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This is fantastic news. One suggestion though, I would rather spend majority of that $10B in training, building the infrastructure, etc. so that 3rd world countries can produce their own vaccine/medicine/etc.
it's sort of like the old Chinese saying: Give a person a fish, and you feed them for a day. Teach a person how to fish, and you feed them for a lifetime.
$33B for Afghanistan but only $2.25B for California?
This all comes down to where the developer can make the most money, a native app or a web app.
Someone also mentioned the infrastructure and resources needed to support a web app to support thousands/millions of users. as opposed to basically nothing for a native app.
good advice
My wife absolutely loved the iPad so much she wants me to buy her 2. one for her and one for her brother. (and maybe one for me if i'm nice to her)
This thing is going to be huge.
that's not going to happen.
http://www.linkedin.com/companies/macmillanmcgraw-hill
looks like macmillan and mcgraw-hill are the same companies.
no ones forcing you to use Apple products. You're free to use Windows/Linux/Nexus one/etc.
:-)
i'd love to see a vmware/parallels app for the iPad. imagine being able to run os x/windows/linux on this thing.
EDIT: absolutely agree user experience is Apple's no. 1 priority.
"And the iPhone OS will only run software that they specifically approve. No Flash or other alternate runtimes, no one-off apps or open source customizations. Just total control by Apple. It’s a frightening future.
I don’t know why they’re doing it."
I'll tell you why. because Apple's number one priority is the user experience. You need that kind of control if you want the best possible user experience. And it works for them and their users. 99.999% doesn't give a shit about your concerns.
That's the reason why iPhone sales trumps Nexus One/Droid/etc.
It's really easy.
You use the iPad to:
- read a book - surf the web - organize/look at/show off photos - watch videos/movies/tv shows - listen to music - send/receive emails - play games - use maps/calendar and the 140k+ apps available in the app store
Anything else, use a Mac (or Windows/Linux).
Great books i read in 2009
-The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort - hilarious
-Inside Steve's Brain
-Paypal Wars - old book but still very informative and relevant
-Viral Loop by Adam L. Penenberg
RAC + Dataguard if you use Oracle
Harvard study: Computers don't save hospitals money
They save lives..
Ning is hiring
Current operating systems already support multiple computing paradigms (including the ability to run apps and store data in the "cloud"). Forcing people into a specific paradigm has been historically proven to be disastrous (Network Computers, Javastation, etc).
Most of the books I read are usually business profiles/bios of founders/companies.
1) iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
2) The Google Story
3) The Perfect Store: Inside eBay
4) Paypal Wars
5) Barbarians at the Gate (not tech-related but one of the best business books of all time)
wow I still remember this. a classic by Aleph One.
Another tutorial pre-dates this by ~1 year. It was written by mudge.
This is not a startup pitch, but it's also helpful.
thanks. this is very helpful.
cnn.com
Congratulations guys!
Actually they do offer Oracle in the cloud. All the features of Oracle full with Grid Control access, etc.
Amazon did a demo at the Oracle Open World a few weeks ago and it looked promising.
http://aws.amazon.com/solutions/global-solution-providers/or...
remember coding in Pick/Basic 12 yrs ago.
1) pay off your debt 2) buy a 2 - 4 unit apt. live in 1 unit. rent out the rest. 3) invest in your self (certification/training/mba/etc)
You'll still find a few of the niggling quirks found in Windows versions past. For instance, the OS still requires "activation" by a 25-character code, an anti-piracy measure that annoys legitimate users while doing little to crush actual pirates.
rofl
the best programmer is the person who have made the biggest difference in people's lives.
it's not measured by the no. of lines of code, bugs,etc.
OSX
you can use SYS.ANYDATA and SYS.ANYDATASET if you use Oracle. I'm sure other databases support similar feature.