RT @codinghorror: the Beatles perform Stairway to Heaven http://youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I –– seriously weird, but very cool
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RT @dret: interested in map/reduce? nice SIGMETRICS 2009 tutorial now available (71 page PDF, 5.5mb) http://is.gd/9HseO
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Elliott Offers to Acquire Novell http://bit.ly/93qeAj /via @myfear - Novell still exists?
Very interesting, @glv writes tweets about BDD that would be exactly 141 letters were it not for the fact that he spells behavior correctly.
@stal_m … and giving big companies an advantage over small ones is the exact opposite of patents' original goal
@stal_m I remain convinced that software patents are plain wrong and should *never* be granted. [Why does this topic always make me mad?]
@stal_m Using it in defense I can understand (even though I'd never participate). Using a patented Observer pattern aggressively? Come on …
@m_st Yes. I wonder how many developers unknowingly violate Apple's Observer pattern patent. I hope they feel bad.
@stal_m Seriously, do you really stand by that last statement with regards to, say, http://bit.ly/9SgwnP and http://bit.ly/bSgIo6 ?
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Damn, the Apple patents list at http://bit.ly/93TNy8 _and the fact that they actually used it agressively_ makes me want to throw up
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@stal_m It depends on the kind of patent. At least in the case of software patents, I strongly disagree. Check out http://bit.ly/93TNy8
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Personally, I never found Apple to be a particularly ethical company. Still sad to see them suing a company they outperform easily
+1! "Enforcing patents isn't a good long-term play: it's the beginning of the end of the creative Apple we both love." http://bit.ly/asRRlE
@assaf No objections to making informed decisions against any technology; it's uninformed ones I object to