Adobe Scientist @ India: Advice to Young Programmers, A Speech

This is the summary of speech Given by Alex Stepenov (Principal Scientist, Adobe Systems) at Adobe India on 30 Nov 2004.
1. Study , Study and Study
- Never ever think that you have acquired all or most of the knowledge which exists in the world. Almost everybody in US at age of 14 and everybody in [...]

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The Hidden Costs of Open Source

The open-source movement is quickly gaining ground and replacing proprietary technology – if you believe the hype. As with anything that excites the market, vendors are not slow to jump on the bandwagon, although their commitment is sometimes less than total and their offerings often owe more to PowerPoint than time spent on R&D.
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When switching [...]

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