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Google v. Microsoft, and the dev:test ratio debate(blogs.msdn.com)
12 points by greyman 18y ago|8 comments
932.
by greyman 18y ago
Maybe I am going to burn a few karma points now, but my advice would be - don't do it at all. If you put a leg into porn industry, it will leave a stigma that you will not be able to get rid of for the rest of your life..it will forever be
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by greyman 18y ago
Good writing, but the mutual animosity between France and Britain is itself funny, if not a bit childish. No flame, but my impression is that both countries lost their past influence and glory, but none of them would admit that. ;-)
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Interview with Larry Wall on Perl(computerworld.com.au)
3 points by greyman 18y ago|0 comments
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by greyman 18y ago
Ok ok...but for me, as a website owner, the whole point of placing Adsense is, that I do not worry about conversion rates - You and Google does. I think the original advice is good - free software developer can monetize his traffic a little
936.
by greyman 18y ago
I skimmed through the article, but couldn't find anything really new there.
937.
by greyman 18y ago
When I read the sentence "An ambitious kid graduating from college now doesn't want to work for a big company.", I stopped reading. Over-generalizations doesn't work.
938.
by greyman 18y ago
Wait, but the article didn't make up the numbers, they are just reproducing the rather well-known "TIOBE index". Of course, we can discuss correctness of its methodology, but either way it's not the fault of the article author.
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by greyman 18y ago
I agree with one redditor who blames perl6 for this state. Indeed, who would start a new project in perl5, when the language becomes obsolete by perl6, but on the other side, you have to wait and wait again for perl6 to be actually delivere
940.
by greyman 18y ago
Seth's Blog on #3? Argh...
941.
by greyman 18y ago
> Microsoft is huge - it has the resources to tackle google on search. What exactly do you mean by "tackle"? Microsoft has enough software engineers, but they don't have enough time and search data to catch up. Google has enormous log f
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Five Strategies Microsoft Got Right…And What It Teaches(blogs.msdn.com)
6 points by greyman 18y ago|3 comments
943.
by greyman 18y ago
Sensible response.
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Patterns in Practice: Design For Testability(msdn.microsoft.com)
1 points by greyman 18y ago|0 comments
945.
by greyman 18y ago
Exactly my thought. They should focus more on what they are good at, data-driven algos.
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by greyman 18y ago
I personally don't take his words as the gospel, but I have no problem to admit, that I will listen to him "just because he gets a big AdSense check". Because "just getting big Adsense check" isn't that easy to do, especially with a "bad si
947.
by greyman 18y ago
Moreover, the article didn't convince me that DR success is so much related to its design.
948.
by greyman 18y ago
What exactly is so unbearable about Outlook?
949.
by greyman 18y ago
>> too deliberately nasty Well said. I have nothing against tabloids per se, but I always felt that they just didn't know how to do it properly, or that the tabloid practice applied to tech scene didn't work that well. I don't miss
950.
by greyman 18y ago
Yes. And then there are also less experienced people who never upgraded any program, don't know how to do it, or even don't understand the concept of "upgrading".
951.
by greyman 18y ago
Interesting perspective. I was programming a long time in C, C++ and C#, and I don't feel that programming in C# is easier in some fundamental way, or that C# programmers are easily replaceable. Yes, the mode of thinking is different in eac
952.
by greyman 18y ago
As someone wrote under the flickr image, "Perhaps the best comp sci picture of all time." For some hard to explain reason, the photo is just awesome.
953.
by greyman 18y ago
Yes, but that don't necessarily make their action technically legal. I find their methodology interesting, but anyway, wasn't similar numbers reported/predicted before?
954.
by greyman 18y ago
The article is nicely written, good work, but I think the conclusion is obvious: it is profitable to be affiliate marketer in dating business, if you work hard on it.
955.
by greyman 18y ago
Agree. The main problem of Yahoo is, that they do not own any substantial technology where they would have competitive edge. Google has search, MS has windows and office, but what Y! has? None of their web products are essential. Well..ok,
956.
by greyman 18y ago
>> He also dismissed iPhone initially and didn't understand why people would buy it. IMHO he just told that to the journalist. What he really think about iP or what he does and does not understand is a different matter.
957.
by greyman 18y ago
Maybe this will change, since nowadays one can develop for free using Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition + .net and MSDN.
958.
by greyman 18y ago
Because it is not evil. Microsoft offers quality software for a good price, and the total cost of ownership is not that high. What I like about Microsoft is, that even if it's a mammoth and are not able to innovate as quickly as Google for
959.
by greyman 18y ago
Yes, this breaks a deal for me. If I ever consider to subscribe to a service like this, I need to know beforehand which features I get for free, and which I need to pay for and how much. The model is good, but I really like to know beforeha
960.
by greyman 18y ago
I fully agree with his view on Stalman.

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