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Comment More proffesional management. (Score 1) 545

No, the OP is right. Not the programmers are setting the time line but the pointy-haired Bosses. They have to take documentation into account. But they give a shit about our estimates and are always asking that the work is done that little bit faster.

The private projects I do where time is of no concern are all perfectly documented.

Comment Another company HP bought and wrecked (Score 1) 139

Look at the track record:

1) Compaq: bought 2002: Product line disappeared, brand name wrecked.
2) Digital Equipment Corporation: bought 2002: Product line disappeared, brand name wrecked.
3) Palm: bought 2010: Product line almost disappeared, brand name almost wrecked.

If a company is bought out by HP than that is the end. My guess is that HP suffers from a very, very serious case of “Not invented here syndrome.”

Comment CarrierIQ (Score 1) 542

CarrierIQ was on iPhones as well. And on Symbian. CarrierIQ is OS independent and installed (mostly) on branded USA devices.

Yes, MeGoo was spared. But that is because MeGoo is

a) not branded
b) still born

And last not least: All Google-Experience Devices (Nexus and XOOM) come without CarrierIQ. So no need to place CarrierIQ and Google in the same sentence.

Comment It is for the Other 95% (Score 1) 378

(Ohh dear, yet another narrow-minded USA centric posting — but the, what to expect form /.)

ISO (International Standards Organisation) is for the the other 95% of the human population for whom ANSI (American National Standards Institute) is of no concern.

Comment The US is the only one - again (Score 1) 619

I don't know if it's still this way, but in Brazil the caller paid cellphone charges for calling a mobile number.

Actually I think the US is only country in the world where the callee has to pay for a call. In every other country it is initiator-pays principle.

Well, unless you are roaming. Then the callee has to pay the roaming charges.

Comment Re: A4 sized... (Score 1) 221

Because it could only be sold to 5% of the world population. The rest of the world want an A4 (210mm×297mm) sized reader.

And it does not matter if you don't care what it cost. A proper business plan will look at what the majority of potential customers what and can afford.

Comment Boys not women (Score 1) 361

Not quite. The priest of the catholic church are more into under-aged boys.

Not all of course. There was a report on German TV about the catholic priest which lived a normal live with his wife and daughter. “Just don't show my face, my employer does and must not know.”

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