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by sunchild 15y ago
One really important reason is not to tie your intranet to the Silverlight/Flash/runtime N roadmap. Better to hook up to something that will run in browsers without painting yourself into yet another proprietary corner.
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by sunchild 15y ago
There's an aspect of "I had to do this, so you should too" in recommending that list, but it's not fatal to the overall principle: if enough programmers get on the same canon of fundamentals, then they will all benefit from sharing a commo
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by sunchild 15y ago
I meant: Windows is designed to support a gazillion hardware platforms, and Microsoft goes to great lengths to make that happen. I guess I wasn't very clear.
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by sunchild 15y ago
"We wound up with a zillion fragmented versions, and writing applications that had to run on multiple platforms was a terrible, expensive task." Sounds like Windows to me.
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by sunchild 15y ago
I just use the parts I like in .bootstrap namespace. It's freely available, and getting better all the time.
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by sunchild 15y ago
It might be a fad on the day of the IPO, but if you break Groupon's business model down to its essential elements, it requires a huge number of leaps of faith to rationalize its competitive advantage and revenue potential. Goldman Sachs sa
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by sunchild 15y ago
50% of proceeds is not cheap for businesses. Discounts off MSRP is often not a bargain for consumers.
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by sunchild 15y ago
When this Groupon offering sorts itself out (and it will), it will have a negative effect for Facebook and other IPOs in the pipeline.
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by sunchild 15y ago
Doesn't it concern you that Groupon works best for services that no one needs ? I would say that in times of austerity, yoga, helicopter rides, health spas, parachuting, etc. are the first to go.
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by sunchild 15y ago
Yes, in the end either Apple will draw users into its "ecosystem" via iCloud, or it will remain a handy option for Mac-only users. Dropbox has filled a need for me (synching across multiple Apple devices) that Apple could easily expand to
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by sunchild 15y ago
I don't agree that cross-platform is a requirement. For example, I haven't touched a Windows-only PC in years. Also, Dropbox can't sort out access control precisely because it is cross-platform. That's just one example of many downsides
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by sunchild 15y ago
Things are very, very bad in Japan. Big Japanese companies outsource tons of stuff to small Japanese companies and companies outside the country. Those small businesses are folding fast. I know someone in Japan who went from a long, wild
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by sunchild 15y ago
Manufacturing of Japanese-branded hard drives is big business in Thailand. I have a friend in Bangkok who works for Seagate. He is Thai, and a brilliant engineer – hard working, smart, young and the kind of person any company would be luck
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by sunchild 15y ago
The problem with not using the OEM is finger-pointing between the OEM and your non-OEM consultant. Also, I've negotiated with Oracle many times on behalf of customers, and it's safe to say that they are in the business of shifting risk bac
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by sunchild 15y ago
More like "Hey guys, how can we make sure our products run better on our platform than the other one?
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by sunchild 15y ago
In the end, it will all depend on what offers you can secure from companies that like penny-wise customers. It's a very relevant demographic, for sure. I would think the pitches would be for savings and investment products, insurance, mor
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by sunchild 15y ago
So, my "reward" is an advertising opportunity for banks, insurance companies, etc.? They better be offering some sweet deals.
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by sunchild 15y ago
OK, but by "enforce", I meant "is the basis of a valid, colorable claim in court that ultimately prevails". IMO, that's the best measure of the paper's value/importance.
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by sunchild 15y ago
'Excerpts Exchange" is pretty much dead-on.
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by sunchild 15y ago
All contracts (including Term Sheets for early financing) are simply a manifestation of the parties' expectations. At the end of the day, relationships are more important. How often are these term sheets enforced anyway?
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by sunchild 15y ago
That is hilarious. Thank you for putting this extreme hubris in its place!
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by sunchild 15y ago
.NET for all your massive downscaling needs.
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by sunchild 15y ago
Lack of client-side encryption and access control means this Teams offering is DOA, in my view.
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by sunchild 15y ago
Is that a serious question? I often trust users enough to read my stuff, but not to change it. I feel like I'm in some kind of alternative universe when you ask me a question like this. Access control is basic file system stuff, and has
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by sunchild 15y ago
Wrong. If I share a document with another person who is only supposed to read it, and that person deletes it, how long before I notice it's gone? What if that person edits the document? Will I ever notice? Saying that access control is u
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by sunchild 15y ago
Multi-user dropbox sharing needs file-level access control. Otherwise, any user in a share can delete or change shared data. Has Dropbox solved this yet?
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by sunchild 15y ago
The problem with unerring dedication to a moral cause is that life always manages to present the most absurd edge cases. You start with someone casually asking 'Coke or Pepsi?' and your knee-jerk response is something about murdered worker
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by sunchild 15y ago
At the end of the day, a contract doesn't replace a relationship. It just puts everyone on notice about what's intended. Most of the rider is crystal clear. It just gets hard to follow in areas such as the following: A supply of tea with
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by sunchild 15y ago
Actually, from my perspective as a contracts lawyer, this rider is far from what I would call clear. Like the GPL, it's a helpful document, and cheerfully neurotic, but it leaves lots of room for dispute and confusion. Specificity != clar
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by sunchild 15y ago
A workforce on an old browser is an awesome way to stagnate innovation. If you complain about this on some sites (ahem...reddit), you will receive replies from thousands of self-loathing IT staffers who will give you a thousand bullshit re

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