I'm happy to say I departed from Windows when 95 came out. I went from 3.1 to OS/2 2.11 (I believe) and never looked back. Ultimately OS/2 went to Warp and when it failed in the market I transferred to Linux, and from there to Mac OS X.

As a developer on OS/2 I had a smooth run thanks to Java which made my code easily portable along the way. And IBM DB/2 went along likewise from OS/2 to Linux.

Still Windows 95 release gives me fond memories, if only as it reminds me of my developer career.

GEOS on the Commodore 64 introduced me to the terms "cut," "copy," and "paste,"

Real programmers don’t eat quiche. https://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf...

There, I called them out.

Never have I understood the appeal of a glorified taxi central. But then I’m from the time when BOO.COM was worth a fortune (shortly).

In the late 90s I was able to produce spectacular performance with OS/2, DB2, Java and Caucho's Resin (a Java httpd) while serving dynamic web pages. Due to the (server) stability of OS/2 and its multi threaded nature, IBMs commitment to Java, DB2 wih Java integration and early XML/XSL implementations, I was able to produce a bleeding edge content management system. I'm talking approx. 1997 to 2001. When IBM killed off OS/2 I switched to Linux which by then had Java implementations that could match OS/2s, also by IBM. You can guess I have fond memories of OS/2.

That's a cool Instagram filter they used. Anyone know which it is?

That tracking is actually a feature that benefits the artist who actually gets royalties when played (which is tracked). This way cloud services like iTunes Match and this Amazon service get to 'legalize' all your illegally downloaded music. The artists eventually (if you play them) get paid fairly.

In the midst of all the humbug about illegal downloading and the music industry going down the drain, I find this a very sympathetic feature.

Why don't they use (invest in) Quercus on Java instead? Compiles PHP to Java classes (like JSP) and works blazingly fast: http://caucho.com/resin-3.1/doc/quercus.xtp#compiling

I wonder why we don't here more about Quercus in the PHP world...

The article means original content BY YouTube themselve as I read it. YouTube is going to compete with the producers you talk about.

Well, once people revert to looting other innocent people as a hooligan passtime they disqualify themselfs as a member of said 'civilized' society IMO.

Isn't it common practice to shoot looters on the act? Or does that only apply in war? Protesting is one thing. Looting hard working social peers is way off limits AFAIK.

Capped data plans won't kill the cloud. Capping will only be a temporary inconvenience (until capping is gone through competition between carriers).

There are nice-to-have cloud syncs that use a lot of data (music, video, images) and need-to-have cloud syncs (mail, calendar, documents). The urgens syncs usually fit in a data plan. The 'leisure' syncs can be done whilst on wifi.

The real inconvenience will be data roaming charges (eg abroad) where they charge you an arm and a leg for everything :(

Big corporations are such sore losers when their DRM/lockdown/lock-in systems are broken.

If SONY were a good sport they'd be proud their signing/encryption took this long to crack.

Yo dawg! I heard you like to sue while you troll, so we put a patent in your patent so you can troll when you sue.