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901.
by flomo 14y ago
While true, this was exactly how Apple designed the cloning program. They refused to license to large PC companies like Gateway, and instead chose a couple small no-names. As a result, you had Apple with their huge advertising budget and re
902.
by flomo 14y ago
It's worth noting that PC manufacturers had a variety of 'palmtops' and 'subnotebooks' based on low-power RISC chips & Windows CE, going back to the 1990s. IMO, this segment was largely a casualty of Microsoft's disinterest in web brows
903.
by flomo 14y ago
Just getting a generic web search, what am I missing?
904.
by flomo 14y ago
Thanks, that reinforces my supposition that "It's a PC" is just a line of bull Microsoft is feeding to conservative IT managers who are scared of iOS/Android. Maybe I'm oldschool, but IMO a Personal Computer is end-user programmable on the
905.
by flomo 14y ago
The iPad 1 has serious usability issues due to the limited amount of RAM. After experiencing this, I would be nervous about the lifespan of an iOS device with only 512MB. On some level, specs really do matter.
906.
by flomo 14y ago
To some extent I'd agree, but these patterns are already deeply ingrained into corporate-speak external to any particular startup culture. Language such as "user issue" versus "customer feedback" is generally an indicator of importance. Per
907.
by flomo 14y ago
I've followed GPL discussions from the sidelines for sometime, and whenever someone comes up with a 'trick' scenario like this, the standard advice is "if you'd like to do that, call your lawyer". (The legal definition of 'derived works' is
908.
by flomo 14y ago
And, supposedly, with 32bit Window 8, DOS apps are still supported through NTVDM. (64bit Windows has never bothered to emulate the necessary 'virtual-8086' mode.)
909.
by flomo 14y ago
Yes, I'm not sure if this approach would pass the Accessibility test. (Think text-to-speech browsers, customized control setups, and so on. Some people really cannot use a mouse.)
910.
by flomo 14y ago
Also the 1990s 'PCS' auction which created hundreds of teeny-tiny local cellular companies. It took a long time for the big providers to stitch a nationwide network together.
911.
by flomo 14y ago
The US has a lot of suburban sprawl, so population densities are lower in the places where people actually live. (Still I don't believe this is the real reason.) http://www.demographia.com/db-intlua-area2000.htm
912.
by flomo 14y ago
I don't often meta-comment around here, but the above post is textbook trolling (successfully). If you want to argue big-picture political issues, go right ahead. Just don't stand on a man's coffin while doing so.
913.
by flomo 14y ago
Didn't know him personally at all, but I thought he had done excellent work in what must be one of the hardest jobs on the internet; voluntarily moderating a political forum. Soar in the wild blue yonder, Vilerat.
914.
by flomo 14y ago
Even in that example, the real product being sold is the Exchange server. The Outlook mail client is essentially a freebie.
915.
by flomo 14y ago
NT5/Windows 2000 was delayed by a couple years (supposedly due to the corporate networking stuff). The hardware was certainly ready for it by about 1998. There was also a companion "Windows 2000 Home" edition announced, however it was rolle
916.
by flomo 14y ago
> redistributing wealth from the landlord class to the tenant class This may be true, but SF rental property values are extremely high, indicating investors are more than willing to make long-term bets on the value of rent-controlled un
917.
by flomo 14y ago
One question is what happens to a component that fails a major OEM's QC standards, where does it go? In to the garbage? Or into the whitebox channel? For example, some have speculated that "Gamer RAM" with mean looking heatsinks is actually
918.
by flomo 14y ago
Video game consoles are possibly the worst, as it is extremely important that one's fourteenth birthday present be the correct one. Meanwhile, phones are relatively cheap and disposable, so I agree the holy war is a mystery to me to. Perhap
919.
by flomo 14y ago
Maybe it's because I'm used to seeing Macs in businesses, but I've never known a MBP user who didn't carry along a VGA dongle.
920.
by flomo 14y ago
Framework of the month fatigue.
921.
by flomo 14y ago
There is "SUA", but it's only available for the Enterprise & Ultimate Windows editions. (And supposedly going away entirely after Windows 8.) Shame it wasn't better integrated and packaged. http://www.suacommunity.com/sua.aspx
922.
by flomo 14y ago
People have forgotten all the terrible language warts all over VB. (From what little I can recall, the hatred is slowly seething back upward.) PHP might lack any sense of style but it's nowhere near as bad as VB. Of course, there were a lot
923.
by flomo 14y ago
To that I would add 1) various database glue allowing drag-n-drop bindings, 2) Incredibly good MS Office integration (or anything COM), and 3) Huge library of third-party components (I haven't kept up with .NET desktop development, but in t
924.
by flomo 14y ago
> the rise of Windows as a corporate OS coincides with a rapid adoption of VB for in-company development Also true of at least one place in the USA. A few thousand Macs went into the dumpster so they could roll-out shiny new VB client-
925.
by flomo 14y ago
> Well I guess Microsoft could have done it but... "Why is IE faster? It cheats!" http://www.mail-archive.com/foib@ianbell.com/msg00031.html
926.
by flomo 14y ago
The relevant point being that Google didn't want to license Java under the standard terms because they wanted control over the platform, and certainly partially because they saw what happened to Microsoft. It certainly wasn't just the techn
927.
by flomo 14y ago
On one level, the Sun people went to great efforts to prevent 'fragmentation' of the Java platform, and I think they felt honestly wronged by what Google did. Sometimes people sue over the principle, not the law. On another level, it was pr
928.
by flomo 14y ago
Well, platforms like Solaris/Sparc are never just dumped. No matter who ended up with it would be milking it all the way down, making it that much more expensive & obscure every year, until the users finally say uncle. Generally that's
929.
by flomo 14y ago
No, I think you're correct. Oracle on Sun hardware was like peanut butter & jelly for a long time. It would have been very bad for Oracle's business if IBM had purchased Sun and used the hardware as a wedge to sell middleware. So whil
930.
by flomo 14y ago
> Case in point for people looking for "10+ years of rails experience." "10 years of Rails and other object-oriented web development experience". (Or something along those lines to get past the HR filter.) Sometimes requirements get man

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