Regarding your example - why would you commit any of the 5 little commits, If they didn't complete the task, and also are breaking the product? wouldn't it be better to commit only when you completed the task you were working on? (I mean, if the task is made out of sub-tasks, then I would also commit each subtask or milestone that I feel is important, but this is not the case here)
Those are completely unrelated products. Functions is a server-less philosophy kind of thing. SF is a cluster management and orchestration technology so obviously very server oriented (It manages servers)
Patents are part of how the tech world works (unfortunately!). Does the author suggests that all Linux related project will get a 'pass' because they decided for themselves that they won't participate in the patents party? Or maybe because 'Microsoft loves Linux'? Grow up.. I think Microsoft is playing it well embracing oss and still protecting their interests, I wouldn't expect more.
The problem was that it wasn't R&D. Research was separated from Development. This is something Satya publicly stated he wanted to change, and I hope he will.
When prototyping I often start this way (client-datastore) but the first thing that forces me to add a middle tier is authentication\authorization or protecting the API for any reason.
Just an idea: If your business is to help startups raise money, maybe offer paid coaching\consulting services along with the deck, and then maybe even make the decks free as a marketing tool.
Social network tools were found as very productive (since ppl are familiar with them from home). This caused employees to form work groups on commercial products like Facebook, WhatsApp, etc... companies want to give employees those same tools but under the control of the company and with enhanced governance.
While I agree with the her general message, I don't see how "The Swiss work hard, but they have a strong work-life balance." is demonstrated in the article.
Judging by the article you work half as much as an American an earn the more, which sound amazing, but hard?
I doubt the "produce" of an average worker in Switzerland is more then or even equal to that of an American.
(PS I am not an American)
I don't think there are a lot of ideas that are so original that no one else came up with them. Chances are someone is already working on your idea regardless of what your idea is. You have the benefit of knowing who that competitor is. Shouldn't stop you, but encourage you.
Not really.. :) Of course the majority of languages today also meets that criteria. I guess I just used that to say that for a company of "the same kind" (unlike who's behind those other languages), MS is actually doing above expectations when it comes to openness.
"modern, high quality language with support for the platforms I care about (Linux, OS X)" - .NET's open sourcing is already happening (including cross-platform) and is under MIT\Apache license. github.com/dotnet
Maybe owner is not the right word. But IBM is definitely going to be associated with this technology in an exclusive manner. Like when you say Bootstrap or Storm you have to mention it's by Twitter, or when you talk about AngularJS you'd mention it by Google.
They are all open and open source, but the main sponsor is always taking over the mind share.
In this case I suggest that IBM can become to Spark what Google is for Angular without even being there from the start.
Dumb idea? maybe...
It's even more interesting to observe the dynamics in this increasingly open source world of software.
By deciding to sponsor Spark, I think IBM is becoming practically it's owner, without having to do anything prior to this move. Does it mean it is possible today to "acquire" technology a project by naming your own price?
1. Vista is from early 2007. Windows 7 is from 2009. So if you compare you'r 2009 mac to a windows machine, it should be to a Windows 7.
2. If by free you mean as in 0 price (if you mean as in liberty then WTF), then your wish just came true: Windows 10 will be a free upgrade, and it's a major release.
I agree the past few years was a mess for MS, but things are changing and so should the public opinion.
Nothing new here.. I work for Microsoft. we have had most of our tools in the cloud for quite a while. One thing's for sure - every new app is cloud based. We use Azure AD and multi factor auth to allow access from internal and external networks. It's pretty common with small\medium companies I work with, maybe less with large enterprises.
Just pointing out the two of the arguments against Word: iPad\iPhone support and price, are not really valid since MS has official Office for iPad\iPhone for free.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/6/7163789/microsoft-office-f...
It might not be as feature rich as the full desktop version but it sure is more feature rich that plain text.
Love how simple and friction-less the UX is! Also, search auto-complete is really fast, how did you do that? (wouldn't suppose you cached entire YouTube's index)