It was better because it was, well, less. Constraints tend to make you enjoy something more. I agree that a lot of the things that annoy me today weren't present back then. But a lot of other things that I take for…
I don't know where this nostalgia is coming from. "The Internet" has never been this super perfect place on a pedestal some people make it sound like. The Internet is what you make of it. Not more, not less.
Elon might want someone like her...
No, absolutely not. There is no "IT insists" in our company. Believe it or not we trust our people to do the right thing and to handle their equipment accordingly. There are a couple of applications that are forced by…
What kind of numbers would be acceptable to you?
> staff always want a refresh regardless if the laptop is good enough or not My personal experience disagrees. A lot of colleagues are absolutely happy with keeping their machines for quite some time. A lot of it -…
What exactly does "heavy use" mean? My MacBook Pro is now in its fourth year of daily development work. It doesn't show any kind of wear. So far I don't see any reason to replace it in the years to come. If nothing…
> I still believe I qualify as a nerd. And you absolutely should! There is not _the_ nerd archetype and never has been.
And why exactly do you feel obligated to mention that? Do you have a problem with porn? Why?
Life finds a way...
> I know if the potential ulterior motives. And you think the US tech giants don't have any ulterior motives?!
Well, I'm all for making money but the way it was tried here sounds like a pretty bad idea. Developers (or power users for that matter) aren't really known to be generous with their personal money for recurring software…
What was your justification for the monthly fee in the first place? There is a model that worked for decades: If you spent a _significant_ amount of work enhancing an existing tool you'd release a new major version. The…
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It almost makes you think there is still some good left in the world.
Your propaganda is becoming a little too obvious, don't you think?!
On the contrary. It's a great day for Europe!
One-time fee? I would be onboard instantly. Monthly fee? For what exactly? There is no recurring cost like server space or anything else. Nope, you lost me as a customer. For good.
The test says that I'm 66% German. As a German I'm not really sure how to interpret that :-)
> Do your own assessment. Yeah, and my primitive home-grown analysis then carries the same weight as those from experts with professional equipment? Oh come on...
I ceases to be legitimate.
The sheer amount of what you _might_ need later in life has proven to be simply too much for the time we usually spend for "overall education". I'm completely with you in that we should offer help along the way. But…
> People die in car crashes. We can't eliminate those altogether, but at least we can take steps towards making things better, instead of telling them that maybe they should just not drive. Tough problems regardless. I…
How would you ensure that the "average user" actually gets to the page he expects to get to? There are risks in everything you do. If the average user doesn't know where the application he wants to download _actually_…
It was better because it was, well, less. Constraints tend to make you enjoy something more. I agree that a lot of the things that annoy me today weren't present back then. But a lot of other things that I take for…
I don't know where this nostalgia is coming from. "The Internet" has never been this super perfect place on a pedestal some people make it sound like. The Internet is what you make of it. Not more, not less.
Elon might want someone like her...
No, absolutely not. There is no "IT insists" in our company. Believe it or not we trust our people to do the right thing and to handle their equipment accordingly. There are a couple of applications that are forced by…
What kind of numbers would be acceptable to you?
> staff always want a refresh regardless if the laptop is good enough or not My personal experience disagrees. A lot of colleagues are absolutely happy with keeping their machines for quite some time. A lot of it -…
What exactly does "heavy use" mean? My MacBook Pro is now in its fourth year of daily development work. It doesn't show any kind of wear. So far I don't see any reason to replace it in the years to come. If nothing…
> I still believe I qualify as a nerd. And you absolutely should! There is not _the_ nerd archetype and never has been.
And why exactly do you feel obligated to mention that? Do you have a problem with porn? Why?
Life finds a way...
> I know if the potential ulterior motives. And you think the US tech giants don't have any ulterior motives?!
Well, I'm all for making money but the way it was tried here sounds like a pretty bad idea. Developers (or power users for that matter) aren't really known to be generous with their personal money for recurring software…
What was your justification for the monthly fee in the first place? There is a model that worked for decades: If you spent a _significant_ amount of work enhancing an existing tool you'd release a new major version. The…
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It almost makes you think there is still some good left in the world.
Your propaganda is becoming a little too obvious, don't you think?!
On the contrary. It's a great day for Europe!
One-time fee? I would be onboard instantly. Monthly fee? For what exactly? There is no recurring cost like server space or anything else. Nope, you lost me as a customer. For good.
The test says that I'm 66% German. As a German I'm not really sure how to interpret that :-)
> Do your own assessment. Yeah, and my primitive home-grown analysis then carries the same weight as those from experts with professional equipment? Oh come on...
I ceases to be legitimate.
The sheer amount of what you _might_ need later in life has proven to be simply too much for the time we usually spend for "overall education". I'm completely with you in that we should offer help along the way. But…
> People die in car crashes. We can't eliminate those altogether, but at least we can take steps towards making things better, instead of telling them that maybe they should just not drive. Tough problems regardless. I…
How would you ensure that the "average user" actually gets to the page he expects to get to? There are risks in everything you do. If the average user doesn't know where the application he wants to download _actually_…
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