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It does not mean Microsoft will sell it for less then Samsung does today. So why to buy Microsoft's for more? For Office? I don't think so...
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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If MS were to get some traction in this direction I can imagine them buying out Xamarin. However, psychologically, might be hard for them to downplay Windows Phone.
Kevin
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The saying “30 is the new 20” doesn’t always hold true — in fact, it seems to be the opposite for those in the software development industry. While some professionals are just beginning to hit their stride at age 30, the future for an average programmer can appear pretty bleak after 29. It means they're getting close to 0x20!
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Double it and deprecate the development platform you have been using for the last 5+ years and see how it feels.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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That's the one, I hated HTML/Javascript back in the 90s - the last time I worked with the dogs breakfast they call web development. The ONLY reason I took the teams to web/silverlight was the whole binding thing. Now the bastards refuse to go back to the desktop, WPF where all our skills and resources are relevant and insist on going to MVC.
If I ever meet the thick witted, numbskull, pea brained, moronic idiot, bastard in Microsoft who made that decision I will take great pleasure in being quite rude to them.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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He/She probably is worth $20 billion got a home on the beach in Maui and don't give a sh*t what you or I think?
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Probably, but I would like the satisfaction of telling he/she just what I think of them.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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...that's worth way more than $20 billion, it's priceless.
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WPF is obsolete. The cool kids have moved on to greener pastures.
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So that is why the WPF team is building up numbers again?
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They are? Maybe they're making it usable. Too late though, will never touch that pile of dung.
Wout
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They are, and I find it extremely usable.
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Mycroft, give your middle finger to the web trend of microsoft, and support a WPF developer like me by buying IaaS Management Studio.
Good old productivity tool in WPF and licensing as we always liked
Or else, I'll be obliged to jump on the MVC band wagon and give right to the pea brained idiot. :'(
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Kent Sharkey wrote: It means they're getting close to 0x20
I'm drawing a blank.
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We don't like characters like you saying things like that.
/ravi
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There's a space between my ears and I sometimes act out of character.
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And that's the difference between upper and lower case.
/ravi
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I think that's the right protocol.
/ravi
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Er.. I'm not really terrified, I'm 42 already!
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Business Insider wrote: the future for an average programmer can appear pretty bleak after 29. The future for an average anyone can appear pretty bleak after 29.
/ravi
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Very true and thats the scary factor.
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I call bullshit.
Headhunters will always be lazy; yes, it is assumed that those fresh out of school aren't experienced enough, and that those with a certain mileage are outdated. He's merely talking about the generalization of the public - a "good" programmer is at least as young as the founder of FaceBook. And if he's as old as Bill Gates, then he "must" be equally outdated.
I found that the prejudice is actually beneficial. No more "exciting opportunities" or "challenging environments", no more marketing-drivel. It's a nice way of filtering all those non-job-offers that merely exist to fish the top 1% out of the market (ask Joel[^]).
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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