Mike and Chris debate if proprietary software holds the industry and platforms behind at the benefit of an individual, or a group of individuals.

And the practical fallout from the outings of Sinofsky from Microsoft, Forstall from Apple, and the lead Compiz developer from Canonical.

Plus your feedback, a solid C++ tease, and much more!

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Feedback

• Justin is a two year IT/Desktop support major and would like to know if he can break into software.
• Andre’s email: The threat to \”our\” platform is not commercial development, it\’s proprietary development.
• Niklas asks: ‘Would you say that having a strong ego is a requirement for people who want to be successful in \”the business\”?”
• Pope agrees regarding the cult of personality and more
• Nathan shares The Linux Gui Development Nightmare

This Week’s Dev World Hoopla

• Tweetro rage
• Sinofsky is out! What does that mean for devs?
• Windows 8 sales \’well below\’ projections, report claims
• Windows 8 — Disappointing Usability for Both Novice & Power Users)
• Microsoft Complains That WebKit Breaks Web Standards

Book of the Week

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Tool of the Week

• QT Creator

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Mike and Chris discuss if sticking to the same job makes you utterly irrelevant, or uniquely positioned for future challenges, the twitter hammer has dropped, and we tackle the topic that was too hot for The Linux Action Show!

Plus some great feedback, the great Orca meltdown, more thoughts on the Ubuntu SDK, and the flexibility of Python!

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Feedback

• Charles writes in to share that he thinks that JavaScript is a pretty good language and the real problem is that the W3 DOM is a terrible API. — Agreed
• Christopher writes in to share his current project a game engine
• Sergio shares his innovative debugging trick Pic: https://imgur.com/DMpNe
• Rellon would like to know what is the cheapest / best for the price solution for a relatively simple Rails app.
• Johan’s wants to know where to get started with UI
• Alexander asks why not Lisp for the Ubuntu SDK?
• Beau’s email The flexibility of Python brings.
• Brett’s emal Afraid of being left behind and becoming unemployable in the future.

This Week’s Dev World Hoopla

• Inside Team Romney Whale of an IT Meltdown
• Tweetro Slams into Twitter 100k Token Limit
• Ending the Cult of Personality in Free Software

Book of the Week

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