I'm not a WhatsApp user but I don't believe Facebook bought it to just change nothing and to gain nothing. After all, they paid $19billion for it. They may not do it right away but I would tell WhatsApp users to beware.
In reply to: Re: Will you still use it?
The sooner MS can throw out the 8.x series - and 9.x if it's slated to be a mere imrovement on 8.x - the quicker they can get back to devoted Windows users. I've been using it since Windows 3.1, and there has never been...
In reply to: Scrap it
I was one of the lucky few that got the update files yesterday. I have to say the experience is much nicer for keyboard and mouse users. Right click functions are back and the start menu can finally be navigated much easier...
In reply to: I Installed Windows 8.1 Update 1
I wonder if it was a mistake that it was available for those few hours. Would it be unheard of if MS did that deliberately? It might get a little buzz going about it. Anything they do that helps non tablet users will be...
In reply to: hmm Mistake?
This is entirely inconsistent with my experience. I purchased a Surface Pro 2 in December 2013. The unit was dropped in the box on the store floor before I even left the store. I was assured by a sales person who was supposedly...
In reply to: Surfacfe Pro 2 does not survive dropping contrary to manufacturer claims
While I've seen it and done it myself, I've not heard the term "human middleware" applied to it before. That is an easy problem to fall prey to and a hard one to solve sometimes. Incrementally, it is often easier to throw...
In reply to: Re: An example
How is this a legal issue? Change the ToS, make users click an 'agree' button, and do whatever they want with the data, within legal boundaries of course. Maybe folks have confused 'legal' and 'against ToS', like people...
In reply to: Huh?
Is it cool? Oh geez yes, drool worthy even. But, at this size and price, we start reaching a range where I don't see any advantage over a Yoga.
In reply to: Yoga
David, two brands I think do a good job of sounding human on Twitter, FB and even in emails are @Loft and @Kimpton. I work in a business that demands attention to SEO so I understand the value of keywords, but I follow the...
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Suzanne, "According to the National Science Foundation, less than 15% of the world's engineers are women." That's an incredibly low percentage. It would be nice to know how this percentage is distributed in the w...
In reply to: Only 15%?!
WHY?? the world is more women oriented than for men...how can u tell at 18 what u want to do??? is not a MAN question.....at 18 u are expected to do the whole family fullfillment routine.....WOMEN at 18 are just learning...
In reply to: you'll never see a MAN post like this
Agreed. The temptation with these apps is to share everything... but just because there's a "share to Facebook/Twitter" option doesn't mean you need to use it! Some stuff is better kept private.
In reply to: Re: May get a few of these
If you're a WhatsApp user, does Facebook's acquisition of the company make you think twice about using the service? Let's hear your thoughts.
In reply to: Will you still use it?
Ariella, Yes. That distraction let's them play a double game. And everyone is happy living in the lies of distraction. So why change? Meanwhile, now with more ways of knowing how your privacy is being taken away,...
In reply to: Re: If history is any indication
I think Mark Thiele has nailed the issue here: PaaS is still niche. It reminds me of Linux in the mid-to-late-1990s: quite fragmented, and while it offers benefits, the learning/implementation curve combined with legitimate...
In reply to: Traction is the key
Everything Oregon bought from Oracle is COTS software... Siebel, OPA, PeopleSoft Financials, Oracle BI, Fusion Middleware, Oracle Database etc.
In reply to: Re: Oracle blameless in Oregon health insurance exchange fiasco?
First of all Sheehan is an idiot. Exeter was offering an additional configuration of the software the state already owns with no proven value. Exeter offers a configuration of Siebel CRM, Oracle Policy Automation and a...
In reply to: Re: Oracle blameless in Oregon health insurance exchange fiasco?
With the usual series of disclsoures (for details, just look at my disclsoure page but briefly, I'm an adviser to ActiveState by way of their acquisition of Appsecute. Previosuly I've worked with Krishnan Subramanian who,...
In reply to: Meh....
It was so successful that it attracted outside attention, and they got a grant - to buy a roomful of Apple computers! Then, we sort of got the boot. I can't say I blame them, why wouldn't they want their students to work...
In reply to: Re: What about funding?
Renat, I agree with your point: "If one thing that RedHat could do to make the world a better place - is to collaborate with Cloud Foundry community, to standardize around run-time and services, which are now incompatible." That's...
In reply to: Re: RedHat joining Cloud Foundry foundation is wrong for PaaS
Hi Charles, just want to clarify that I work for SUPERNAP who runs the SUPERNAPs. :)
In reply to: Re: How will this PaaS tragedy play out... 
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