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Comment · 11 years ago
It would be nice if Economist could post an article discussing the supply of "marriageable women" (using their words).
Also, plenty of old failing "you can have it all" narrative like:
"Women have learned that they can be surgeons and physicists without losing their femininity."
vs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3078210/Number-wom...
In much of the world they still enjoy social and legal privileges simply because they have a Y chromosome.
vs
http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-logic-behind-France-banning...
But there were some good conclusions: "More generally, schools need to become more boy-friendly...".
Comment · 11 years ago
> ... kills Dropbox/Box/etc at consumer level ...
It takes more than just being better when you are late to market.
> Self driving cars are fast approaching. Will anyone beat Google at this?
Uber? They are the fresh blood and moving fast in everything.
> Maps will have offline navigation soon. Why use Bing or Apple maps?
I use Nokia Here Maps. They have offline navigation today. On my device. Which is not Android.
> Android is everywhere.
Not on iPhones. Not on content-producing devices.
> Google Now and their new Google Now features look great.
2015s version of Clippy. Predictive analysis is not ready. Beware of the hype curve.
> Is there any space that they are not in / won't enter?
Their business is still revolving around ads. They are lagging in enterprise. They cannot beat Amazon at shopping. They cannot beat Apple/Microsoft at premium device design quality. They are not perfect.
PS: It's great that Google exists, but don't put it on pedestal.
Comment · 11 years ago
If something is nice Google either kills it or makes it not nice.
Comment · 11 years ago
Please add Metal & Swift to the title: mentioning these proprietary closed-source technologies might change peoples' expectation.
Comment · 11 years ago
No pixel-perfect alignment. Embracing the flaws.
Comment · 11 years ago
Well done Microsoft: inspiring not one, but two major competitors. Metro aka Modern aka Material rocks!
Comment · 11 years ago
I was expecting one of those trendy HTML5 logo generators...
Comment · 11 years ago
That's part of their agenda. If they will let people easily use other languages, naturally only JS devs will use JS.
Comment · 11 years ago
You can use non-legacy non-ubiquitous languages (as opposed to HTML/JS/CSS), because it's not public-facing. Microsoft is sending a mixed message to enterprise: should they bet on HTML5 and possibly quit the MS ecosystem whatsoever, or XAML is still a major investment for Microsoft? They need to demonstrate that WPF/XAML team is more important than ASP/Azure team.
Comment · 11 years ago
XAML is quite verbose, they are not making any radical changes - that's the problem. There is no daring attitude that you can see in the ASP team.
Comment · 11 years ago
So you can easily just change a build flag without touching any XAML or creating a new project and everything just works?
Comment · 11 years ago
Is Visual Studio Code made with WPF? Is Visual Studio Online made with WPF? Is WPF open-source and multi-platform? Guess which one(s) will survive in 5 years?
Comment · 11 years ago
They were desperate to release something ASAP. The enemy is at the gates.
Comment · 11 years ago
That's cool, as long as everyone has both options.
Thousand years later, first colonists in a different galaxy:
- Remember that dude from our childhood?
- Yeah, choosing to live a mere 70 years - so weird...
- Never mind, let's keep Terra-forming..."
Comment · 11 years ago
Becoming rich within 1000 years is more plausible than within ~80 years. Unless the concept of being "rich" disappears due to progress.