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by amenod 8y ago
> Cloud vendors avoid it like the plague, rightly or wrongly I don't think they do, actually? MongoDB felt a need to change their license from AGPL to SSPL. That said, I'm on "not going far enough" side of the argume
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by amenod 8y ago
That would be awesome. The thing that each of these licenses lacks is recognition. When someone says it's GPL, every developer knows what the tradeoffs are. With Fair Source 25 license? Not so much.
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No, I don't think so - they are not in competition among themselves. They just share a common threat because they chose a similar type of conducting business.
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by amenod 8y ago
> I think you can make money on Open Source > We don’t build the code ourselves. Ha, ha, well put. That much everyone agrees on, and Amazon especially so. :) The question is: can you make money as the developer of OSS ?
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by amenod 8y ago
This, 1000 times. We need a good license in the spirit of Commons Clause: source available, feel free to use, but don't sell (just written better and hopefully supported by wider community). The most curious thing about this is that wh
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by amenod 8y ago
I agree with you - that said, it all depends on the situation. Good manager will present the same thing as almost mandatory to someone who is more extroverted, and as completely optional and not a big deal to someone who is not. Both of the
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by amenod 8y ago
Being independent doesn't mean "without owners". That the owner is PE is actually quite a good position to be in, as others have already commented. So yes, "independent" is the right word here.
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by amenod 8y ago
True, you have a point there. Of course, standardizing on a few motherboard forms would be even better... one can always dream. ;)
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by amenod 8y ago
Agreed. > Soldered CPUs are unfortunately inevitable on modern ones... To be fair, even on desktop replacing a CPU on the same motherboard is a pretty niche thing in my experience. Not to say people don't do this, but most of the pe
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Also: container orchestration if _far_ from solved problem. Kubernetes is a nice try, but it screams for a better layer above it that would allow devs to deploy services _easily_. There is plenty of ways Docker Inc. can create and capture v
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by amenod 8y ago
This sounds like a very good idea, but I'm having trouble making it work. For example, let's say I want to save a great website which will probably disappear soon ( https://launchaco.com ). I run `echo https:/&#x2
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Back to IP (sustainability of open source)(writing.kemitchell.com)
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Wow, thank you for reminding me, I have ice-cream in the fridge. :) Joke aside, you can only do that if you are alone. I agree in principle, but in a family setting you need to find other changes to routine that result in less food being ea
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by amenod 8y ago
If you don't mind me asking, how is the SQL Server as far as price goes? I know Oracle is very expensive, is SQL Server cheaper for a similar usage pattern? Also curious, what made you decide not to use PostgreSQL (or EnterpriseDB if y
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by amenod 8y ago
> Should my small business accept Bitcoin? > We think accepting Bitcoin is a positive move for your small business. While you may not get anyone paying in it now, it does come with other added benefits The change of title clearly misr
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by amenod 8y ago
I strongly disagree. A trivial SQL statement that saves thousands of people lots of hassle is a very impressive IT feat in my eyes.
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> But I’ve seen reports and articles where it’s possible to fire the Mac camera and shut it off quickly before the LED has time to kick on. It should be trivial to delay LED's 'off' if it happens too soon after the 'o
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And in less than an hour, this post is flagged and removed from HN first page (with >160 votes). It is very difficult to have any kind of rational discussion if people feel threatened by it. It is a controversial topic, but that doesn&#x
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by amenod 8y ago
I'm pretty sure they have integration tests to make sure that it doesn't block iOS devices. Not having those tests for common Linux browsers is... Apple.
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It's not like they made any effort to make it visible, though. And "purchase" implies that the options they present are non-free. Which is interesting, I would expect Google to promote Lets Encrypt... Or do they assume devs a
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by amenod 8y ago
I think the $1000 price tag is totally wrong. I would never pay that kind of money for an IDE unless it was _really_ better than anything else. But this means: - the language has huge community (so I'm not stuck with a dying langua
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I have a very difficult time understanding any of this. I mean, yes, for most of the SME 50 mio dollars would be some money, but for Google? Peanuts. Who cares if they messed up? If this is the penalty for it, bring it on... It was cheap sc
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Nitpick: > ...some of the world’s oldest and largest coast redwoods, some of which were 3,000 years old... > a nonprofit working to reestablish ancient redwood forests to help combat climate change. Coastal redwoods, which can grow an
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by amenod 8y ago
I sincerely hope you go that route (well, if you can't resolve the issue otherwise, of course), and if you do, please please please make a post about it later.
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Which still doesn't change GP's point though: > In particular, the convention has been established that the GET and HEAD methods SHOULD NOT have the significance of taking an action other than retrieval. These methods ought to
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That is OK, if you are talking about older browsers or browsers on limited / obscure platforms. Firefox doesn't fit the bill, and optimizing the site just for ~~IE~~ Chrome hurts the FF users and makes Chrome win even more - leadi
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Not GP, but in a similar position. No, no concern whatsoever. The owners are not greedy which makes all the difference in the world. Not that the profit is low - it is probably much higher this way, when the whole company pulls toward the g
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Actually "compilers course" is exactly what you should be looking for imho. Compilers are basically apps that parse input and output something in response to it - which is what this is all about. Lex and yacc are very simple to us
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> ... Lots of people make money developing and supporting PostgreSQL. Postgres is definitely an actively developed and very useful project, but I must admit I have no idea how the development is financed. It seems there is a non-profit c
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I am really torn about this news. On one hand MongoDB's change of license is a clear attempt to discriminate against a set of users, so it is clearly non-free. On the other hand I know it is really difficult to make a sustainable busin

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