Sometimes in University I found bold young guy saying something like:

I will reimplement this in machine language because is faster

I will reimplement this xyz C function by my own

My program crash, I think there is a bug in HP UNIX socket implementation

I will ge rid of this Java Garbage Collector because it is too slow. I will reimplement all the code in my C++ routine.

 

Belive me: your code is doomed. A full list of guys have already done your same code, found a million bugs and corrected it in the tool you want to replace because they are shitty slow, to your eyes.

I feel your pain because I made your same mistake. Keep reading.

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The BBC Micro bit an ARM-based embedded system designed by the BBC for use in computer education in the UK. The device has been given away free [...] [to every 11 years old pupil] in the UK, and is also available for purchase by anyone.

This is the wikipedia definition.

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In ambito Open source vi sono innumerevoli licenze disponibili. Quali sono le loro differenze salienti? Come orientarsi? In questo breve articolo diamo una serie di indicazioni e spunti di riflessione.

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I have just read what Apple shown at the WWDC 2016.

In the 1985 Windows 1.0 was born. In a snap, the IBM compatible system evolved, and the competitive advantage of the Macintosh dried up and disappeared.

IBM PC was cheaper and way more open.

Like in the 1985, now in the 2016 the iPhone revolution has come to an end. After the Retina Display introduction, no real new feature was introduced. The apple Watch was beaten by competition.

Two years passed with no true innovation (i.e. Apple Watch is not a revolution).

The last MusicApp removed the beautiful cover navigation, and try to sell you the apple music rent service all the time, instead of let me play the music I have already bought.

If the WWDC2016 breaking news is a new file system, it is a very poor gift. I am writing this note on a Windows 10 PC. It is not a shining operating system it freeze a bit and has still a very ugly backup engine, but MacOSX is not the “most advanced operating system” anymore, like it used be in 2000.

MacOSX is the oldest one nowadays.

Historically Apple system are very closed. The reason is simple: when you go to your shareholders and ask for money, you can show you have a competitive advantage, a strong set of feature no one can take apart from you. But Apple lost this war in 1985, when the high pricey Macs cannot compete with open IBMs clones.

To be fair, IBM could open to clone market because its business was on high-end server, and Microsoft alliance will help to sell more IBM PCs.

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Arudino StereoSID emulates the SID sound chip of the famous Commodore 64. It is based on the Atmega8 MOS6581 SID Emulator from Christoph Haberer. Library conversion and memory optimization by Mario Patino. Stereo Effect by Giovanni Giorgi

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