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Comment on Adding “contrib” Extensions to MacPorts PostgreSQL by Steve Madsen

Steve Madsen — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:21:50 +0000

That is much simpler. Thanks!

(Personally, I’ve switched to Homebrew and this is a non-issue there since it builds and installs all the contrib packages by default.)

Comment on Adding “contrib” Extensions to MacPorts PostgreSQL by John

John — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:15:16 +0000

There’s actually a much more simple way — you can just tell macports to build it itself, by making a small edit to its Portfile: http://stackoverflow.com/a/9343432/168143

Comment on VC Is Destroying the Software Business by TVD

TVD — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:23:59 +0000

I like the way you think.

I like to think with a team of close (think blood oath) Starters, we can build more value than 100 VCs combined.

If you think about it, money at it’s most potent value is simply time. Input enough founder time collectively and we could rival our day’s most prolific VC bordellos.

Comment on VC Is Destroying the Software Business by Steve Madsen

Steve Madsen — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:26:02 +0000

You raise some good points. I think the influence of a VC-backed software or services company carries much more weight, though.

I think it’s useful to split free and open-source software into two groups: finished products and tools or libraries for use by other developers. In my experience, the former is typically of poor quality and doesn’t compare well with another product that is not free. The latter are generally the only examples of open source worth using.

While it doesn’t help developers’ perception of software’s value, libraries and tools for our use are things never seen by the typical consumer. I don’t think the fact that they are both free and often quite good has any impact on the world’s willingness to value software.

VC-backed software or a service targeting a wide audience with a free model is the problem. The end product usually looks indistinguishable (quality-wise) from a competing product that isn’t free. Consumers no longer must choose between a hobbyist’s free stuff and something clearly better that isn’t free.

Comment on VC Is Destroying the Software Business by $mike cremer

$mike cremer — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:21:02 +0000

It might be worth considering the effect free and open source software has on “valuing” software as well, both from the perspective of a developer using free or open source software to create a product, and a consumer deciding between two products, one of which is is cost-free.

Comment on Remember HTTP Password in Mobile Safari by Steve Madsen

Steve Madsen — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:31:27 +0000

There is nothing new that I’m aware of in iOS 5. Due to the warning that started last year, I’ve switched to form-based authentication in places where I’m OK with allowing Safari to remember the credentials.

Comment on Remember HTTP Password in Mobile Safari by gobbler

gobbler — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:09:37 +0000

Hi, any new info on this topic? (ended up here while googling for help..)

Comment on Generate wsesslog Workloads for httperf by Steve Madsen

Steve Madsen — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:11:55 +0000

It takes a single argument that is the URL for which to generate the workload.

Comment on Generate wsesslog Workloads for httperf by K P Varma

K P Varma — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:34:20 +0000

how to use this script ? what are the arguments to this ruby program ?

Comment on Announcing mod_proxy_content 1.0 by Modules move home « niq's soapbox

Modules move home « niq's soapbox — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:15:03 +0000

[...] These modules were released as open-source, but without the infrastructure for substantial collaborative development. At first there wasn’t even a change control repository, though that was introduced fairly early. There was no bugs database, no general developer forum. Anyone wanting to participate had the choice of mailing me (which various people have done – sometimes with valuable contributions) or ignoring me and forking their own project (as in mod_proxy_content). [...]