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Controversial Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich has left the open source web company, but its path forward remains unclear and the clock is ticking. Amazing what kind of trouble $1000 can buy these days
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As we say in Belfast, that is 'bad crack'.
He was forced out of his job basically because of his non-PC personality, if we forced everybody in this industry out of their job because they had rough edges, there would be nobody left!
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'struth: Imagine someone wielding a ban hammer for bad ideas in the Lounge. There might be only one person left (whoever swings the hammer).
TTFN - Kent
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Forgot to add to my initial post that this is the guy who played a very big part in inventing Javascript, super smart guy who had a lot to offer, which makes forcing him out of his job because of his personal views (which I don't agree with) all the more annoying.
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HomerTheGreat wrote: this is the guy who played a very big part in inventing Javascript
That must've been the real reason for ousting him...
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HomerTheGreat wrote: a very big part in inventing Javascript
...as in, he invented it. He wrotehacked it together in 2 weeks, which is impressive but I think the whole world is still dealing with the aftermath of that hackery - witness the profusion of JS libraries to get around deficiencies in the language, and all the bad parts of JS.
(I don't blame him for that - it was Netscape who gave him so little time).
It could also be argued that AJAX had as much influence - and that was an MS invention.
However, I do feel that having a known homophobe head up a forward-thinking company probably didn't reflect well on Mozilla. I welcomed his departure.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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More generally, it's the latest example of the culture war in the US continuing to escalate in viciousness.
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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Quote: But with its over $300-million yearly Google contract expiring in December 2014, Mozilla can't possibly keep up its annual expenditures of over $200-million (PDF).
There have been similar levels of hysteria every time this contract comes up for renewal. It was nonsense then, and it's nonsense now. Google won't mess with it because being the default search engine in Firefox makes them an even bigger pile of money, and because if they did the giant gloating smirk on Microsoft's face as they swept in and offered the same terms that Google, combined with the gloating, and 'proof that Google is evil'ing the deal would create; used to would be so massive that it would form a black hole large enough to swallow the planet. 
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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Doug Burger called it Project Catapult. Burger works inside Microsoft Research–the group where the tech giant explores blue-sky ideas–and in November 2012, he pitched a radical new concept to Qi Lu, the man who oversees Microsoft’s Bing web search engine. He wanted to completely change the machines that make Bing run, arming them with a new kind of computer processor. "This one goes to 11"
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Just pay them to install your malware.[^]
Quote: Apparently, hackers wanting to control PCs are wasting their time with elaborate botnets and vulnerability exploits -- all they may really need is some pocket change. A study found that between 22 to 43 percent of people were willing to install unknown software on their PCs in return for payments ranging from a penny to a dollar, even when their OS flagged the app as a potential threat that required permission to run.
Edit: Title changed because not being able to find the comment thread for snarking about an article always drives me crazy.
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
modified 17-Jun-14 8:35am.
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Now that's interesting - until now I had to pay to install a software on my OS...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Microsoft won't support Windows Server 2003 after July 2015, and businesses need to think about migration sooner, not later. "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone It, people like me!"
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Ho, I miss a few trains.. what about my Windows 98 machine?! 
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Super Lloyd wrote: what about my Windows 98 machine?
Doesn't count... If you have '98, it takes itself down. No need to worry about security threats. 
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Microsoft envisions a future where systems can predict malfunctions in devices and buildings before they occur. First step: a cloud-based machine-learning tool that goes into public beta in July. "I'm a real troubleshooter, and I blow it away. Know what's gonna get me mine"
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While it is only slightly linked to what MS are doing, I have used Prelert[^] to do predictive analysis on applications and it works pretty well.
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Just a few weeks ago, we talked about creating a more open dialog between the IE team and the Web development community. Today we’re excited to announce the release of the Internet Explorer Developer Channel, a fully functioning browser designed to give Web developers and early adopters a sneak peek at the Web platform features we’re working on. The Developer Channel is available for download today for both Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 SP1 customers running Internet Explorer 11. "Take hold of the future or the future will take hold of you"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: running Internet Explorer 11
Now that should be a big problem...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Awesome now the "Why IE sucks today" won't fall on deaf ears? 
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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Now it passes over to the 'blind eyes'...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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[Sorry for posting a non-English news item. An English version is not yet available. Please supply it if you find it./]
Vorinstallierte Spionagesoftware auf China-Smartphones
Auf einer billigen Kopie des Samsung Galaxy S4 [Star N9500] ist ab Werk installierte Spionagesoftware entdeckt worden. Diese lässt sich so gut wie nicht entfernen, kann alle persönlichen Daten des Nutzers kopieren und Anrufe belauschen.
Well, is that really the first smartphone with pre-installed malware? Somehow I thought spy functionality was a hallmark of smartphones...
[Edit]Meanwhile the news are available in English at another site:
Popular Chinese Android Smartphone Has Malware Pre-Installed
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modified 17-Jun-14 3:45am.
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Windows has been running on the majority of PCs for many years now. Microsoft successfully translated its client monopoly into a stronghold server position. However times are changing and it is no surprise that the new CEO of Microsoft is a Cloud expert. Cloud can make Windows irrelevant. Welcome to the 20th annual 'The End of Windows is Nigh' celebration
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Brought to us by the Year of Linux on the Desktop Foundation?
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
modified 16-Jun-14 9:19am.
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But but but it's the cloud that's irrelevent! 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Microsoft has changed its service agreement to be less intrusive but retained the option of scanning users' data. "In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."
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