The title of the article at the Register is misleading. Like all politically calculated red herrings, a soundbite was used in order to lure your attention away from the context of the full statement.
After laying out what the company is doing to right itself, it also lays out possible
business transactions that could change it's fiscal profile. The final sentence in
this last paragraph of the summary is:
If we fail to implement one or more of these alternatives successfully and we have a significant shortfall against our fiscal 2006 operating plan, we could be forced to seek protection under bankruptcy laws.
When last I checked, a SEC investor report needs to lay out all scenarios so that they can be evaluated by the market and not by any editorial agenda.
What motive does the Register have?
I am glad you ask, the Register does not provide you any link, instead they falsely
suggest "Starts 3D 'For Sale' sign design." I think it is convenient that they do not let you corroborrate the context of their research and see the definition of sensationalist editorialism.
Two sides to every story!
I have been working at SGI for nearly a year, the company has a history of trouble
executing (grumble grumble management) but it has great products and a lot of smart,
good, and honorable people.
Many companies would like to have the revenue and people resources SGI has.
While the company continues to decline, it is easy to be a pessimist.
But I am there helping change things for the better, it is an incredible opportunity and a good work environment. How many places can claim this even when the company is healthy?
Thanks for listening to my positive rant to set the record straight. I dislike journalism leading the sheep to false conclusions.
This is not production quality yet, but I came across this project today and it looks very intriguing. I like the potential to fix IE back to IE5 despite Micro$oft's lack of initiative in this area for the next release.
Short answer: Because of it's legacy and partially because 2.x isn't a revolutionary step forward and it took a while for 2.x to get out of beta. Also, 2.x probably benefitted the Windows platform and new module writers moreso than anyone else, IMHO.
1.3x is what most people know, what most Apache modules are written for, and what most of the articles and tutorials on the web describe.
Another example: Apache Toolbox still only compiles 1.3x and associated modules for you. (BTW: this is a great resource for trying new modules out when you can't find an RPM with what you need.)
It's only now that I'm migrating production from 1.3x to 2.x, because I had seen that people had headaches getting PHP working (but no longer) and I waited for stable ports of some modules that I used in 1.3x.
I do consider 2.048 to be worthy now, lots of RPMs and modules written for it.
--Mark
[ My opinions are my own, but you may share them! ]
Star Wars trilogy changed our lives and had an impact on the entire US culture and still has revolutionary impacts on the movie making industry.
It is too easy to pick apart and focus on the detriments of any project, but it's not too hard to assert the good stuff about Episode I.
Make no mistake: there are things about Episode 1 that I disliked, but I challenge you to find and add to the good things below.
Jar Jar: nobody complained (to me) that he looked out of place or was too fake or CGI, so score +1 for digital actor technology.
Little character development/dialog: this is basic to all storytelling. There were some allusions to backstory, but I have to figure that George weighed making a 2 hr movie vs. how much to bootstrap into one movie.
who didn't want more Darth Maul (c'mon: even more that 4 lines!) and who didn't want to understand the Sith better?
who didn't want more Padame (Natalie Portman) and understand how she got to be in her position on this planet?
who didn't want any of the Jedi (Quigong, Obi-Wan, the entire council) to be developed so we can understand some more about what's going on?
who didn't want to understand Jabba the Hutt, Anikan's mother, and slavery better in the Tatooine society?
where the heck did R2 come from? and how did Anikan build C3PO?
Accents as an alien artifact:I assume that this
is the device to remind us that translation is occuring somehow - but I don't know how or why. Sometimes subtitles are used in the movie, other times not! (Watto, Greedo, Jabba)
So the only positive thing is that with so much backstory missing - he slipped in a lot of goodies.
Watto (Anikan's owner) - he is the biggest success for a digital actor - people responded to him!
Jedi council and jedi fighting: tell me your heart did not pound during those fights with Darth Maul?
Young Greedo (who bullies Han later in Ep 4)
Anikan's relatives dismaying him (Luke's Aunt and Uncle who later raise Luke
the alien races in the senate (ET's, wookies!)
the traditional space fight scenes and destruction worked out fine and now we have army infantry combat, too - a masterpeice of CGI!
