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Comment Re:they should just create GLang (Score 1) 247

by North Korea (#37398586) Attached to: More Info On Google's Alternative To JavaScript
It wasn't free from the beginning either, you know. Now they just seriously limited the resources and raised prices. Since slashdotters think Google is so much about open source and free software, why is App Engine backend proprietary. I'm not even asking something like their search engine code, just the App Engine backend so that people can move to other service providers with their projects if Google charges too much. Oh yeah, but Google doesn't want that. They won't open source it because then they couldn't lock down developers.

Comment Re:-yawn- (Score 0, Troll) 247

by North Korea (#37398500) Attached to: More Info On Google's Alternative To JavaScript
CoffeeScript has a better probability in succeeding too. No one in their sane minds would start using some test project from Google after all the canceled and abandoned projects. At least JavaScript has actual support and standards behind it, and it's widely supported. Google will probably just kill off this project a little after you've spent good amount of time learning and getting used to it and implementing it in your projects. With JavaScript (and CoffeeScript) you won't just some day come to slashdot and see Google's announcement how they've decided to discontinue the project to spend time on something better and newer.

Comment Re:they should just create GLang (Score 2) 247

by North Korea (#37398416) Attached to: More Info On Google's Alternative To JavaScript
Yep, pretty much like they did with Google App Engine. Lock the developers down first, then raise prices significantly. Oh, and since it's unique platform and the backend is closed, you either have to accept whatever price Google is asking or abandon the project and code it again from the beginning. So much for Google's openness. Their new business motto seems to be borrowed from Microsoft - "Embrace, extend and extinguish".

Comment Re:Windows 8 (Score 0) 266

by North Korea (#37395648) Attached to: Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview

in social platforms and must be experienced in leveraging Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, location-based-marketing, YouTube

I really doubt Microsoft is that interested in Slashdot. Facebook, Twitter and other sites are the largest ones. Slashdot is just some site where they get dissed at no matter what they do.

Comment Re:Too late (Score 2) 266

by North Korea (#37395632) Attached to: Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview

As it stands Windows 8 is still in its infancy. The build in Microsoftâ(TM)s demos is 1802, a pre-beta and not feature complete version of the OS. Microsoft needs to balance the need to show off Windows 8 to developers with a need to keep it under wraps until itâ(TM)s done as to not spook end-users. The result of that is the situation at BUILD, where Microsoft is focusing on finished features while unfinished features are either not in the OS or are going unmentioned. For comparison, at PDC 2008 the Windows 7 interface was not done yet, and Microsoft was using the Windows Vista interface in its place.

You shouldn't assume anything based on that beta preview. It's not complete and it's missing complete features, the ones being start menu. This beta is mostly for tablet manufacturers and app developers so they can start experiencing with the new Windows. When Windows 8 will be released, and most likely in the upcoming betas, it will have all the usual things in desktop too. Do you honestly think that Microsoft would abandon their largest market area, ie. business users for something that only works with tablets?
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Submission + - Windows Store will not take a cut from sales (neowin.net)

Submitted by North Korea
North Korea writes: Windows has always lacked a central place to buy and download software and games, which has been criticized as insecure design by Linux users. The upcoming Windows 8 will feature Windows Store for the first time, and Microsoft has revealed it will take a 0% cut from the sales. Apple notoriously takes a 30% cut from App Store sales for iPhone, iPad and Mac OSX. In addition to not taking a cut from sales, Microsoft will also ensure that the applications in the Windows Store are malware free and good quality. This should provide a repository-like application download system for computers with Windows and a good marketplace for application and games developers.

Comment Windows 8 (Score 3, Informative) 266

by North Korea (#37394710) Attached to: Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview
I tested it earlier today and I think it looks great. The boot time is insanely fast, the metro UI is better than I thought and you can still easily change to the normal Windows shell. On top of that developers can target both Windows PC and the upcoming Windows tablet markets with their apps. Overall I got a very good impression of Windows 8.

Comment Re:Home of the Underdogs is your friend. (Score 1) 184

by North Korea (#37384870) Attached to: <em>Syndicate</em> Reboot Coming Next Year
I think you mean Ubisoft or Activision. EA has been playing really nicely the recent years. In fact they've published many innovative and great games too, perfect example being Mirror's Edge. Then there's games like Mass Effect, Battlefield 3, Create, The Saboteur and so on.. EA has really improved from what they were in 2005 or so. Maybe you should get up with times too.

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