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It’s not just going after a few select people in Sweden, the Slate has the best succinct article, that I’ve read,  about why Netflix and iTunes fit in the current “byzantine” (their word not mine) motion picture distribution system.

We all understand the first couple of steps in this life cycle—first a movie hits theaters and then, a few months later, it comes out on DVD. Around the same time, it also comes out on pay-per-view, available on demand on cable systems, hotel rooms, airplanes, and other devices. Apple’s rental store operates under these pay-per-view rules, most of which put a 24-hour limit on movies. 

It’s a short read and well worth it to understand the current monetization issues the MPAA faces.  It doesn’t make me any more sympathetic tho.  Note to MPAA: Please see RIAA and print newspapers as examples of what happens when you hold on to your existing business model too long.

I read a lot of career things.  From this Slashdot post, is an article saying… “Coders your days are numbered“.  One thing that always bothered me about software engineers were that many of them refered to others as coders.  It took me reading the line “Too many software development teams are still staffed like secretarial pools…” to really resonate.  

Software development doesn’t need more typists, secretaries, intermediaries, or middle managers. What it needs are more skilled, engaged, communicative, responsive, assertive developer-analysts — the kind who can understand, influence, and guide development efforts, rather than simply taking dictation. 

Yes… I read so many career posts where people complain about their jobs being outsourced.  Now some of those may have been done unfairly by mismanagement.  However, I tend to believe that many of those people are feeling entitled even though, their job has been marginalized.  Or you rank somewhere below 4 on this guy’s chart.

I suspect more articles like this will start popping up.  This one compares ARM and Intel at a transistor level and notes that ARM does not directly follow the revered Moore’s Law as Intel seemingly does.

Looking more and Moore like Intel needs to have ARM stick around for a while.