MS hires bigtime for its legal department. It has a budget bigger than the DOJ and more experienced lawyers. Look at http://www.idg.net/english/crd_gates_888634.html Bill "Nuke 'Em" Neukom built a 600 lawyer in-house team for MS. There are 9,000 lawyers in the DOJ. According to the 2003 Budget at http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/2003summary/html/atr.htm
The DOJ spent 100,000,000 on ALL cartel activity, not just MS.
Like oil and water, Republicans and antitrust don't mix.
I worked in the state AG's office in the antitrust division during 3 AG's tenures. When we went from a Democrat to a Republican, we were told there were certain types of cases we were just not going to bring. Ever.
Now I am all for the American Way and for business making a buck. It ain't Romper Room out there. The Fed is supposed to level the playing field for fair competition. I guess "fair" can be defined several diferent ways, depending on who contributes to your campaign.
Write to those Congressmen, people. They are working on your dime.
Ellison to employee: "Hey Bob, we'd like you to go over to Microsoft to look at some code. Did you want to be buried or creamated? Just asking, man. Don't look so nervous."
SCO is obligated in its complaint to tell the court and IBM the basis of its suit with particularity. They must show with some detail the basis for their claim.
A TRO is appropriate where SCO is sending letters to IBM's clients threatening them.
Yes, Article 78 is NY. There are state analogs in all other 49 and the Fed. The "forum selection clause" is standard in a contract, so your in-house counsel doesn't have to learn the laws of every state you do biz in.
In comercial contracts, there are sometimes arbitration agreements. The judge is REQUIRED to honor the terms of the contract if it is found to be a valid contract.
Both sides normally can stipulate to have trade secrets kept secret. Can be done ex parte by a judge even where there is an arb agreement if you can show impending harm. That's the TRO [temporary restraining order].
SCO claims part of its' code is being used illegally. It won't tell anyone which code, but it makes ultimatums about that code and threatens IBM. Why IBM hasn't filed an Article 78 proceeding / TRO/order to show cause to stop SCO's baloney is beyond me.
On to licences....
I cannot legally sell something I do not own. SCO's contention is that IBM did not have the right to sell licences because it did not fully own them. Decent threat, if real.
IBM should tell SCO in court to put up or shut up. Then, if SCO pulls the "unsubstantiated code" BS, IBM can get $$$ sanctions from a judge.
You're right. It's the hardest code to debug. The United States Code, I mean.
If you take a body of 100 Senators and the House with several hundred, most with no experience in law, writing laws every day, it makes for buggy code. Even when they mean well.
Think about if you had the in-house lawyers writing your programs. Think they'd run?
That's why you get laws about encryption that treats it as a munition. Minds that do not understand a subject crafting a law in a way that does not adequately deal with the problem.
There is no right to drive in the US. It is a privilege imparted to citizens of the various states by the state's government. As such, the state may regulate conduct and licencing with regard to driving.
Too bad, so sad. No veils if the state says "no." The Supreme Court has held on numereous occassions that states have the right to protect their citizens. Where religous freedom contradicts state edicts, the SC looks to see if the edict is a right or a priviledge. Where it is only a priviledge, the state always wins.
Well, Microsoft does. The Microsoft Loo. Bill Gates cares.
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by Palm. $499 with wireless inside, not a card. 400 mhz strongarm. Smaller, cooler looking and has a keyboard. All I need. I don't need to program on my handheld (although there is a C compiler for Palm), Why would I want a linux handheld? Keep compiling kernnels? doesn't compute with me.
I installed the Realplayer for Palm OS 5. Plays the sound out the little back speaker. The softwsare lets you downsample, too, to fit lots of tunes on your 128 meg SD card [the largest RP for Palm recognises]. Plays in the background when you run other apps, too.
I have the 20 gig Ipod, but you never know when you can use the tunes....
The WiFi freezes my Tungsten C sometimes, but could be a DHCP issue. Otherwise, it's the bomb. Highly recommended.
Use a regular antenna on Long Island in NY to get Nova on PBS in HDTV and WIDE!!!! Weeee!
Makes me glad I bought the 62 inch Sony for the Bedroom. No joke. Cost the same as my sh#tty 42 inch Gateway flatscreen and much more tv goodness. Mmmmm.
Reception on the antenna was better for NY before the WTC got taken out.... Sad.
Sorry to disagree, my Brother. MS has an excellent defence with its "No Warantee" in the EULA.
The difference with med malpractice is that the claim is for gross negligence: actions so blatantly wrong that they are outside the realm of normal medical conduct. Otherwise, a doctor that has you sign an "informed consent waiver" before a procedure can be bulletproof, but it STILL DOESN'T STOP A PATIENT FROM SUING. It just stops the patient from winning.
If the GPL says "no warantee," too bad, so sad South Korea.
I want the concession GTE has. I get to sell a mobile minute to a captive audience for 10 to 20 times the market rate for the minute. The airlines get their cut [a reliable profit center] and make it seem as though it is a technical issue rather than an economic one.
I won't use my cell if they make me think I would jam the avionics and crash us all. I would feel differently if I was prohibited because the airlines were milking me.
