Comment: Re:Holding off using it for other reasons (Score 1) 265
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<head>
<title>Not XML</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<img src="not-xml.png">
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Comment: Re:Why not let the market decide? (Score 1) 172
In US, 49% handsets sold were Android, 31% iPhone
Cockroaches outnumber humans by a rather incredible margin. Which do you think is superior?
Depends on the human.
Comment: Re:Yep.. (Score 1) 255
Suddenly even Myspace sounds like a real option for the first time since puberty,
Two weeks ago.
Oh, you also just turned 33?
Microsoft and Yahoo Reach Deal 301
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kdawson
from the rhymes-with-sting dept.
from the rhymes-with-sting dept.
e9th writes "We know that Microsoft failed last February in its attempt to buy Yahoo. Now, Advertising Age reports that they've reached a deal. Instead of a buyout, the two will enter into a revenue sharing agreement, and Bing will become Yahoo's default search engine. The meat of the AdAge article can be found in Yahoo News. This deal may give Google something to worry about."
Comment: Re:Full Time (Score 1) 354
Unfail
Comment: Re:Full Time (Score 1) 354
Boycotting
Fail
Comment: Re:And What of the Others? (Score 1) 650
Umm... most distributions of Linux and FreeBSD do in fact make it easy to download other browsers. You won't hear me condoning Apple business practices wrt bundling Safari, but since they are not a convicted monopolist they probably will not need to worry about this.
Comment: Re:And What of the Others? (Score 4, Insightful) 650
Legal definition != dictionary definition. See Sherman anti-trust laws.
Comment: Re:Mmmm, Kay. (Score 1) 439
Well, in a case when you need to know the length, you have to use strict evaluation (sort of- I'm simplifying), in which case Haskell is reducing to what "normal languages" do. In the case where you do not need the length, you get the benefits of laziness.
Update Java and get OpenOffice.org for free
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snoyberg
snoyberg writes "So I start my computer up at work today and there's a little icon in the try with a balloon letting me know I can update Java and get OpenOffice.org for free. Is this a great new method to get Windows users over to OSS?"