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What a good find! I enjoyed this article very much!
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As software professionals, when was the last time we went to our bosses and said “No problem. I’ll build that brand new production system for you in 8-16hrs”? Probably never. Certainly not as often as we’ve freaked-out when the boss came to us with some impossible deadline. “You can’t expect me to build something effective, reliable, great in N-months!” we scream. “Be reasonable!” So why do we sell the myth of the 2-day app to non-profits and other mission driven organizations? Maybe we like the buzz of seeing ourselves as heroes able to jump tall-buildings with our nerd super-powers. Maybe we just like the pizza.
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I think in some ways Microsoft really is Apple circa 1999. There are some differences of course. IT for business simply isn’t going to shift away from Microsoft. There really isn’t a competitor in that space. However more and more users (such as salespeople) may find they don’t need traditional desktop operating systems. I think Win8 is primarily an attempt to show to IT departments that they can have it all. That is the “have it all” is oriented towards Microsoft’s primary customer. And it ain’t end users. Is Windows RT really about enterprise sales after all?
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Stuxnet proved that any actor with sufficient know-how in terms of cyber-warfare can physically inflict serious damage upon any infrastructure in the world, even without an internet connection. In the words of former CIA Director Michael Hayden: “The rest of the world is looking at this and saying, ‘Clearly someone has legitimated this kind of activity as acceptable international conduct’.” Governments are now alert to the enormous uncertainty created by cyber-instruments and especially worried about cyber-sabotage against critical infrastructure. Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?
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In this article, I will present all of the post-mortems and figures I’ve found interesting, and I will also explain how SQUIDS fits into the overall picture. But first, I would like to quickly give my opinion on few of the App Store myths you may believe if you’re not an experienced iOS developer. There are plenty of ways to view the App Store, but my point is that you might be a bit surprised by what the App Store really means in terms of money. Anyone can play. The rules are different than you think, though.
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You woke up some memories there...
Thanks for sharing!
So long,
Chris
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I remember purchasing Win95 from a Walmart store in Oak Ridge. I got home and realized I'd picked up the CD-ROM version and I didn't have a CD-ROM drive at the time. I returned it and picked it up on 3 1/2" disks, about 20 of them IIRC
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Yup. I moved to Oak Ridge when TVA was conducting hot functional testing on Watts Bar Nuclear Plant unit #1. For the prior 2-years, I lived in Spring City, about 2-3 miles from the plant. Once unit #1 passed HFT, we knew we'd shortly be looking for work and I didn't want to get stuck in a one horse town like Spring City. That was back in the days we were developing DOS applications using FoxPro v2.x, Clipper S'87 and 5.x. Those were the days...
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Those were the days...
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I really loved 95 - though perhaps because I'm seeing it though the dirty fog of the last 20 years. Loved the article mentioning the Weezer video - I don't know how many times I listened to that. But Windows 98 SP2 is still my favorite.
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Microsoft Bob The interface formerly known as Metro was a misguided attempt to layer a cartoon-style interface over the whole operating system, evidently to make it more user-friendly.
There you go - I've just made the article ready for 2029!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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That is hilarious!
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For those luckily (or unluckily which ever the case may be) enough to order a Windows 8 device,
which are you going to order Windows 8 RT or Windows 8 Pro?
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I really want a pro as I have neither a laptop nor a tablet, so as long as the price is right it'll be a pro for me! I'm not a big fan of the RT, simply because I have had Windows 8 on both my home and work PC for a month or so and I never really use the Store Style stuff.
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I've much the same experience - I really like Windows 8 but am not enamoured of the new UI (I love Metro on my phone howerver).
The one thing about the whole affair that p***es me off is that I cannot use C++ to develop desktop app's using WinRT API's. I'd love to be able to use XAML from C++, but am not willing to limit myself to the Marketplace model.
It also makes the new UI totally unsuitable for development of Open Source Software (without requiring user's to download VS Express to compile the app).
So, if I was going to splash money on a Win8 device, I'd definitely wait for an Intel-powered model.
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Unfortunately not, I knew I could develop Metro Apps in C++, what I was hoping for is the ability to use XAML from C++ in non-Metro app's.
Effectively, I'd like them to expose the bit of the WinRT API's that support XAML within Desktop applications - as it stands some WinRT API's are available there, just no XAML support.
I'm not interested in developing app's that can only be distributed through the Marketplace. As I said, I don't like the closed model.
(The following link: Win8 API's[^] lists the WinRT API's exposed to desktop app's. There's a conspicuous absence of anything XAML-related, so for the desktop I'm stuck with .NET for XAML support)
Even this list is useless though - on following a few interesting looks, the relevant API is marked as Metro-only, why they appear in this list is beyond me.
modified 26-Oct-12 14:15pm.
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pro (although I doubt I will order one!)
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Clovertrail based Pro. Intel's closed the power gap enough to make RT much less compelling. Atom instead of Core because none of the 10/11" Core devices I've seen have promised more than 5 or 6 hours of battery life and I want 10+.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Lance Ulanoff wrote: Microsoft Surface is now a known quantity. It’s sold out on pre-order and has been tested to the hilt by tech pundits across the U.S (including this one). The Surface is an exceptional Windows tablet that, with its Touch Cover, can masquerade as a touch-screen Ultrabook. We know so much, but not everything. Here are nine behind-the-scenes secrets about the new Microsoft product, which I learned from those who built it.
It is invented, 3D, customizable and many more options.More[^].
Wonde Tadesse
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Remember college — specifically, the all-nighters powered by energy drinks and junk food? A “hackathon” is kind of like that. A bunch of computer programmers with an array of skills get together, and each one tries to build something within 24 hours — sleep deprivation be damned. Here are some of the things I learned at my first hackathon.
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Sachin Patney and Aswath Krishnan from the SQL Server Engineering Team demonstrate SQL Kinection, an experimental project that allows you to control SQL Server 2012 with gestures using Microsoft Kinect. Watch as they create new databases and tables, conduct backups, drop databases, create Availability Groups, and perform manual fail overs -- all by using gestures! SELECT from GANGDAM STYLE.
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I already thought our DBA belonged in padded room... hysterical! (they kind of overlooked the simple things like naming databases or tables, but fun nonetheless)
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. - George Carlin
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