"We retain the option to do (Solaris on Intel) in the future," said Graham Lovell, Sun's director of Solaris product marketing. "But given where we are with the economy, we'd rather focus on our bottom line and make sure we spend our money wisely. We'd rather defer Solaris on Intel to a later date."
from cnet news
The attorney-client privilege is a basic component of the "Right to the Assistance of Counsel" secured to the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The main exception to the privilege involves disclosures about future crimes, but -- until now -- the government has not sought to "enforce" this exception by openly eavesdropping on attorney-client conversations. A classic attorney-client privilege problem arises when, in the middle of a trial, the defendant confesses to his (or her) lawyer. Should the lawyer disclose the confession to the judge? (Not in the US.) How vigorous should the lawyer be in asserting his (or her) client's innocence? (This should be unaffected.) What if the client wants to testify and offer testimony which -- because of the confession -- the lawyer knows to be false? (A lawyer cannot prohibit a defendant from testifying but it's wrong to assist the defendant in presenting a story that the lawyer knows to be false. One answer is simply to ask the defendant to "tell the ladies and gentleman of the jury what happened."
In the United States, therapist confidentiality is secured by statutes (just about every state recognizes some sort of therapist confidentiality) or by rule -- the United States Supreme Court relied on the Federal Rules of Evidence when it recognized a psychotherapist-client privilege in 1996.
If the AG's present proposal is adopted, and upheld by the courts, it will be another victory for those seeking to destroy the "American way of life."
When a shepherd visibly counts goats as sheep, who will do business with
him in the market place when he comes to sell his flock?
Well, there's a big difference between selling hardware and internet service and relying on sales of information about browsing patterns (the NetPliance model) and the BeIA strategy of selling an internet appliance focused operating system, without hardware and without relying on sales of harvested data.
Of course, the world might not be ready for internet applicances (although I want an Audrey) but the "refocusing" of Netpliance is hardly predictive of the future of BeIA.
After being available for a day or two at CompUSA for the $49.95 price, the WebSurfer has disappeared, both from the shelves and from the CompUSA website.
The most informed speculation is that the price reduction (from $200 to $49.95) was intended to be for a bundle of the box plus internet service.
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"We retain the option to do (Solaris on Intel) in the future," said Graham Lovell, Sun's director of Solaris product marketing. "But given where we are with the economy, we'd rather focus on our bottom line and make sure we spend our money wisely. We'd rather defer Solaris on Intel to a later date." from cnet news
In the United States, therapist confidentiality is secured by statutes (just about every state recognizes some sort of therapist confidentiality) or by rule -- the United States Supreme Court relied on the Federal Rules of Evidence when it recognized a psychotherapist-client privilege in 1996.
If the AG's present proposal is adopted, and upheld by the courts, it will be another victory for those seeking to destroy the "American way of life."
When a shepherd visibly counts goats as sheep, who will do business with him in the market place when he comes to sell his flock?
Of course, the world might not be ready for internet applicances (although I want an Audrey) but the "refocusing" of Netpliance is hardly predictive of the future of BeIA.
The most informed speculation is that the price reduction (from $200 to $49.95) was intended to be for a bundle of the box plus internet service.
Comments on the websurfer-hacker mailing list suggest that these boxes are not as useful as the I-opener