Incidentally, I was willing to give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt with regards to the code contribution and was pleasantly surprised. In the days since it appears that they contributed back to avoid a GPL violation though. Not wrong, but not the altruism we were led to believe initially. Microsoft has a long pattern of attacking linux (Linux is a cancer anyone) so is it any surprise I am not exactly their biggest fan. If they really want to make a good contribution, how about the video codecs Moonlight needs to be on an even footing?
Dick On Jul 26, 6:49 am, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > With all the subjective rambling and FUD of episode 269, one has to > think the most likely career for the gang to be within the sensational > tabloid press. Much more could be said about this, but I fear for the > Microsoft decease <http://www.osnews.com/story/21887> and that it will > just be in vain. > > Dick would be editor-in-chief also filling the role as news-editor, > hooked up to all the wire-services. Carl would be copy-editor and news- > editor. Joe would be type-setter and do the DTP work, also writing the > occasional sports columns. Tor would be the IT guy, writing tools to > support the daily routines and processes... in NetBeans! > > /Casper > > On 25 Jul., 19:37, CKoerner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I thought it might be fun to envision what the JP gang would be if > > they were doing something else, so pick an industry / occupation being > > as general (ie Food Industry) or as specific (Pizza Makers) and then > > outline who would do what. > > > I'll start. > > > If the Java Posse were in the Food Industry then: > > > - Carl would be a Food Scientist (yes thats a real occupation), > > analyzing the molecular makup of food products and conducting tests on > > the base components. > > > - Dick would be an 'Alton Brown' (http://www.foodnetwork.com/alton- > > brown/bio/index.html), going on road trips trying differing things and > > reporting back to us, creating his own unique receipts while recalling > > obscure factoids, and adding his English humour to the mix. > > > - Tor would be kitchen designer, creating customized workspaces to > > enable chef's to work their magic. > > > - Joe would be a cake decorator, enjoying working on the > > 'presentation' layer. He would probably own several cake shop > > properties and hold lots of fun decorating events. > > > The show would still be called 'Java Posse' except it would really be > > about drinking coffee, and making food. > > > Next... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
