $100k is about average, with a range of 80-150k (200k+ in some markets including benefits).
Are you trying to say that you would need something larger than my pentium 3? Like a dual core?
A one with a gigabyte of zeros in front isn't very large.
The music CDs seem to last forever only because you don't mind bits being wrong here and there, and a lot of music players are designed to compensate for it. If you wanted a bit-perfect copy of those CDs you'd have the same problems.