jenscow

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by jenscow 13y ago
The funny thing about the do-not-track header, is when you setup Windows 8 it's on by default... then on the next page all the things that send data to MS are also enabled.
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by jenscow 13y ago
Impressive numbers. VS2012 was shockingly bad. VS2010 users who dodged it were now 2 releases behind.
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by jenscow 13y ago
It goes against their "not invented here" culture.
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by jenscow 13y ago
Whenever I look at the CV for Windows developers, all I see is MS technologies. I think to myself "how can you tie yourself to a single company? don't you explorer?" But it's because it's difficult for them to.
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by jenscow 13y ago
Could you elaborate with an example?
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by jenscow 13y ago
And that is what allowed me to finally move my development to Linux!
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by jenscow 13y ago
The licence cost for Windows isn't exactly prohibitive (for the home user). That's an excellent point, however.
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by jenscow 13y ago
Those names are consistent with each other.
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by jenscow 13y ago
From my experience, all of their events are advertisements. You're not missing anything.
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by jenscow 13y ago
Did you know there's a Linux based console in development?
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by jenscow 13y ago
Like it or not, but there's currently more reason for the manufacturers to support XP than even Linux. (~30% market share, 2nd most popular)
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by jenscow 13y ago
To close an account, I have done this a few times. Especially when every other type of account activity is on-line, my feeling is they just want to make it difficult for you, or hit you with a sales pitch.
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by jenscow 13y ago
By making it appear to be easy, where in reality adding more complexity.