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Comment · 10 years ago
You are claiming that you know >>all<< operating systems and bootloaders and that >>all<< run only in 32-bit mode - with no exceptions... a big claim about your knowledge...

So you know even all non-public bootloaders and OS-es...

Comment · 10 years ago
Author is asking for 64-bit ARM hardware, not software...
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
The raspberry pi 3 runs in 32 and 64 mode. There is no >>LINUX<< 64-bit kernel for it currently...
Comment · 10 years ago
Just buy Raspberry Pi 3 and you will have 64-bit ARM desktop hardware...
Comment · 10 years ago
I think "2. e5" would be atomic bomb then... ;-)
Comment · 10 years ago
"Our children deserve better." If you take children - they indeed mix and remix without worrying about any (copy)rights...
Comment · 10 years ago
I agree with everything except: "Know how to use Vim" -> I use nano "Pair Programming" -> nice, but not should
Comment · 10 years ago
Windows is mostly sold as OEM on new computers. For existing/old computers they have minimal sales... so they are giving it for free here...

Gut since they will start with subscriptions very soon I wonder what is their long term plan with these Win10 installations on existing computers...

Comment · 10 years ago
And it may grow even more when some/many US subsidiaries in UK will move to Ireland after Brexit (english speaking country in EU is attracting many US companies)...
Comment · 10 years ago
For companies with existing technology stacks try to reuse existing knowledge (JNode, Java, .Net, ...).

For companies "starting from scratch": analyse possibilities and make a strategic decision about your technology then try to stay with it and build up the knowledge along the way...

In 1996 I made a decision to use Java everywhere where it is possible and I sticked to that decision up until today, so I prefer Java...

Comment · 10 years ago
Java EE is a set of mostly bad libs for Java SE. Unfortunately the upper management has seen it as a "better Java SE"...
Comment · 10 years ago
These slides are great! "Standing on the shoulders of giants..." If time-to-market is important, JVM is the way to go... Manually managed memory is for low-level/OS software, GC is for the rest (apps)... with some exceptions...
Comment · 10 years ago
The flower. Butterfly was created two days later... :-)
Comment · 10 years ago
From the related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12015388 "In today's digital world, it appears to be a virtual certainty that computers accessing the Internet can—and eventually will—be hacked." => "In today's education world, it appears to be a virtual certainty that research information from countries which allow foreign students can—and eventually will—be stolen."

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