Archive 23. October 2007

Cowboy Programming: Mature Optimization - Mature optimization is any optimization done early in development that you know in advance will provide a significant performance boost without unmanageable side effects. Mature optimizations are often well-known techniques that were successfully used before. Mature optimizations include small local modifications, coding standards, and architecture-level design decisions.

heise online -Softwarepatent-Gegner beklagen Deal der EU-Kommission mit Microsoft - "The Commission does not understand how Open Source works," Benjamin Henrion, the Brussels representative of the FFII, also shakes his head at the negotiated agreement. The authority has naively accepted the promises of the Redmonders that they will now abide by the rules. Meanwhile, Microsoft has been planning for years to control the Open Source economy through commercial property rights on computer programs. This plan has now advanced considerably. "Kroes has ensured that software patents of the EPA, which the EU rejected in 2005, now strengthen the monopolist's grip for years to come."

Is the inflation rate really alarming? - if "economic experts" dismiss the price increase of milk by saying that computers and TVs have become cheaper, then I'm not surprised at the miserable state of our society anymore. How mentally impoverished must one be to actually compare a product that almost everyone buys regularly with something that is rather a rare purchase? With these flimsy arguments, everything has been twisted into a "perfect world" for years. No matter how ridiculous it is upon closer inspection. Experts? Really? Sorry, I call such people blabbermouths.