Don't know if it's still like this, but the original deal for Windows licenses that Dell had was per computer sold, not per computer sold with Windows installed.
"This is where the art collector could make money. However they must first pay any fees to eBay and give Larsen 15 percent of any increase in value of the artwork."
is not the same as
"Another condition of sale is that the artist gets 15% each time the piece is sold. Maybe the First Sale Doctrine works differently in the UK."
They bundle it with Windows and say to Spyglass: we sell Windows IE is a free bonus so no royalties for you.
Then they turn around and say to the DOJ: IE is an integral part of windows and they cannot be separated.
I think Spyglass had ground for a lawsuit there. Spyglass "not-so-great" choice was to accept just $8M instead of going to trial. Maybe they did not have the money to finance a long legal fight with Microsoft.
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they can?
Felons can't vote in the USA.
Don't know if it's still like this, but the original deal for Windows licenses that Dell had was per computer sold, not per computer sold with Windows installed.
That's why it's called the "Microsoft tax".
You got it backward.
The corporation would not go far if it was not for the people doing work for them.
err, no :P
It was explained in another post.
"Are the Wikipedia articles on this topic reliable?"
is the water in $FAR_AWAY_COUNTRY dry?
err, no.
There is no evil.
Do no evil, with a little help from Satan.
fuckers, they will serve you an ad before telling you you can not see the video outside of the US.
maybe because this does not use a pen?
You wrote "naked boy toddlers", please report yourself to the nearest police station.
Thanks.
"This is where the art collector could make money. However they must first pay any fees to eBay and give Larsen 15 percent of any increase in value of the artwork."
is not the same as
"Another condition of sale is that the artist gets 15% each time the piece is sold. Maybe the First Sale Doctrine works differently in the UK."
oops I read TFA.
They bundle it with Windows and say to Spyglass: we sell Windows IE is a free bonus so no royalties for you.
Then they turn around and say to the DOJ: IE is an integral part of windows and they cannot be separated.
I think Spyglass had ground for a lawsuit there. Spyglass "not-so-great" choice was to accept just $8M instead of going to trial. Maybe they did not have the money to finance a long legal fight with Microsoft.
I know, but a workaround is no bug fix.
"Wrote the piece of shit in the first place"
No, they bought/stole the Microsoft way from Spyglass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyglass,_Inc.
(the link ends with a dot slashdot moves it after "[wikipedia.org]". bug! )
"Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Ubuntu OSes"
Not Linux? :)
So now Ubuntu is to Linux what Kleenex is to tissue?
GNU/Ubuntu sounds weird though.
Well, I think I'll refrain from posting now. Thanks for saving my time.
"Does it make sense to invest in their training if they will do their major work elsewhere?"
Does it make sense for the government (public expense) to invest in their training if they will do their major work for corporation (private profit)?
What about my pet nut?
"In need of a cloaking device, for that one last piece of the security puzzle (keeping the machine safe from physical hackers)"
No! No! that would be security by obscurity!
"Movies (at 24 fps) look like they stutter to me, especially any sweeping pan motion with the camera."
Yes, I'm not the only one! I find this very anoying.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg!
my head asplodes!!!!!!!!!!
no, i was just being a non-native English writer.
No, copyrights will not prevent you of implementing similar thing from scratch, patents can prevent you from doing anything similar.
Software patents are more like patenting the idea of a mouse trap rather than a specific apparatus for trapping mouses.