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(Forbes) Interesting A silver stake, forged under the watchful eye of the monks who only mine for silver in the waning moonlight   (forbes.com) divider line 7
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unlikely [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 09:35:25 AM
1) The death of Steve Jobs and one decade.
2) The RICO Act
3) The European Commission and the DoJ working together with the stake mentioned in the headline.
 
dj_spanmaster [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 11:41:27 AM
What is the only thing that kills Werewolf Dracula?
 
dj_spanmaster [TotalFark]
2012-01-26 11:42:36 AM
[clicks link]

! So close.
 
wax_on
2012-01-26 12:29:21 PM
A guy I know who was a software engineer for Google said that they're eventually going to collapse under the weight of their own code base. Apparently it's so complex that they can no longer effectively update the core pieces. His theory is that some other company will come along with a smaller, more modern, more nimble code base and kick Google's ass.
 
Ramien
2012-01-26 08:04:18 PM
So... tablets and smart phones are PCs now? That's what's going to kill Microsoft?
 
ausfahrk
2012-01-26 10:55:57 PM
wax_on: A guy I know who was a software engineer for Google said that they're eventually going to collapse under the weight of their own code base. Apparently it's so complex that they can no longer effectively update the core pieces. His theory is that some other company will come along with a smaller, more modern, more nimble code base and kick Google's ass.

The Windows source code is currently around 150 gigabytes, and has everything from 30-year-old assembly code to PowerShell scripts in it. The trick is to break the work up across multiple branches (new window) that periodically integrate with each other. The downside is that working there is a neverending death march, getting ready for (and reacting to) integrations.
 
seniorgato [TotalFark]
2012-01-27 04:59:24 PM
Nice subby. That earned a chuckle.
 
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