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I feel that part of Scala's problem in every project I've been involved with is that it has too many features which means if you're not incredibly careful about specifying exactly what features should be used you end up with an unmaintainable mess.
The command line interface and need for my physical key essentially put me off the service.
It's also reasonably expensive compared to the alternatives these days.
There's plenty of heavy duty machine learning libraries and implementations for big data platforms. Just spark alone has a fairly high quality one:
If $16bn in net revenue is IBM falling, I'd love to see what Cringely defines success as.
Mozilla's board are accountable only to themselves. It's a personal playground and cash machine for Baker and Eich.
[1] http://thetruthaboutmozilla.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/analyzi...
I've only ever had positive experiences with the NHS so far.
They've saved both my life in an emergency and my father's life too.
"To monetize all that information, the website has a subscription model that two million people pay into at $12.95 to $34.95 a month, according to the company."
So even at a lower bound that's close to $26m/month in revenues or $312m a year. So it's only 5x revenues.