Weapons of Mass Data




Coder Radio show

Summary: <p>What is focus for the software industry? And is focus always a good thing, or can it lead to tunnel vision? Plus we spend a bit more time saluting Sun Microsystems for their contribution to our industry. </p> <p>Plus some feedback, a bit of weekly Hoopla, and more!</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://do.co/coder">Digital Ocean</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://do.co/coder">For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder</a> </li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="Patrick says don't over value those Google emails" rel="nofollow" href="https://pastebin.com/ycKPsBE6">Patrick says don't over value those Google emails</a></li> <li><a title="Phil Says we don't talk about Sun Enough..." rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CoderRadio/comments/88anuo/staring_into_sun_coder_radio_302/dwjgei0/">Phil Says we don't talk about Sun Enough...</a></li> <li> <a title="Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-02/apple-is-said-to-plan-move-from-intel-to-own-mac-chips-from-2020">Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel</a> — Apple working on software platform to merge iPad, Mac apps </li> <li> <a title="NeXT vs Sun - YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGhfB-NICzg">NeXT vs Sun - YouTube</a> — In 1991 Steve Jobs' company commissioned an head-to-head programming competition to show how much faster and easier it was to program a NeXT computer vs a Sun workstation. The NeXT operating system went on to be the foundation for Apple's Macintosh OS-X about a decade later.</li> <li> <a title="Sun Microsystems" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a> — Sun was founded on February 24, 1982.</li> </ul>