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>Slashdot was/is a community of open source nerds.

> less FUD on HN

So it's FUD only if it's not anti-MS FUD?

There was plenty of anti-MS FUD on Slashdot.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/02/16/2259257/draconian-dr...

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/13/03/17/1914209/microsoft-...

http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/21/2329249/windows-7-me...

Do you think the above stories and comments are FUD or not?

Eventually the biased story selection by editors, circlejerk, echo chamber and biased moderation got so bad that the site pretty much died. Do we want that to happen on here as well?

>I visit HN for startup news and occasionally open source news

Then perhaps just move past the other posts you're not interested in, like the HoloLens or Open Sourcing of .NET and other libraries announcements which are definitely 'Hacker News' material.

Or spend more time on other places like /r/linux etc.

>Who in the right mind would use vendor lock-in mediocre expensive licensed software for a startup

That's totally your opinion, it works for some companies like StackOverflow.

>less FUD on HN

Can you link me to some of this FUD you're talking about?

>This is a thread about a bug in Microsoft Edge

So... where are the threads about the bugsI linked? Why were they not voted up so highly on HN? That was my only point about the story selection and how getting tech news from only HN can cause a blind spot.

There are a lot more details in this sibling comment. Have you read it and the linked article?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11012392

They hid and lied about the facts about ad tracking of Education and Apps emails etc. until they were forced to testify about it in federal court and no one was clued into it. Once they got caught tracking and making money on it for many many years they rolled back some stuff. How is that clear communication?

Or how is that "Google has been very upfront on exactly how their business model works with users since day one." ?

Google's communication is clear as mud.

http://www.infodocket.com/2014/04/30/privacy-google-no-longe...

>I can't believe how stupid Microsoft is. This is never a bug. You can't be that amateurish.

Apple had a similar bug in Safari.

>Safari's Private Browsing Mode Saves URLs In an Easily Accessible File

http://lifehacker.com/safaris-private-browsing-mode-saves-ur...

Google had a similar bug on Chrome in Android

>Chrome for Android’s incognito mode saves some of the sites you visit

http://news.softpedia.com/news/incognito-mode-in-chrome-for-...

I find it curious that a huge deal is made out of Microsoft's missteps with over-the-top comments being modded up and same with the articles, but similar or worse things by, say Google or Apple are simply papered over and buried.

It's Slashdot all over again.

Perhaps they use commercial distros, like RedHat and buy a support contract.

It has been my observation that when many folks ask for open source software, what they really want and mean is free(as in beer) software.

Surely FFMPEG being mostly LGPLv2 and some GPLv2 would have a bearing on the API reuse issue? Especially since they're open sourcing the code.

So that's 6 months of sales versus 3 months for the Surface, so not directly comparable.

I agree, the author picked a really bad example(Office) to make his otherwise good point. Office certainly isn't a shitty product compared to its competition.

You can use browser extensions like hckrnews or 'Hacker news enhancement suite' to collapse comments.

http://hckrnews.com/about.html#extensions http://hckrnews.com/about.html#extensions

I think it has to do with the trajectory.

iPad = declining sales year over year

Surface = increasing sales year over year

The iPad was hyped to kill laptops/PCs and Surface's doom was also hyped, so the new data points are interesting because they look like a reversal of trend.

From Red Hat's earning statement:

>Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: ...risks related to data and information security vulnerabilities..

>Security breaches and data loss may expose us to liability, harm our reputation and adversely affect our business. >Our business involves the production and distribution of enterprise software technologies, as well as hosting applications. As part of our business, we (or third parties with whom we contract) receive, store and process our data, as well as our customers’ and partners’ data.

>While we take security and testing measures relating to our offerings and operations, those measures may not prevent security breaches and data loss that could harm our business or the businesses of our customers and partners. Advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries in the field of cryptography, inadequate technology or facility security measures or other factors may result in data loss or a compromise or breach of our systems and the data we receive, store and process (or systems and the data received, stored and processed by third parties with whom we contract).

>These security measures may be breached or data lost as a result of actions by third parties, employee error (such as weak passwords or unencrypted devices), malfeasance or vulnerabilities or security bugs found in software code. A party who is able to circumvent security measures or exploit inadequacies in security measures, could, among other things, misappropriate proprietary information (including information about our employees, customers and partners, our customers’ information, financial data and data that others could use to compete against us), cause the loss or disclosure of some or all of this information, cause interruptions or denial of service in our or our customers’ operations, cause delays in development efforts or expose customers (and their customers) to computer viruses or other disruptions or vulnerabilities.

