"GIVEN CALIFORNIA law, this ruling was not unexpected," Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan told Reuters after Superior Court Judge Stuart Pollack approved the suit. "This is just the first step in a very long process."
Anyone have some insight into this comment? Why is it easier in California to proceed with this litigation than other states where it's been denied?
"Courts in Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island and Texas have dismissed similar class-action lawsuits on grounds that laws in those states don't allow them. (see previous post by Interiot for URL)
Also, won't a ruling in California like this one affect the process in other states?
...and personally, as a previous poster pointed out predictably (sorry), I'd have no problem with a banner ad or two. I like the fact that the brains @ Google are going after bigger, one-off contracts like Yahoo, etc. Although this can be more risky in that you may not get the deal you want in the time frame you need to, the long-term payoffs are much greater. Fortunately for privately-owned Google, there aren't a hoard of shareholders demanding immediate return (ie: ads) - although even in a private company there exist shareholders - hats off to those keeping the money-grubbers at bay!!!
Based on the success of the clinic experience, the school is experimenting with initiating "entepreneurial clinic" where a team of students literally receives VC funding to start a company. They receive credit for this, but in addition, the school is made a partial owner of the company.
I've seen this in Ottawa, ON as well - or at least something similar. Local College negotiates deal with Company that provides shared office space and administrative and accounting services, in addition to some startup capital, in exchange for a certain percentage of (voting) shares. Company, in return, provides advertising and promotional revenues to Local College, as well as padding for increased-percentage-of-grads-getting-jobs statistics.
Do you think the same will happen to the "Linux" company that he starts/joins?
I hope not since my company is on his list:)
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...no only that but the fact that this will invariably be abused by large corporations in one form or another. Think AOL gives a shit about the privacy of its members? I can dream of many ways in which this automatic transfer of personal data can be mined for profit and/or malicious use. That's the real stickler here - once again we are forced to trust M$ and the like to use this wisely and without prejudice.
Oh, BTW, I'm an American. Cross-border broadcasting works both ways.
...and we can tell - if you were Canadian, your answer to "What's east of Quebec?" would have been "the Maritimes." No Canadian would have gone into that much detail.
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Anyone have some insight into this comment? Why is it easier in California to proceed with this litigation than other states where it's been denied?
"Courts in Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island and Texas have dismissed similar class-action lawsuits on grounds that laws in those states don't allow them. (see previous post by Interiot for URL)
Also, won't a ruling in California like this one affect the process in other states?
Thanks for any help...
Anyone remember TradeWars2002 BBS game? Two more years and I can complete my citadel...
...time to go jettison some colonists.
I've seen this in Ottawa, ON as well - or at least something similar. Local College negotiates deal with Company that provides shared office space and administrative and accounting services, in addition to some startup capital, in exchange for a certain percentage of (voting) shares. Company, in return, provides advertising and promotional revenues to Local College, as well as padding for increased-percentage-of-grads-getting-jobs statistics.
Everyone is happy.
I hope not since my company is on his list :)
...and we can tell - if you were Canadian, your answer to "What's east of Quebec?" would have been "the Maritimes." No Canadian would have gone into that much detail.
Sorry :)