Yay! A cogent and articulate thought without any ad hominen!
Try some introspection or maybe just go back and read your own posts. I was polite to you and your response was impolite.
Your response to my first reply involved insulting the shit out of anyone and everyone (so that would include me as well) that’s against this deal. With ad hominem including: “typical FUD based on a knee-jerk hate of Facebook” along with saying that detractors simply don’t want Oculus to be successful.
Things tend to escalate after you insult people on the other side with broad, insulting misrepresentations of their point of view. So don’t act shocked when it does. Don’t offer inane, broad insults from the get-go next time and things will go much better for everyone in the thread.
But my (limited) understanding of Facebook-the-company is that they have made a lot of inovations to PHP and scripting that they are sharing with the world
That’s very true (except I wouldn’t refer to it as “a lot”). Facebook has also created and released conceal which aids developers in making Android safer. No doubt, Facebook does some good things.
It’s just that so many of the averse reactions have been coming from people who have been arguing from their experiences with Facebook-the-website, while ignoring the larger vision of Facebook-the-company.
Not if you had properly read my sources.
It kinda reminds me of when Microsoft jumped into the console wars, actually.
I see your point of a software company jumping into hardware and there are similarities, but Microsoft had a tremendous amount of experience with hardware manufacturers well before they developed the Xbox. Facebook has very little comparatively.
But, that’s only part of the problem. I think the lack of experience would be far more likely to be overlooked to some extent if Facebook didn’t have the huge ethical baggage they’ve created. I think that’s the true crux of the problem along with their poor acquisition track record (as you mentioned).
