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by kvb 13y ago
All of those examples pose threats, but none of them is guaranteed to overtake the corresponding Microsoft product. Microsoft isn't sitting still, it's rapidly adding features to each of its products (e.g. Office 365 and the Office web app
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by kvb 13y ago
Apple and Google may have surpassed them, but Microsoft's market cap has been pretty stable since 2002 or so. They are no longer a rapidly growing company, but they haven't been in decline.
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by kvb 13y ago
Sure, Windows is in a precarious position. However, that's why it's to Microsoft's credit that they have diversified their portfolio of applications and services so heavily. I can imagine a future where Microsoft isn't prominently on cons
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by kvb 13y ago
People have been predicting Microsoft's decline for years, but they just posted record revenues last quarter. They have a much more diverse set of profitable businesses than Apple, Amazon, or Google do - Office, Windows, SQL Server, Xbox,
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by kvb 13y ago
I don't think it's just that. I don't have any fear that any individual will film me, since this probably happens frequently anyway (how many strangers have me in the background of their pictures somewhere?). Nonetheless, the idea that the
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by kvb 13y ago
I suspect different teams are involved with scanning for malware URLs in Skype and implementing core OS protections, so the tradeoff you imply is illusory. Besides, Microsoft already puts a lot of effort into the security of Windows, with
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by kvb 13y ago
Why? It's already an ISO/ECMA standard, and there's an existing high quality open source implementation in Mono. Microsoft has open sourced several of their more recent frameworks and languages, including ASP.NET MVC, F#, and TypeScript,
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by kvb 13y ago
You don't need a monopoly, just market power. And how the market is defined can be an interesting issue on its own, so I imagine it would be conceivable that YouTube _would_ be found to have a monopoly on "community contributed videos", or
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by kvb 13y ago
Is there a YouTube API that provides the ads, or is Microsoft's only alternative to embed a YouTube web page?
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by kvb 13y ago
What is Mono missing for your needs? Between Xamarin Studio and the free editions of Visual Studio, you can now use F# to target iOS, Andriod, Windows Phone, Linux, Mac, and Windows. To me, this is pretty compelling.
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by kvb 13y ago
I think that the addition of WinRT has made a lot of things much more complex in the short run, but I'm willing to wait and see - I think that the long term vision of a portable subset that runs everywhere is pretty attractive. This is def
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by kvb 13y ago
Service packs typically don't contain new features, though, while this update is expected to.
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by kvb 13y ago
I read this often in these threads, but have never seen a citation to such a case. Could you provide one?
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by kvb 13y ago
I don't think commercial vs. open source really affects that much - regardless of open-source-ness, different projects are run in different ways. Just to give two examples, surely Office's switch to the Ribbon (and putting Office Apps onli
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by kvb 13y ago
Open source projects have to prioritize resources, too. It's not like open source projects are known for their lack of cruft.
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by kvb 13y ago
Perhaps also of interest, here's a page that lets you draw an arbitrary curve and attempts to find a choreography close to it: http://gminton.org/#choreo .
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by kvb 13y ago
I'll add an obligatory plug for F# if you're looking for a fully supported .NET language REPL (as opposed to a side project like scriptcs, not that there's anything wrong with it). As a bonus, F# is now fully supported by Xamarin Studio if
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by kvb 13y ago
Your broader point is a good one, but my understanding (though IANAL) is that while copyright does protect the expression of an idea rather than the idea itself, exactly where to draw the line is a bit of a fuzzy area (see "substantial simi
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by kvb 13y ago
I don't think the data on optimal speeds is that clear cut. See another Marginal Revolution post for a summary of a study indicating that raising the limits generally would have costs outweighing the benefits: http://marginalrevolution.co
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by kvb 13y ago
What would it mean for Microsoft to "pull an Apple", given that they just reported record revenue in their last quarter? I mean, their relevance in some consumer markets is waning, and that must be a bit disquieting, but it's not like they
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by kvb 13y ago
I think F# has aesthetics similar to Python, despite being a statically typed language in the ML family. It's open sourced, with great IDE support on Windows (via Visual Studio, including a free option) and good IDE support on other platfo
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by kvb 13y ago
How can the "lazy big media companies" adapt? What's the DRM-free business model that would allow them to produce the blockbuster movies that are apparently still quite popular with the public?
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by kvb 13y ago
Did you miss the "resulting in death" part of the charges?
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by kvb 13y ago
What does the 2nd amendment have to do with anything?
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by kvb 13y ago
It was created in 1994, as anigbrowl mentions in another comment, also going into detail on why the categorical definition makes sense.
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by kvb 13y ago
That's right. The impact that this has on the quality of the medication is dependent on the dose-response curve. I wouldn't expect this to be a big deal for painkillers, for instance, but it could easily cause noticeable differences elsew
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by kvb 13y ago
Sure, but that goes both ways. What's the monetary value of the peace of mind of people throughout the Boston area? There's plenty that doesn't show up in GDP that still has real value.
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by kvb 13y ago
I haven't heard any stories of people whose houses were searched in a way that they were uncomfortable with. Have you?
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by kvb 13y ago
Well, presumably the response differs depending on the expected frequency of such incidents. Given that this sort of incident is thankfully rare, I don't think it's an inappropriate response. If copycats are inspired by it, tactics will h
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by kvb 13y ago
Which warrantless searches? Weren't houses only searched with their owners' consent?

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