We have definitely gotten off topic! This is something that I've become much more passionate about in the last couple of years, and I appreciate Fabrizio for his viewpoints. We, as a group, tend to enjoy the newest features, the newest toys and worry more about the time to deploy, stability and functionality than security and privacy.
Fundamentally, JavaScript is a broken piece of software. Java Script is the primary culprit for most web based attacks. If we look at Adobe, the primary reason why Reader has so many updates and security holes is simply due to adding JavaScript into the Adobe Reader. There are many hacks, workaround and policies that have been invented in the last 14 or so years to sidestep the vulnerabilities of JavaScript and mitigate the possible damages. I don't believe that there is a need to go into this right now; a Google search will come up with pages and pages of examples of both attacks and defenses. I've been consulting off and on for a few local lawyers and I've told each of them to get off of google mail. While this may seem strange to many people, the privacy of a lawyer and their discussions is paramount. While Google Mail does offer many strengths, they are an easy target for legal subpoena of all of your email content. This also has been well documented in Google's privacy policy as well as online. (Yes, I understand the risks of a hosting a private email server as well) Recently, Eric Schmidt has come under fire for his views on privacy on the internet as well. http://www.pcworld.com/article/184446/googles_schmidt_roasted_for_privacy_comments.html FaceBook has recently come under a lot of fire for their privacy policy changes. From appearances, it looks like they're trying to scale up and in essence going to sell your data to do so. Please note, I love what Google is doing with their products. They are really pushing the envelope as to how we interact with each other, data, and also computers. As with Fabrizio, I just don't trust them to store all of my data in a secure, private way. I've hesitated to really start using products such as Google Voice, Google Mail, Wave, etc. due to that lack of trust. I don't want to be a tin-foil wearing psychopath, and yet, there are so many examples of why I should be! Now, back on topic: I love NetBeans, and I'm trying to incorporate it more into my daily life. However, I find that Eclipse just does some things better than NetBeans. As with others, I wish we could have a good melting of the best of NetBeans, and the best of Eclipse. --Ryan On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:15 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> Why on earth would I want to sort my inbox?! >> I have search, which is powerful and fast. There is no >> need for tidy email management. This of course is one of > > Perhaps because the mess reflects the mess in organizing my > life :-) I tend to do things related to interaction with > others (ranging from paid jobs to supporting open source > projects to paying taxes) in email-driven mails, by properly > tagging. This happens 80%+ of my emails, that get properly > collected in folders, but not for the remaining ones. On one > side I'm just involved in too many things, so I always lack > large portions of time, on the other I have to improve my > efficiency. I've been suggested to read the book "Getting > things done", but so far I haven't found the time to do it > :-) > >> Gmail's great strength. I don't want to be rude but I >> think you should try something before writing it off, >> probably true for facebook as well. > > No rudeness, instead I'm always thankful for advice. But > Thunderbird basic concepts are ok for me (tags and > searches). And as I said, even though GMail was so better, I > don't want to put all my stuff in the hands of Google (I'm > always puzzled when I see people complaining for yet another > camera at the airport check in, and then put all their > digital life in other's hands). > > For FaceBook, I've already expressed my thoughts two years > ago: > http://weblogs.java.net/blog/2008/02/15/officially-i-hate-social-networking-non-java-rants > > It just sounds as FaceBook incarnates the opposite of my > life style. > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici, Ph.D. - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - > www.tidalwave.it/blog > [email protected] - mobile: +39 348.150.6941 > > > -- > > 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. > > > -- 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.