>A compromise to these systems could remain undetected for an extended period of time, exacerbating the impact of that compromise. These risks may increase as we continue to grow our cloud and services offerings and as we receive, store and process more of our customers’ data. Actual or perceived vulnerabilities may lead to regulatory investigations, claims against us by customers, partners or other third parties, or costs, such as those related to providing customer notifications and fraud monitoring. While our customer agreements typically contain provisions that seek to limit our liability, there is no assurance these provisions will be enforceable and effective under applicable law. In addition, the cost and operational consequences of implementing further data protection measures could be significant.

>Moreover, because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service or sabotage systems change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. Any loss of data or compromise of our systems or the data we receive, store or process (or systems and the data received, stored and processed by third parties with whom we contract) could result in a loss of confidence in the security of our offerings, damage our reputation, loss of channel or strategic partners, lead to legal liability and adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows.

And their investor site is worryingly running on Cold Fusion of all things.

So I guess you'd not use Linux too, since Red Hat is one of the major contributors to the Linux kernel and server apps?

>One has the passion and enthusiasm of well respected open source volunteers behind it, and the other has a sleek high quality shine only our dear corporate overlords could deliver. This is minor, but it sets the mood the for the whole experience of add ons.

Doesn't Mozilla spend a lot on Firefox development? Like in the hundreds or tens of millions of dollars range? They have very nice and grand offices, lavish even interns with expense paid trips and food, so I don't really know what you're talking about.

[Edit: They spend $212M on Software Development in 2014 alone]

E.g. https://ryanseys.com/blog/summer-at-mozilla/

>Interns at Mozilla, myself included, are truly spoiled rotten. Competitive pay, free travel/housing, free snacks/drinks and catered lunches every week were really just icing on the massive cake that was my internship!

>Oh, and did I mention that Mozilla also sent me to Paris, France?! Yeah, it happened. For my final working week, myself and a handful of the Identity team met up in the Paris office and hacked on Persona, and ate… and drank… a lot!

http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-mozillas-amazing-offic...

http://ngokevin.com/blog/mozilla-day-one/

What kind of open source volunteers have perks like these?

>If nothing else, he would have less money if microsoft didn't participate in the anti-poaching scandal.

>Some of that money came from him, as an owner, colluding to not pay fair wages.

What are you referring to?

>Citation needed.

>By September 2004, the NSA had developed a technique that was dubbed “The Find” by special operations officers. The technique, the Post reports, was used in Iraq and “enabled the agency to find cellphones even when they were turned off.”

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/22/nsa_can_r...

>but there's absolutely no need for Bill Gates to be talking down the existing solutions that are clearly better than coal in order to promote his own speculative investments.

I'm lost, where is he talking down existing solutions and what are his speculative investments you're talking about?

He did, a couple of days later.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/29/news/economy/bill-gates-brea...

Does the open source nature of Android help here for a fix?

200M devices sounds like a lot, is it not possible for the community to fix it?

>So what would happen if Chrome and Firefox had stood together in solidarity and said "no"? I don't think the answer would have been a mass exodus to IE; for that matter, what if IE had gone along with it? (Edge already bans plugins.)

Google has been a prime supporter of DRM on the web. They bought Widevine a few years ago which is a DRM provider and pushed for inclusion of DRM in the W3C.

It's basically Mozilla vs. the rest, just like it happened with patent encumbered H.264 and Mozilla was left holding the bag.

Mozilla with it's hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenue comes to mind as a steward of such a initiative. But they seem to have been spending the money in pursuing project without a chance to succeed like FirefoxOS and expensive office and perks.

E.g. https://ryanseys.com/blog/summer-at-mozilla/

>Interns at Mozilla, myself included, are truly spoiled rotten. Competitive pay, free travel/housing, free snacks/drinks and catered lunches every week were really just icing on the massive cake that was my internship!

>Oh, and did I mention that Mozilla also sent me to Paris, France?! Yeah, it happened. For my final working week, myself and a handful of the Identity team met up in the Paris office and hacked on Persona, and ate… and drank… a lot!

http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-mozillas-amazing-offic...

http://ngokevin.com/blog/mozilla-day-one/

>Tweaking color temperature has been done in Hollywood for nearly 100 years

Then why was it impossible to do on iOS (iPhones and iPads) since 2007?

I find it alarming that so many folks are supporting the actions of a company to control and inhibit innovation, literally hurting consumers' health in the process, in order to control and maintain their forced 30% cut of third party program revenues.

They have literally implemented Palladium and Trusted Computing and it looks like people cannot get more of it.

The Yahoo IM account used was a work related account, so it's not clear whether the ruling would apply to a personal IM account.