Mike & Chris have very different opinions on how interview tests should be conducted & this week they try to come to some common ground. Plus the real reasons to develop software on Linux are not the ones often cited, bit more on Google’s fair use & the master plan to get Mike to move to the west coast.

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Hoopla

Hiring a programmer? Ditch the coding interview and get back to basics

So before we go any further, let’s establish one very simple truth: coding interviews are worthless.

Why Develop Software On Linux

From my point of view, Linux is indeed a superior platform for developers, and that is becoming increasingly so due to a number of critical factors that have improved in the last ten years. Every year, our toolset srengthens, and does so at an exponential rate in comparison to the relatively stagnant Apple and Microsoft ecosystems.

Flatpak is gaining momentum

The Xdg App project has been renamed to Flatpak to get an easy-to-remember name and reflect that after almost two years of development it’s finally ready for broader adoption.

Google’s fair use victory is good for open source

Hurst is wrong in asserting that Google’s fair use victory means that anyone can freely appropriate whatever they want from open source and other programs. All that the jury verdict means is that Google made fair use of the Java API packages. Anyone else who appropriates elements from another firm’s software would have to defend a legal challenge on much the same grounds that Google did: either by claiming that the elements appropriated were not within the scope of protection that copyright law provides to software developers or that the appropriation of those elements was fair use.

The Google/Oracle decision was bad for copyright and bad for software

Though Android shares important elements with Java, Android is not a Java platform; it does not pass the tests that Sun and Oracle developed, and it is not designed to do so. Google deliberately chose to reject elements of Java’s design that it didn’t like, leaving a hodge-podge that is Java in some places but not-Java in others.

That lack of interest in interoperability means, in my view, that Google’s use of the Java APIs should not qualify as fair use.

Mike Moves to the West?

• Software for the marijuana industry set to yield high returns

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Hewlett-Packard is splitting into two, Google wants its own chips for Android, Comcast has new caps & our mixed reaction to the announcement of a new Star Trek series.

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• Hewlett-Packard Is Splitting Into Two Companies

• With Apple in Mind, Google Seeks Android Chip Partners

In the discussions, which occurred this fall, Google representatives put forward designs of chips it was interested in co-developing, including a phone’s main processor. The designs enable new features Google hopes to implement within Android software in the next few years, according to people briefed on the discussions.

• Android App Mutates Source Code, Spreads Virally and Enables Mesh Networks

• Comcast Dramatically Expanding Usage Cap Areas December 1

• Google engineer leaves scathing reviews of dodgy USB Type-C cables on Amazon

• New ‘Star Trek’ TV Series To Launch In 2017 – Update

• Petition · CBS: Cancel the New Star CBS Star Trek Series Now! · Change.org

In summation, and let me be clear:

We want it for free.

But first, we want you to cancel it.

Kickstarter of the WEEK:

• HUDWAY Glass: keeps your eyes on the road while driving by HUDWAY — Kickstarter

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Ubuntu for Phones holds a lot of promise, but so many glaring questions remain for developers. Can the choice of a powerful toolkit, and a small passionate community really break this new OS into the mobile market? We debate that, answer your emails…

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Feedback

• A number of listeners share the carrier situation in Europe.
• Steve wants to listen to other coding podcasts in addition to CR BLASPHEMY
• Stephen asks:

“ was wondering if either of you saw any benefit in writing an application for Ubuntu and Windows (I do not own a Mac) that will plug in to the Ubuntu One api and treat it like dropbox”

• Shane writes in to agree with Mike re QT.

Dev Hoopla

• Samsung Tizen

Ubuntu Phone

• Ubuntu Phone 101
• The Critical Reception
• Where’s the Phone
• Dev story
• QML == Mike was right!

Took of the Week

• Github Survivor

Pick of the Week (Chris’ new monitor):

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