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Maybe not the employees, but the UofW researchers who were working on it, yes. I wonder if they 'stole' them, or if Microsoft moved on?
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As Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer celebrates 14 years at the software giant's helm, a new boss is slated to land in the next few weeks. But what if there were two? "Two can be as bad as one. It's the loneliest number since the number one"
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Why not?? It worked so well for RIM didn't it??
If Microsoft can so easily be split up and run by two CEO's then I suspect the next argument would be that the company should truly split itself and make tons of $$ for it's stockholders.
you want something inspirational??
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Dennis E White wrote: Why not?? It worked so well for RIM didn't it??
Ouch! That's going to leave a mark.
If Microsoft can so easily be split up and run by two CEO's then I suspect the next argument would be that the company should truly split itself and make tons of $$ for it's stockholders. I used to lean that way myself, but that would definitely put the resulting two companies at a disadvantage in a marketplace containing Google, Apple, and IBM (and others) who can merrily push OSes, dev tools, and services without government intervention.
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Kent, your one-liners after your quote from the articles kill me. I literally laugh out loud at most of them.
thank you
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And thank you!
I wouldn't be doing this if I weren't amusing some people.
But I'm not sharing my pay cheque. 
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Isaac Schuleter defects to his own Node-related commercial outfit, raising questions about his ambitions and Node.js itself. "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."
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Dart, Google’s JavaScript competitor, launched its 1.0 version last November. While Google’s Go language has quickly caught on with developers, though, Dart has been struggling to attract them. In an effort to get more developers on board, Dart today became the first project to host its framework on one of Runnable‘s recently launched Code Channels. For those curious, but not curious enough to install it
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I've just been writing a sidescroller in Dart with my 10 year old son, and it's a pleasure to use.
I find the standard packages mean I don't have to spend so long evaluating languages which are simply there to address language deficiencies in JavaScript. It also isolates me well from browser differences.
I can develop and test in Dartium, then once happy compile to JavaScript and use in every major browser - so far with no hitches at all.
It actually feels like a well thought through language that encourages best practice in programming.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Dammit, now I have to look at it more closely. I had been dismissing it as Yet Another Foo-to-JavaScript language (or a Google playground, take your pick of excuses).
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Sorry about that. But having Lars Bak (v8 and Self VMs) and Gilad Bracha onboard was enough to make me want to investigate.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Security researchers at Proofpoint have uncovered the very first wide-scale hack that involved television sets and at least one refrigerator. Not counting that time with William Perry and the all-you-can-eat buffet
How's that for a 90's reference? Or was it 80s? Too lazy to head to Wikipedia.
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Google Dart co-creator Lars Bak and Mozilla ECMAScript project editor Allen Wirfs-Brock each have strong arguments for their languages in writing larger, more complex web apps.
ECMAScript 6 is coming in December. Can it fix all the holes Dart is poking in JavaScript?
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Another leaked document from Edward Snowden reveals the NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweeps.
Another day, another damning Snowden document.
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Better performance, more features, and improved tools mark the 1.1 release of Dart. Just two months after the 1.0 release, this new release delivers a set of compatible updates that makes applications easier to develop and faster for end users. Not "faster than", just the outputted JavaScript is faster (still, I guess that's good)
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At Australia's Linux.Conf Hohndel said dealing with upstream GTK/GNOME developers is tough and the Qt development community is more helpful.
Yo GTK, Imma let you finish, but y'all just got served by mah man Hohndel.
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)’s board is considering Ericsson AB Chief Executive Officer Hans Vestberg as a potential successor to departing leader Steve Ballmer, according to people briefed on the search. And the Microsoft CEO rumors continue...
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Report says net's large cloud providers, including Google and GoDaddy, are unknowingly harbouring ‘on-demand’ malware. I'm glad someone is making good use of "the Cloud"
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In a case of convenience for users trumping security, Starbucks has been storing the passwords for its mobile-payment app, along with geolocation data, in clear text. Have we learned nothing?
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Clearly the answer is no.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Have we learned nothing?
I have. If I want a better cup of coffee and quality snacks I will go elsewhere.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I'll have a Venti half-caf mocha latte, heavy on the whip and 100,000 passwords, please.
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"If I want a better cup of coffee"
I've avoided Starbucks for years on that basis alone.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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"There's always a better cup of coffee." -- Qui-Gon Jinn
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