Shamanmuni

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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
Nuances matter, and being cautious in respect to change is not the same (at all) as being afraid of it. I love Python and don't mind refactoring code from time to time if I perceive a benefit from doing it. I think the "conservative" feelin
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
It's a definite possibility. However, with Android and iOS many people are learning that the world doesn't end after Windows and Ubuntu is very user friendly. The typical PC user uses a web browser, an office suite and videogames. With Chr
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
I think there's nothing to fear. The announcement states that in most cases you should be able to port your applications from Qt4 into Qt5 with little or no modifications. On the other hand, I was an skeptic in regards to QML at first, but
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
When something doesn't work or works badly on Linux, the critics always say it's Linux fault (just read the comments here). Hold Windows and OS X to the same standard and you'll see they aren't so wonderful in comparison.
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
Windows on the desktop is a known and reliable brand, nobody can deny that. However, Windows on the tablet is an unkown today, and people seem comfortable and used to using a non-Windows OS in their tablets and phones, it's a radically diff
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
The future will tell, but I don't think tablets are very enterprisey. All the people I know use tablets casually, for work a larger screen and a good keyboard are golden. I believe if there was a strong use case for tablets in the office, b
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
Are you sure? iOS has 5 years in the market and plenty of apps, Android 4 years and also plenty of apps. Both have matured and you probably know a geek or two who use them and can answer your questions. Windows 8 will be a newcomer with les
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
Maybe it's not about succeeding or failing, and he is talking about how you spend your time; your life. I read the article as "you are a startup founder, forget about having a life and get to work!"; I would be surprised if the writer turne
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
Kudos to that. The funny thing is that in the past Microsoft wanted phones and tablets to look like desktops, and it didn't work. Now they want desktops to look like phones and tablets. I predict it won't work. Windows hasn't changed it's l
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
Microsoft shouldn't just look at the iPad, it's short-sighted. The reality is that Android has become the most common OS on smart-phones and both Google and Amazon are subsidizing tablets so that lots of people are able to buy their first o
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
That is so true. I'm a KDE user and we had a very similar situation with KDE4. OK, 4.0 wasn't usable, we all know that; but 4.1 was really better and by 4.2 it was pretty decent. Nowadays most KDE users agree moving on was a good decision a
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
In the first paragraph you just repeated what I said. Yeah, Alan is an idiot, but you can only conclude that comparing him with Charles. Otherwise he just behave as any corporate developer is expected to. In the second paragraph, we have a
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
But Charles wasn't just wasting his time, he was thinking about the problem while playing games! At least that's my interpretation. I've learnt that I concentrate wonderfully and solve problems while walking. I know other people see just a
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
It's a little more complex than you present it. You only get to think of Alan as inefficient because you know what Charles did in a similar situation. However, if you only knew what Alan did you'd say he was smart and efficient. He did ever
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by Shamanmuni 14y ago
OK, but you have to acknowledge that businessmen and engineers are not the only people who could be interested in FOSS. I work regularly with social scientists; they are really interested in Free Software and don't care much about Open Sour
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by Shamanmuni 15y ago
Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude, but it's not really much of a point to say "He doesn't refuse when there aren't viable alternatives". It's the same situation he was in the 80's with OS's, there wasn't a free OS for his computer, so he used
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by Shamanmuni 15y ago
Your distinctions in reality are pretty meaningless, you can be an open source guy using the GPL (look at Linus) or a free software guy using BSD. Both movements overlap enourmously, and the differences between them are very small compared
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by Shamanmuni 15y ago
The same argument could be said about slavery. You are told you have freedom, but you don't have the freedom to enslave other people. A society which admits slavery is more free in the sense you say. But, really, would you feel OK with it?
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by Shamanmuni 15y ago
So, what's your point? That he shouldn't fight for free software because it's difficult? Imagine the world in the 80's, when there wasn't a free as in freedom OS; rms knows about compromise when there are no alternatives, he just doesn't wa
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by Shamanmuni 15y ago
Wrong, the whole reason why NoSQL databases exist is that SQL databases aren't always the best solution for any given problem. CouchDB in particular tries to solve different problems than MySQL does, or the same problems in a different way.