pete_aykroyd

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   by pete_aykroyd 6y ago

   Which one are they? Activists or business people? Saying that they are both doesn’t hold water.
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   by pete_aykroyd 12y ago

   Apple uses Java on its server-side.
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   by pete_aykroyd 13y ago

   Even if google were to shutter this in 5 years, there's not _that_ high of a cost to switching. In the end, it's just your files. You can move them. I'm more concerned with whether their software is any good. I tried it a whi
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   by pete_aykroyd 13y ago

   Good point!
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   by pete_aykroyd 13y ago

   Yeah, it's definitely true that a large percentage of people who "know" javascript have about that much knowledge. But still, if you look at absolute numbers of people who can make a function and write a for loop in JS, it&#x
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   by pete_aykroyd 13y ago

   I mostly agree with that although I think it's also kind of irrelevant in a practical sense because many programmers already have to know javascript for their work so you get a lot more people who can contribute right away. Aside from
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   by pete_aykroyd 13y ago

   I think the concern is more with working class people who have always lived in San Francisco and could now get displaced, not with how much it costs for tech workers to live there.