The Pod Race was simply amazing sound and drama: despite cute aliens and annoucers.
Additionally, we have incredibly rich environments: the entire undersea/planet core, the Theed palace, and the capital planet of Corescant.
Episode 1 had warts, but the movie stands up to the franchise. The hype and the marketing were a problem, but consider the fact that 20+ years have passed since you saw Star Wars.
No new movie will beat out revolutionary nostalga: the children will pale in the shadow of the parent.
You are not the same person as you were 20 years ago, so give the movie a chance. Episode II will be amazing in many ways: I can't wait to spent another two+ hours in the Star Wars universe again. Can you?
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The title of the article at the Register is misleading. Like all politically calculated red herrings, a soundbite was used in order to lure your attention away from the context of the full statement.
What statement?
Let me give you the link to the SEC quarterly filing so you can judge for yourself.1 19312506023752/d10q.htm
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802301/000
What context?
After laying out what the company is doing to right itself, it also lays out possible business transactions that could change it's fiscal profile. The final sentence in this last paragraph of the summary is:
When last I checked, a SEC investor report needs to lay out all scenarios so that they can be evaluated by the market and not by any editorial agenda.What motive does the Register have?
I am glad you ask, the Register does not provide you any link, instead they falsely suggest "Starts 3D 'For Sale' sign design." I think it is convenient that they do not let you corroborrate the context of their research and see the definition of sensationalist editorialism.
Two sides to every story!
I have been working at SGI for nearly a year, the company has a history of trouble executing (grumble grumble management) but it has great products and a lot of smart, good, and honorable people.
SGI has a new CEO as of THIS WEEK. See the last paragraph of the quarterly annoucements press release:l eases/2006/january/q206_results.html
http://www.sgi.com/company_info/newsroom/press_re
Many companies would like to have the revenue and people resources SGI has. While the company continues to decline, it is easy to be a pessimist. But I am there helping change things for the better, it is an incredible opportunity and a good work environment. How many places can claim this even when the company is healthy?
Thanks for listening to my positive rant to set the record straight. I dislike journalism leading the sheep to false conclusions.
This is not production quality yet, but I came across this project today and it looks very intriguing. I like the potential to fix IE back to IE5 despite Micro$oft's lack of initiative in this area for the next release.
http://dean.edwards.name/ie7/
Short answer: Because of it's legacy and partially because 2.x isn't a revolutionary step forward and it took a while for 2.x to get out of beta. Also, 2.x probably benefitted the Windows platform and new module writers moreso than anyone else, IMHO.
1.3x is what most people know, what most Apache modules are written for, and what most of the articles and tutorials on the web describe.
Another example: Apache Toolbox still only compiles 1.3x and associated modules for you. (BTW: this is a great resource for trying new modules out when you can't find an RPM with what you need.)
It's only now that I'm migrating production from 1.3x to 2.x, because I had seen that people had headaches getting PHP working (but no longer) and I waited for stable ports of some modules that I used in 1.3x.
I do consider 2.048 to be worthy now, lots of RPMs and modules written for it.
--Mark
[ My opinions are my own, but you may share them! ]
Star Wars trilogy changed our lives and had an impact on the entire US culture and still has revolutionary impacts on the movie making industry.
It is too easy to pick apart and focus on the detriments of any project, but it's not too hard to assert the good stuff about Episode I.
Make no mistake: there are things about Episode 1 that I disliked, but I challenge you to find and add to the good things below.
So the only positive thing is that with so much backstory missing - he slipped in a lot of goodies.
Episode 1 had warts, but the movie stands up to the franchise. The hype and the marketing were a problem, but consider the fact that 20+ years have passed since you saw Star Wars.
No new movie will beat out revolutionary nostalga: the children will pale in the shadow of the parent.
You are not the same person as you were 20 years ago, so give the movie a chance. Episode II will be amazing in many ways: I can't wait to spent another two+ hours in the Star Wars universe again. Can you?