[The Java Posse] Android Developers Union

http://www.andevuni.org/ "We are tired of being treated like sharecroppers!" I had to laugh on that line, considering the recent mention of it in our forum post. Funny how much a difference just a few years can make in the perception and appreciation of something. -- You received this messa

[The Java Posse] Re: Android Market in-app payments: just as bad?

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[The Java Posse] Re: Concerned about Tor's mental health

Tor should switch to VIM. ;) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more opti

[The Java Posse] Object Oriented Programming is out of the CMU Computer Science Introductory Curriculum

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[The Java Posse] Re: New round for the lawyers.

Seems Microsoft is making more revenue from Android than Google. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr

[The Java Posse] Playbook is a more dev friendly than Xoom

http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/24/rim-opens-up-blackberry-playbook-to-support-android-apps/ You can write apps in Android, Java, C/C++, QNX, Adobe Air, HTML5. Seems like the Playbook is the ideal tablet for a developer who wants lots of options. -- You received this message because you are subscri

[The Java Posse] Re: Playbook is a more dev friendly than Xoom

I'm not saying the Playbook is better for consumers, just developers, because they can use it to do development for multiple platforms. So if you could only afford a single device but wanted to be able to developer for different platforms it seems the playbook is ideal. Again I'm talking develo

[The Java Posse] Re: Playbook is a more dev friendly than Xoom

I'm surprised that the fact that the Playbook will support Java doesn't garner it any preferences when it comes to the *Java*Posse group. Maybe Android really has taken over. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this gr

[The Java Posse] Android Openness Withering

When Android was first announced, Google's evangelists touted it as an open ecosystem that would enable innovation—a hardware and software reaffirmation of the Carterfone decision. They

Re: [The Java Posse] James Gosling goes to Google

He's going to be working on GO. :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For m

[The Java Posse] Re: Android Openness Withering

If Honeycomb was rushed and isn't finished, then don't they put at risk the early adopters who buy the tablets based on this rushed and unfinished OS? Is it fair for other tablet manufacturers to sit and watch the competition release newer tablets or software upgrades for tablets and they have t

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Android Openness Withering

1 2:50:42 PM UTC-4, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Chris Koerner wrote: > >> If Honeycomb was rushed and isn't finished, then don't they put at risk >> the early adopters who buy the tablets based on this rushed and unfinished

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Android Openness Withering

: > > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Chris Koerner wrote: > >> If the source wasn't in good enough shape then I don't think its >> unreasonable to believe that the compiled binary robustness might >> be tenuous, unless you think they just haven't put e

[The Java Posse] Underscores on Variables

Just curious, under what circumstances in ANY language do you use an underscore in front of a variable/method/object? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscr

[The Java Posse] Is Mono in Trouble?

http://www.techeye.net/software/attachmate-lays-off-mono-staff The Open Sauce Mono project, which was the Novell led effort to provide an open source implementation of the Vole's .NET on Linux

[The Java Posse] Re: Google I/O keynote

Now we know what James Gosling will be working on. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@google

[The Java Posse] Compiler as a Service

I'm curious what those on the list think of the "Compiler as a Service" that is theoretically targeting the next version of C# 5.0 (Non-confirmed) and if you think Java would benefit from such a direction. - *MD:* Is Microsoft still heading toward its vision of the "compiler as a service"

[The Java Posse] Re: Compiler as a Service

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[The Java Posse] The Mono Guys are Back!

http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/May-16.html Today we start Xamarin , our new company focused on Mono-based products. These are some of the things that we will be doing at Xamarin: - Build a new commercial .NET offering for iOS - Build a new commercial .NET of

[The Java Posse] How many characters do you use for indention?

Long ago I used 3 white spaces for indention, then when I worked in Ruby it was 2 characters for indention, now PHP people are using 4 characters for indention. If you have an existing codebase, follow whatever convention they used (if they did) (or if the language forces it, ala Python). But

Re: [The Java Posse] How many characters do you use for indention?

Wasn't 3 the predominant number in C/C++? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. F

[The Java Posse] What is your favorite programming font?

Just read http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts/ and I was curious what the Posse fans like to use. (note terminus wasn't included in the list, sadly) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, se

[The Java Posse] Re: What is your favorite programming font?

Anyonomous Pro looks pretty good : http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymouspro.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send emai

[The Java Posse] Re: What is your favorite programming font?

One would think that open source advocates would recommend/use open source fonts. A small bit of irony, no? :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe fr

[The Java Posse] Scala: A Better Java for Android

http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/5836463058/scala-a-better-java-for-android -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javapo

[The Java Posse] Joe (and all), your thoughts on the Apple Announcements

What did you think Joe? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/a1Bqd2wxLUQtd29K. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To

[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle to demand 150% of all Android related revenue?

