In November 2009, Google released a similarly named Go programming language (with no exclamation point). McCabe asked Google to change the name of their language and accused the company of "steam-rolling over us". The issue received attention among technology news websites, with some of them characterizing Go! as "obscure".
Apple employs around 20,000 software engineers, and they're all working on stuff. Just because one of them has written a Web crawler doesn't mean much. Maybe he's just collecting some sample html pages for testing Safari.
I know a number of people that really hate Google but still use Google as their search engine because it's the best. They've all tried the others but still come back to Google. If Apple wants to do this they need to build a better mousetrap.
Yeah, that's just shitty, no matter how obscure it is. But did Go! have an active Trademark? If not, they might be SoL. Maybe Google should have chosen Goo¡
Yeah, that's just shitty, no matter how obscure it is. But did Go! have an active Trademark? If not, they might be SoL. Maybe Google should have chosen Goo¡
There was huge discussion about this on the Go project site. Closed as "Unfortunate".
Yeah, that's just shitty, no matter how obscure it is. But did Go! have an active Trademark? If not, they might be SoL. Maybe Google should have chosen Goo¡
SoL is about right.
"I do not have a trademark on my language," McCabe said in an e-mail. "It was intended as a somewhat non-commercial language in the tradition of logic programming languages. It is in the tradition of languages like Prolog. In particular, my motivation was bringing some of the discipline of software engineering to logic programming."
Apple employs around 20,000 software engineers, and they're all working on stuff. Just because one of them has written a Web crawler doesn't mean much. Maybe he's just collecting some sample html pages for testing Safari.
It's nowhere near that number and nobody does anything without authorisation.
[...]Yeah, I know.. you guys will probably hate me for bringing up the guy that said the mouse will never catch on.
He can be forgiven for slipping up on a technology prediction like the mouse's future, but that is but one small contribution to a pool of idiocy he's written. He's certainly not someone people should be taking seriously.
Part of me thinks it would be hilarious to see Apple mucking around with Google in the search business but I have absolutely no faith in their ability to create a quality, competitive search engine to Google. I'd rather see them help and support a project like DuckDuckGo.
Apple has a repeatedly said that they won't be introducing a product or service unless they really add value that people would love. With spotlight I think that time has come, so a search engine could be in the works. Also Google's pagerank patent expires in 2017
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Yes. Why doesn't this surprise me?
I like it, but Spotlight would have to actually WORK first.
It's amazing that none of Apple's searching features do fuzzy searches yet. It isn't even that hard anymore.
Evidence of Apple's Web crawler, written in the Go programming language, ...
I wonder what language the DuckDuckGo web crawler is written in.
Maybe Apple and DuckDuckGo are working on a deal.
Both are languages named Go so referring to each as golang among each user base probably occurs.
Yeah, that's just shitty, no matter how obscure it is. But did Go! have an active Trademark? If not, they might be SoL. Maybe Google should have chosen Goo¡
It's happened. Siri is now self aware.
Also, I always think its cool that Apple owns a whole Class A IP block. Odd that MS never requested one.
My first thought when I read that was "there's now way Microsoft doesn't have their own Class A block." But you're right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assigned_/8_IPv4_address_blocks
Ha, even Ford has their own block.
Yeah, that's just shitty, no matter how obscure it is. But did Go! have an active Trademark? If not, they might be SoL. Maybe Google should have chosen Goo¡
There was huge discussion about this on the Go project site. Closed as "Unfortunate".
Doesn't this show MS' repeated inability to not think properly about the future of the very business they are in?
Apple reportedly purchased the 64th .com ever sold. MS doesn't even make the top 100.
I think this means they didn't register until 1991 and were number 292, but that date seems too late for that low a number.
Registry Domain ID: 2724960_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
Updated Date: 2014-10-15T04:00:12-0700
Creation Date: 1991-05-01T21:00:00-0700
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-05-02T21:00:00-0700
Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 292
Something is amiss because going to the IANA website lists a date of 01-JAN-1985, which is 2.5 months before the first registraree*, symbolics.com
Other sites list 01-MAY-1991 to 02-MAY-1991, which is a normal date range.
edit: IANA's lists of their IDs has MS as number 1330, not 292, which makes a lot more sense for a 1991 registraree* date.
* Yep, making up a word.
SoL is about right.
Written in Go? That's alone has to make this one of the most unexpected stories of the year!
Maybe Go is good for that particular use case.
It's nowhere near that number and nobody does anything without authorisation.
Prepartions to own the world.
He can be forgiven for slipping up on a technology prediction like the mouse's future, but that is but one small contribution to a pool of idiocy he's written. He's certainly not someone people should be taking seriously.
Part of me thinks it would be hilarious to see Apple mucking around with Google in the search business but I have absolutely no faith in their ability to create a quality, competitive search engine to Google. I'd rather see them help and support a project like DuckDuckGo.
Why not? SJ predicted that no one wanted to buy a big screen phone.
Do you have a reference for that?
Sure I do.
http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-was-wrong-about-big-phones-2014-9
And
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/jobs-no-ones-going-to-buy-a-big-phone/
It's happened. Siri is now self aware.
Also, I always think its cool that Apple owns a whole Class A IP block. Odd that MS never requested one.
Women have asked for more than Siri's humble Class A IP block.:)
True. And Jobs was right, no one bought the big screen phones back then. Dvorak is always wrong on the other hand.
Do what i do, press and hold on it copy it snd use it in safari