Posts by Christoban

Microsoft has made SQL Server for Linux. Repeat, Microsoft has made SQL Server 2016 for Linux

Seems like...

Seems like you've already drank someone's kool-aid.

Microsoft acquires Xamarin: An obvious move not without risks

I think if they do something tricky like offer Xamarin for free IF you also target UWP, it will help UWP a lot.

Re: Fingers crossed...

JavaScript/HTML/CSS and Cordova / PhoneGap have no or very limited ability to reach into the target platforms' APIs. Xamarin offers total, simple API coverage of the target platform.

Re: Fingers crossed...

Qt costs $3000 per dev for commercial use.

100% driverless Wonka-wagon toy cars? Oh Google, you're having a laugh

The author is a technophobe or a neophyte to technology

Of course California is easier to navigate than London. But Google's driverless cars are already much better drivers than humans are. In test after test, they pretty much never make mistakes, even in heavy traffic.

And I'd like to see a trucker run over a vehicle that has dozens of very, very fast sensors, instantaneous reaction time (far quicker than humans), and usually very fast acceleration/stop capabilities.

But the author seems to think Google is going to deploy to areas where the programming isn't ready. That's ridiculous. These things go through rigorous testing and only have a chance of implementation after they achieve much better than human results. Before then, regulators (and automobile and insurance companies) will not let it happen since having people die by the thousands every year and forcing the survivors to buy car insurance is a big, big industry.

Please put your tin foil hat away.

Please put your tin foil hat away.

FINALLY Microsoft releases Office for iPad – but wait there's a CATCH

Re: 5 people editing one document simultaneously

I can see this working on large spreadsheets where people don't get close to each other, but never documents, where just pressing Enter moves down everyone else. Seems like it would be smarter to just separate the document into smaller parts.

Re: The consumption myth

The keyboard isn't the issue -- everyone knows external keyboards are available, though they are cramped and don't solve everything (touch is still less efficient than a mouse). And of course a tiny screen size is still not great.

The real issue is the limited multitasking and very limited inter-app sharing. Why they haven't provided a solution for these is beyond me; I suspect they're just focusing more on consumption.