Promises without consideration (e.g.
Promises without consideration (e.g. unpaid) aren't enforceable. I help out by sweeping Amazon's yard everyday, for free. "Thanks!" they say, "Any time!" I reply. But years later, I decide to stop. Amazon cries out in anguish "But you have a Responsibility!", and threatens me that if I don't clean their yard... well, they'll do it themselves. Free maintained software suits Amazon, and some organizations / foundations provide it. Seems to work as consulting services advertising (BTW which incentivizes hard-to-use software, lots of complicated features, jumbled together... ever seen a large foundation's open source project like that?) Some businesses fund these foundations directly, but minimally, and there's a certain... reluctance. Perhaps an unmet need there...?
Posted by hyperpallium on Mar 13, 2019, 5:27 AM
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That's the biggest problem with iOS because Apple can be ordered to block them from the App Store and it would be instantly kill these pr...
I'm intrigued about the "Trip Planner" being a top-level app.
This asymmetry is IMO the biggest problem with AI-driven output.
This is one of the most important objectives in software today.
At least in Europe - these rouge corporations need to be reined in or just leave the market.
I was skeptical, but this looks genuinely useful.
Why has she gone through so many iPhones?
The biggest problem with Europe is the lack of innovation.
Promises without consideration (e.g.
Promises without consideration (e.g. unpaid) aren't enforceable. I help out by sweeping Amazon's yard everyday, for free. "Thanks!" they say, "Any time!" I reply. But years later, I decide to stop. Amazon cries out in anguish "But you have a Responsibility!", and threatens me that if I don't clean their yard... well, they'll do it themselves. Free maintained software suits Amazon, and some organizations / foundations provide it. Seems to work as consulting services advertising (BTW which incentivizes hard-to-use software, lots of complicated features, jumbled together... ever seen a large foundation's open source project like that?) Some businesses fund these foundations directly, but minimally, and there's a certain... reluctance. Perhaps an unmet need there...?
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