When I work in a company and not at home, I use the tools the company provides me with. If the computer is too small or the monitor too bad I complain exactly once. After that I work gladly with whatever tool I have. Ok, in some companies my speed is two times or even three times faster than in others, but this isn't my problem anymore. If they want to pay me for waiting or shuffling windows around instead of doing productive work... no problem, the cost is the same. I must be a bit careful with the exact wording of the contracts, but that's all.
And why don't those just use Windows? Hardly any personalisation. Mainstream system. And you cannot even say Linux is cheaper since Windows is preinstalled on most systems anyway. Linux with GNOME or KDE will always be an inferior Windows replacement.
...I'd switch to Windows. And Windows 95 was the last Windows I voluntary installed. Fortunately there are enough non-bloat window managers like Windowmaker.
If you allow calculators and don't adjust the problems accordingly, you are right. But where is the problem to allow all available tools, but make the problems much harder?
It simply might be that there is no 'yet'. Maybe there simply is no way to do it efficiently with the existing laws of nature. The perpetuum mobile is just an example that there are things which will always be impossible regardless of our technological advancements. Maybe space travel is as impossible just not as obvious?
Let us not forget that in the 19th century there was some discussion about closing the Patent office because everything possible had already been invented. This is really nothing different.
Yes, this is different. The more we know the smaller is the probability that we make grave misjudgements of what is possible and what not. And we know immensely more now than we did the 19th century.
Though it is not impossible that we are still missing some important laws of physics, which if we mastered them, would allow us easy space travel. But I would not bet my money on it.
Oh thanks, did not know this. This is bad, but no total disaster. Just means cross-platform developers will be stuck with the LGPL. I can live with this.
You realize that software with graphical interfaces does not begin and end on smartphones, do you?
I am a professional softwaredeveloper with main focus on qt based development on Linux and Windows. Nevertheless the fastest growing market currently are mobile devices.
And that Android is not the ultimate gift to all software developing humanity?
Nope, absolutely not. However, since it is decided that no Qt for WP7 android is the only noticeable chance for Qt on a smartphone.
Um, I just wasted a few minutes of my time. I should not have bothered with someone clueless enough to consider "Qt for Android" seriously.
Same here, I wasted an answer to a troll. You might be clueless, so let me enlighten you. The Qt port for android is via project lighthouse practically done. I was expected to ship in Qt 4.8. Thought I did not hear something different yet, I highly doubt this will happen now. For 'political' reasons.
I am not sure. This company would be in a worse situation that old Trolltech was. And Trolltech had to be sold to Nokia. So their old business model was not good enough, why should a new one with stronger restrictions be better? The only possible way I see is support. I doubt this will be enough.
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When I work in a company and not at home, I use the tools the company provides me with. If the computer is too small or the monitor too bad I complain exactly once. After that I work gladly with whatever tool I have. Ok, in some companies my speed is two times or even three times faster than in others, but this isn't my problem anymore. If they want to pay me for waiting or shuffling windows around instead of doing productive work... no problem, the cost is the same. I must be a bit careful with the exact wording of the contracts, but that's all.
In other words: Yes.
Bad processes imposed by incompetent non-developers, who do not understand what they are doing and why do.
And why don't those just use Windows? Hardly any personalisation. Mainstream system. And you cannot even say Linux is cheaper since Windows is preinstalled on most systems anyway. Linux with GNOME or KDE will always be an inferior Windows replacement.
Least common denominator. The more idiots use a system the more it has to be dumbed down.
...I'd switch to Windows. And Windows 95 was the last Windows I voluntary installed. Fortunately there are enough non-bloat window managers like Windowmaker.
If you allow calculators and don't adjust the problems accordingly, you are right. But where is the problem to allow all available tools, but make the problems much harder?
It simply might be that there is no 'yet'. Maybe there simply is no way to do it efficiently with the existing laws of nature. The perpetuum mobile is just an example that there are things which will always be impossible regardless of our technological advancements. Maybe space travel is as impossible just not as obvious?
Build me a perpetuum mobile.
Yes, this is different. The more we know the smaller is the probability that we make grave misjudgements of what is possible and what not. And we know immensely more now than we did the 19th century.
Though it is not impossible that we are still missing some important laws of physics, which if we mastered them, would allow us easy space travel. But I would not bet my money on it.
It contradicts the parents statement that "the only DRM the PS3 cares about is the games they sell for it".
If you say so.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinavia
...is good. Yours is evil.
What will happen now?
Idiots will want one.
At least a few idiots will get one.
At least one idiot will shoot someones eye out.
New legislation regulates lasers even more.
Serious 'garage inventors' will have problems to work with stuff like that.
Japan: Anime/Manga Sorry, without the scanalations und community subs most of the stuff would be unavailable or useless for me anyways.
USA: Comics, Movies. Not sorry, I could not care less for the American economy and American rights. Guess why.
Sorry, nobody will ever invent a 'do-what-I-mean-nicely' gui.
Same here.
Hey, so I am not the only one.
...which regardless of number will never have any influence on ranking.
Why not make a market in used ebooks?
And to emulate ageing with each sell randomly a few letters are deleted or even pages removed.
;-)
Minor but important correction QT is GPL not LGPL
Minor but important correction you are not up-to-date.
Oh thanks, did not know this. This is bad, but no total disaster. Just means cross-platform developers will be stuck with the LGPL. I can live with this.
You realize that software with graphical interfaces does not begin and end on smartphones, do you?
I am a professional softwaredeveloper with main focus on qt based development on Linux and Windows. Nevertheless the fastest growing market currently are mobile devices.
And that Android is not the ultimate gift to all software developing humanity?
Nope, absolutely not. However, since it is decided that no Qt for WP7 android is the only noticeable chance for Qt on a smartphone.
Um, I just wasted a few minutes of my time. I should not have bothered with someone clueless enough to consider "Qt for Android" seriously.
Same here, I wasted an answer to a troll. You might be clueless, so let me enlighten you. The Qt port for android is via project lighthouse practically done. I was expected to ship in Qt 4.8. Thought I did not hear something different yet, I highly doubt this will happen now. For 'political' reasons.
Who wants or needs consulting on a toolkit?
For custom developments there is always a market. The question is how many fulltime developers can this market support.
What approaches would work here?
I am not sure. This company would be in a worse situation that old Trolltech was. And Trolltech had to be sold to Nokia. So their old business model was not good enough, why should a new one with stronger restrictions be better? The only possible way I see is support. I doubt this will be enough.