Google really missed a golden opportunity by not buying Sun when they had the chance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/azpPqwa92rwJ. To post

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Oracle to demand 150% of all Android related revenue?

True, so now they have years and millions to spend on fighting Oracle. I'm sure that is much more fun than buying Sun for its patents and Java. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://

Re: [The Java Posse] Bruce Eckel's blog; first paedagogic Scala intro I've seen

"Indeed, I grew tired of the whole mindset that language design is more important than programmer time; that a programmer should work for the language rather than the reverse. So much so that I thought I had grown out of programming altogether. But now I think I might just have been tired of th

[The Java Posse] No 3rd Party Developers

I noticed this requirement on a couple of recent Java job listings, what do they mean by this? Are people applying for work and then farming it out to someone else to actually do? Is this something becoming prevalent enough that jobs listings now have to specify for these cases? -- You receiv

[The Java Posse] Re: Hello Moto! Google to acquire Motorola Mobility

Is this Motorola as a whole or just the mobile division of Motorola? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/ctoee0Ytet8J. To post to this group, sen

[The Java Posse] Google's newest programming language: Dart

Presentation: "Opening Keynote: Dart, a new programming language for structured web programming" Time: Monday 09:00 - 09:50 / Location: To be announced Breaking news: Google to unveil World News at GOTO Aarhus. The whole world will be on alert when Google presents a new programming language "Da

[The Java Posse] Re: Google's newest programming language: Dart

"Now, Google has already released one language in recent history — Go — so we can assume that Dart won’t be a C-like system-oriented language. With the “structured web programming” moniker, it’s also likely to be some kind of interpret

[The Java Posse] Re: Dart unveiled

I think the greatest value of Dart is that its new and thus allows faster iteration than Javascript. I'm interested in seeing where it goes and what tooling Google will make for it. I'm Leery of it because I can't help feel that Google will just drop it to the curb if they get tired of it. --

Re: [The Java Posse] Dart unveiled

Ouch.. http://blogs.perl.org/users/rafael_garcia-suarez/2011/10/why-dart-is-not-the-language-of-the-future.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposs

[The Java Posse] Java One or Java ho-hum

I thought it was just me when I didn't even want to bother listening to the live stream of the event. In many ways Oracle Java is about as interesting as Microsoft .Net. But it seems along with the event that the enthusiasm over Java has dropped. I remember the days when Java was viewed with i

[The Java Posse] Re: Java One or Java ho-hum

Might be nice to schedule an Java Futures round-table with some notables, maybe have it once a year or two. Where you get some notables in the field to talk (and DON'T work for Oracle) to talk about what they see in terms of current/future of Java. Might be a good one to do when the regular cre

[The Java Posse] JavasScript as a first language

John, y u no pick Java? ;) http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-as-a-first-language/ "At Khan Academy we've been investigating teaching Computer Science to students in some new and interesting ways. The most interesting aspect of which is that we're likely going to be

[The Java Posse] What if... Java Self-Updated Like Chrome

What if Java self-updated on end users machines? Before Chrome came if you asked the browser vendors the same question they would respond with a large list of reasons why this would be a bad idea, and they were all valid. But then Chrome showed them differently, and now even Microsoft is going

[The Java Posse] Sitting on a Ball (Standing at a Desk)

Since we programmers sit all day long I was curious if anyone uses a ball to sit on rather than a chair and how you liked it? And since I'm sure there will be discussion proxy of standing desks I threw that in the topic as well, but since I can afford a ball far more readily than trying to get

[The Java Posse] Re: Podcast software on Android

I use InstaCast on my iPodTouch and it does everything I'd ever want without ever tethering to my Macbook or requiring iTunes in any form. Maybe they have an android version as well? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view th

[The Java Posse] Re: Sitting on a Ball (Standing at a Desk)

hough. On Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:36:12 PM UTC-5, Chris Koerner wrote: > > Since we programmers sit all day long I was curious if anyone uses a ball > to sit on rather than a chair and how you liked it? > > And since I'm sure there will be discussion proxy of standing desks I

[The Java Posse] Tor your going to love this...

http://wab.com/ Classic Amiga Demo's in HTML5 (it was Tor that loved the Amiga, right?) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/JnAaGWPeY-kJ. To post

[The Java Posse] Re: Tor your going to love this...

Hmm I thought by demo's they were talking old Amiga demo's but I guess its the demo's that cracking groups put in games. Shrugs. I never had an Amiga so I don't really know about this stuff. On Saturday, September 1, 2012 10:57:12 PM UTC-4, Chris Koerner wrote: > > >