You seem to have a distorted view of history.

Firstly, what a load of crap. Secondly, I think Rob MacDonald should take a break from Slashdot and actually go read what John Chen actually said.

They've already done that.

A wise decision on their part. Had they taken such foolish advise, I doubt they'd still be around.

This is still the stupidest idea ever. Using an inferior technology from a competitor would help them ... how, exactly?

That would be ... a massive step backward. Computing like it's 1994.

Time have changed, you know.

They've been WAY ahead of everyone else for years. Apple is the one you should worry about there.

This reminds me of the universal app package standard Mozilla is pushing. If other platforms were to support FFOS apps, that would be a huge win for consumers, developers, and smaller players in the smartphone OS market alike. While I don't agree that it should be legislated, Chen is right about cross-platform app compatibility being important.

Is it? Don't most hate groups like to think of themselves as an oppressed, but righteous, minority? Isn't that exactly what you guys believe?

Or do you mean that it's dishonest to compare two hate groups if their targets differ?

For an organization about harassment, skinheads sure have been victims of a lot of it.

Depends on what you mean by 'simple'. I'd offer both Forth and BASIC as examples of languages 'simpler' than C, though for dramatically different reasons.

Even compared to Java?

No.

You are very confused.

Which is why we teach kids calculus in kindergarten -- to make learning arithmetic easier later on...