Posts by skane2600

Google, AWS say it's too hard for customers to use Linux to swerve Azure

modernise?

Gotta love the characterization that moving to Linux from Microsoft server is "modernizing".

Why do younger coders struggle to break through the FOSS graybeard barrier?

Re: "As most contributors report, working in FOSS can often lead to a terrible life/work balace."

The reality is that due to the "free as in beer" nature of open source, most developers couldn't make a living writing FOSS code alone. So developing it is really a highly technical, greatly time-consuming hobby rather than their day job. Open source has reduced the perceived value of software and software developers.

'Maybe the problem is you' ... Linus Torvalds wades into Linux kernel Rust driver drama

There is resource safety (including memory) in C++ although it's still up to the developer to follow the well-established pattern. But since Linus won't allow C++ in the kernel it doesn't matter. Rust gives him the ability to gain some of the benefits of C++ and more without losing face.

It was Linus himself who established Linux's hidebound commitment to the C language when he wrote his absurd attack on C++ and C++ developers. He could have had a subset of Rust's safety a decade ago, but it's good that he's allowing a better language to be part of the Linux kernel.

Microsoft's Windows 10 ARM-twist comes closer with first demonstration

Re: "should distinguish between unifying at the API level and unifying the end-user shell or skin."

"Regardless of what some people may think, form factor and input/output methods highly impact application designs, it's not just a matter of moving widgets around to fill the available space, application needs really different UIs."

Yes, it's surprising that so few people seem to understand this. Even when automatic resizing and flow are available they create additional restrictions on the design which can lead to an inferior experience.