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Comment Re:Anyone use Joe anymore? (Score 1) 443

by markmay (#49731285) Attached to: Choosing the Right IDE
I still use JOE. The reason is the same that most choose their preference. I've used it so long, my hands can type the editor commands without me having to pay attention to it. My concentration can stay focused on the program I'm creating.

Submission + - Google Offers Cash for Updates to Linux and Other FOSS (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by jrepin
jrepin writes: Google is offering rewards as high as $3,133.70 for software updates that improve the security of OpenSSL, OpenSSH, BIND, and several other open-source packages that are critical to the stability of the Internet. The program announced Wednesday expands on Google's current bug-bounty program, which pays from $500 to $3,133.70 to people who privately report bugs found in the company's software and Web properties.

Submission + - If Java Is Dying, It Sure Looks Awfully Healthy

Submitted by Hugh Pickens DOT Com
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes: Andrew Binstock writes at Dr. Dobb's that a recurring prejudice in the forums where the cool kids hang out is against Java, often described as verbose and fading in popularity but Binstock sees little supporting evidence of Java being in some kind of long-term decline. While it is true that Java certainly can be verbose, several scripting languages have sprung up which are purpose-designed to spare developers from long syntactical passages to communicate a simple action including NetRexx, Groovy, and Scala. As far as Java's popularity goes, normally, when technologies start their ultimate decline, tradeshows are the first to reflect the disintegrating community. But the recent JavaOne show was clearly larger and better attended than it has been in either of the last two years and vendors on the exhibiting floor were unanimous in saying that traffic, leads, and inquiries were up significantly over last year. Technically, the language continues to advance says Binstock. Java 8, expected in March, will add closures (that is, lambda expressions) that will reduce code, diminish the need for anonymous inner classes, and facilitate functional-like coding. Greater modularity which will be complete in Java 9 (due in 2016) will help efficient management of artifacts, as will several enhancements that simplify syntax in that release. "When you add in the Android ecosystem, whose native development language is Java, it becomes very difficult to see how a language so widely used in so many areas — server, Web, desktop, mobile devices — is in some kind of decline," concludes Binstock. "What I'm seeing is a language that is under constant refinement and development, with a large and very active community, which enjoys a platform that is widely used for new languages. None of this looks to me like a language in decline."

Comment Re:Due dilligence (Score 1) 105

by markmay (#35840290) Attached to: Supreme Court To Hear Microsoft-i4i Case Monday
Lack of funding is just a political issue. In fact we should enact a substantial annual fee to maintain patent protection. It would make patents more expensive, reducing the nonsense patents and provide funding for the patent office and some even for general federal budget. If the America provides this short-term monopoly, we should at least get compensated well for it. Now we mainly tax income. Why do we want to discourage income? Instead we should start shifting the tax burden on to other things we don't mind discouraging (and patents, copyrights seem a good place to start)

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