Exactly the same there, with a short detour into BSD somewhere down the line.

They're just making sure you actually *read* the article before commenting.

In the early 90's (1993 or so) I started a small ISP in the midwest (playing out of my house) which grew fairly quickly. After about a year, I brought on partners, and hired employees, as well as found office space.

I had a couple of high school and college age guys who came by to help us out, and play with our large amount of bandwidth. They convinced us (1995/1996) to try Linux (Slackware, I believe) for our DNS and mail. After many attempts to show us how stable, and great it was. Eventually, we began to use it in production, and it was terrific for so many reasons.

Eventually I had to learn command-line, and how it all worked, and I spend much time learning the 'right' way to do things. Joe (the text editor) became a good friend.

From there, we eventually sold the ISP, and I went to work for the company that purchased us. I've been heavily involved in Linux administration and development ever since.

I got rid of all WYSIWYG a long time ago.

As an independent web application developer. I receive visual mockups from a designer (in Illustrator, Photoshop for example), and convert them (by hand) into maintainable web pages, as far as the HTML/CSS is concerned.

It takes a little longer to create the initial HTML layouts and CSS, but in the end, it's much easier for me to quickly update and maintain over time. Things are 'built' and formatted exactly as you need them to be, and keeps things much more efficient in a number of ways.

It seems to depend on what your needs are, and how complex the design/app you're working with, etc.

This is the type of thing that every user on Facebook should know about. Every communication is being scanned and evaluated. You opted into that, so you need to be aware that it's going to happen to you.

It's a good thing our own government doesn't do such things, because it wouldn't be a choice to opt out of that kind of evil behavior. Oh... wait.

We're waaaay past "seriously out of control" already. Perhaps a segment of the population is beginning to wake up to it, but it could be far too late to find a way to take action to stop the madness.

I remember the days of Slackware, and trying to convince the boss why Linux was a good solution to a lot of our ISP-related server software issues. This sounds very familiar. I hope Open Compute has the same type of success as Linux.

The ambiguities and intentional non-specifics involve a lot of trust for anyone not to abuse it.

It will be abused, and eventually, so often, that it is the foundation for the next set of freedom-crushing laws.

Is it time to begin a mass exodus of Facebook?

Thank goodness, some actual common sense. Seriously.

Also, if this had happened to a white kid, would the media be on this at all? Maybe? How about you? Does reverse racism somehow affect your attitude here? If so, then you're as bad or worse that who you are accusing.

How about we wait until all the facts are in, and make our own decisions, rather than the attitude of the Black Panthers, and mod rule.

Why not? The Obama administration would like to raise the estate tax (death tax), tax on dividends, etc.

You've already paid taxes on the things you own, and when you die, they tax your family so much, they may not be able to own the things you left for them.

With dividends, you've paid the tax on your income, and when you retire, and need the income from your own money, you'll get a nice percentage of that taken too.

With that logic, I see no reason to pay for things twice, and again. Obama is pushing hard for this. Fair or not. I'll stick with the bush tax cuts. They do affect me, and I am by no means rich. Just wait until Obama keeps creeping down the road until he gets to you.

Urectum? I didn't know Uknewum?

Couldn't resist...

So we begin on the path to building an intersect. "I know kung foo"

The TSA was a generally "good" idea... To provide safety for transportation, I thought, but it turns out that it is a typical example of what happens when the government takes control of something it shouldn't.

I truly thought this administration would do exactly the opposite of what it has been doing the last 3 years, and I regret to say that it's as bad, or arguably worse, than the proceeding administration. Make no mistake, the administration is acutely aware of the details of what is happening — It has been behind the scanners, pat downs, and other infringements of its own citizens. A grand marketing campaign, with little substance.

I am not taking sides, but pointing out the obvious, I guess.

I am sure your point is a part of the problem, but in my (many years) of experience, this has a lot more to do with a myriad of factors, none of which really outweigh the other by much.

I am an independent developer who works on projects with security in mind from the ground up. Time/budget be damned, as it's my reputation on the line. If they can't pay for what it is worth, I tell them to find another developer.

They tend to learn the hard way — it was a better option to stick with a security minded developer in the first place. 85% of them return as customers.

The problem seems to be that most of the developers I have worked with, be it corporate employees, or indy's like myself, are one of two things, in general: (very general)

1. Lacking knowledge of how to deal with the most common security threats.
2. Lazy, and don't care enough to implement safeguards, etc.

Most of the other excuses boil down to one of the above.

That's my experience out there in the field, working with lots and lots of diverse companies. Of course profit and time to complete enter the picture, but over time, this can be overcome with a lot of experience and a lot of [code] libraries which can be easily implemented, no time lost.

In my experience as a developer who has managed a department, trained "jr' developers on our product(s), and was "loyal to the end", I can tell you that you need to do what is best for you, now and down the road.

I put my time (too many hours), heart and soul into my job(s), and was close with upper management, etc.

What I found is: In the end, the company will do what it needs to, to survive/thrive at [almost] any expense -- including you and your job.

What you must do is find what is the best scenario for you to survive/thrive, and mostly enjoy going to work each day. Of course you want to balance your decision with factors such as burning bridges, making sure your new position has long-term stability, etc.

I wish you the best in your decision. I can only offer that you do what's best for you, and don't look back.