The outcome here seems obvious, tbe US court will simply say that the French have no say over the US, which they don't.
This doesn't mean the French are wrong, they are simply trying to protect their citizens, as are the US.
The US court ruling will have no more meaning to the French than the French ruling has to the French.
Any multi-national company must be prepared to deal with this themselves or via Diplomacy.
So, how much money has BT lost as a result of the spread of hyperlinks ?
Is that not how the damages will be calculated ?
If it turns out ( gasp! ) that BT made money as a result of hyperlinks, will they have to pay prodigy ?
It is hard to imagine any really bad consequences of someone getting hold of the source code for Windows.
However, having access to the MS internal net, and access to change the code at microsoft is a different story.
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The newest version rarely contains the least bugs, some people ( and companies ) prefer to find a version that works, and stick with it.
Good quote, I never realized how bad Thomas Jefferson's spelling really was :-)
Yes, but they are not going to replace the current mish-mash, they are just going to add another id number.
I am sure that Yahoo, the French company represents Yahoo.com in France, not just Yahoo.fr
Doh, 'French ruling has to the _US_'
The outcome here seems obvious, tbe US court will simply say that the French have no say over the US, which they don't.
This doesn't mean the French are wrong, they are simply trying to protect their citizens, as are the US.
The US court ruling will have no more meaning to the French than the French ruling has to the French.
Any multi-national company must be prepared to deal with this themselves or via Diplomacy.
So, how much money has BT lost as a result of the spread of hyperlinks ? Is that not how the damages will be calculated ? If it turns out ( gasp! ) that BT made money as a result of hyperlinks, will they have to pay prodigy ?
When you put it like that, you seem so simple.
It is hard to imagine any really bad consequences of someone getting hold of the source code for Windows. However, having access to the MS internal net, and access to change the code at microsoft is a different story.
This talk of 'wasted votes' always makes me uneasy. Isn't it really un-democratic (if not stupid) when people try to 'vote for the winner' ?
As far as I see it (read IMHO) the USA owns the World Trade Organisation anyway.