A typical fanboyism argument when one's favorite company screws up. Just mention the other rivals and add zero insight into the original idea being discussed.
> In case of Android what you only need is that your application can read notifications
This "only" is much harder to do than sending a Javascript URL.
Assuming Facebook is lying isn't a very good technical argument. There are other ways for them to make profit than doing the shady things you are implicitly accusing them of doing without any base.
I have a big respect for Jon Skeet, but to dismiss Jeff Dean's work because Skeet is the one who provides copy-and-paste snippets for programmers is wrong on so many levels.
Thanks for the informative post. I know you didn't make it to advertise, but do you mind sharing your product name/info? It might be interesting to people following the discussion who have a similar situation or concern.
What I meant to say is that all companies try to follow where the market is.
Microsoft isn't doing that just because they are losing their leadership in the market (which the OP claimed).
I've been using Visual Studio for more than 10 years, it never required a login to work or sent any information to Microsoft without a clear permission.
Having said that, if you really feel that Visual Studio is disrespectful of your privacy, you shouldn't be compromising on that and simply not use the application. I don't understand people who whine about services while they are enjoying them for free.
It's always the same people you never hear complaining about having to create an Apple account to use their developer tools.
> Uh, any company that sells niche or upmarket offerings of commodity products, for one. I.e. Apple
Without thinking much I can come up with a list of instances where Apple did exactly follow where they think the market is. Example include making phones with bigger screens [0], using a stylus with tablets [1], smart watches, small screen tablets [2], the the list goes on and on.
> Their position in the server world is not nearly so secure, which is quite possibly what this move is meant to address.
Microsoft never had the lead in server operating systems. So they're not doing this just because they are no longer the leader. This is a proof that Microsoft is just changing how they handle competition and FOSS under Nadella.
Could you name a single company that doesn't follow where the market is and try to monopolises it later?
Plus, Windows is still the leader in the desktop and laptop market until today. They are facing some tough competition but "not leader in given market" is not true.
You missed the idea. He was discussing that even complicated programs (and games) can be converted to use Windows 10 features (i.e. modern desktop) flawlessly without breaking existing code. He wasn't talking about replacing Steam.
They have an excellent tutorial [0] that shows using Accord.NET to implement a well known paper called "A tutorial on Principal Components Analysis" [1]. I highly recommend reading them both for anyone who doesn't know much about that field because they give a very good idea of how stuff like facial recognition, image compression, ...etc work.
That sounds insulting to the scientific research itself. Comparing the huge amount of research Microsoft Research division does to whatever Apple does to produce their consumer devices is really ridiculous. You can hold back on a 1-inch increase in screen-size until it's "market-ready" but you can't apply that to the real research areas.
I'm a web developer with experience of technical editing, a native speaker of Arabic, have translated many popular Firefox extensions to Arabic, and worked in "Google in your language" project, since I speak English and German fluently.
I'm willing to help any HN member who wants to localize his startup/website to a RTL language, for free.
If you contact me, I will gladly review the Arabic localization and RTL design and help you with the globalization in general in my spare time.
As a thank you for the community I'm a big fan of.
I don't agree. Interviewing and employment are vital for any start-up company. And those reverse applications certainly have some ideas that enrich that field.
[0]: https://twitter.com/SpotifyStatus