Has the FAA ever said cell phones interfere with airplane controls or guidance? If the plane's system was thrown off buy such a little source of power, wouldn't the big cell towers absolutely demolish the guidance systems as the plane flies over? They are MUCH more of a power output.
I am a consumer fraud class action attorney and I have been looking at this for 2 years. I think it's a good suit. Any body REALLY pissed off about this?
Mmmm. Virginia Spam! The best kind. They cure it different there, Smithfield I think.
"And after a while, you can work on points for style. Like the club tie, and the firm handshake, A certain look in the eye and an easy smile." Rodger Waters
Firewire ATA drive enclosures. Love 'em. Throw in your 120 gig drive, use file manager to drag and drop or PC Anywhere to do incremental backups and you are golden. I like the FIREVue FireWire 1394 / IDE Drive System by Granite. Buy the one unit for 200 bucks, then 30 bucks for each new drive. I use one drive for my G4 Mac backups, then throw in a new drive to backup my PCs. 2 for each, so if 1 dies, I have the other. I think it's http://www.granitedigital.com Pardon my lack of hyperlinkage.
I had my TiVo modded to add 2 120 gig HDs [can't go bigger because of a BIOS deal...] and have over 300 hours of viewing goodness. That's over 10 DAYS of programming. That's a lot of SpongeBob. If I wanted, there is an Ethernet add-in that ostensibly allows the"daily call" [for programming info] to be made over your broadband connection. It also allows you to telnet to the TiVo and take programs off the unit to your computer HD for transfer to CD or DVD. Pretty much they are MPEG files with additional info for the TiVo OS. Try Ninthtee for info.
Umm. They can write a contract that says we sell you this hardware and you may never use it for any purpose and if you don't agree to these terms, return the hardware.
Now, you the End User can argue that the contract is one where there's unequal bargaining power, it's a contract of adhesion or unconscionable, but people write contracts regarding hardware all the time [see Licitra v. Gateway 2000 in NYS]
He plans to add a GPS PCI card to let the software know the PHYSICAL LOCATION of the firewire port.... [snare drum roll] Thanks for the laughs, I'll be here all week.
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Balsa wood, a really big rubber band and guys that can hold there breath all the way to the space station. Or not.
http://www.microsoft.com/careers/search/details.as px?JobID=b0e72d5b-89f2-41ed-bb86-36928c903514
MS hires bigtime for its legal department. It has a budget bigger than the DOJ and more experienced lawyers. Look at http://www.idg.net/english/crd_gates_888634.html
Bill "Nuke 'Em" Neukom built a 600 lawyer in-house team for MS. There are 9,000 lawyers in the DOJ. According to the 2003 Budget at http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/2003summary/html/atr.htm
The DOJ spent 100,000,000 on ALL cartel activity, not just MS.
The DOJ is outgunned.
Like oil and water, Republicans and antitrust don't mix.
I worked in the state AG's office in the antitrust division during 3 AG's tenures. When we went from a Democrat to a Republican, we were told there were certain types of cases we were just not going to bring. Ever.
Now I am all for the American Way and for business making a buck. It ain't Romper Room out there. The Fed is supposed to level the playing field for fair competition. I guess "fair" can be defined several diferent ways, depending on who contributes to your campaign.
Write to those Congressmen, people. They are working on your dime.
MS tactics here: do what you can to kill the competition and wait to get sued. Engage in painfully long motion practice u
Ellison to employee: "Hey Bob, we'd like you to go over to Microsoft to look at some code. Did you want to be buried or creamated? Just asking, man. Don't look so nervous."
SCO is obligated in its complaint to tell the court and IBM the basis of its suit with particularity. They must show with some detail the basis for their claim.
A TRO is appropriate where SCO is sending letters to IBM's clients threatening them.
Let the games begin.
For someone who is NAL, you do okay.
Yes, Article 78 is NY. There are state analogs in all other 49 and the Fed. The "forum selection clause" is standard in a contract, so your in-house counsel doesn't have to learn the laws of every state you do biz in.
In comercial contracts, there are sometimes arbitration agreements. The judge is REQUIRED to honor the terms of the contract if it is found to be a valid contract.
Both sides normally can stipulate to have trade secrets kept secret. Can be done ex parte by a judge even where there is an arb agreement if you can show impending harm. That's the TRO [temporary restraining order].
Good luck with grad school.
I am a lawyer and I don't get it.
/order to show cause to stop SCO's baloney is beyond me.
SCO claims part of its' code is being used illegally. It won't tell anyone which code, but it makes ultimatums about that code and threatens IBM. Why IBM hasn't filed an Article 78 proceeding / TRO
On to licences....
I cannot legally sell something I do not own. SCO's contention is that IBM did not have the right to sell licences because it did not fully own them. Decent threat, if real.
IBM should tell SCO in court to put up or shut up. Then, if SCO pulls the "unsubstantiated code" BS, IBM can get $$$ sanctions from a judge.
Try this:
_ re port/annual_report02e/RandD/index.html
http://www.pioneer.co.jp/corp/ir/finance/annual
You're right. It's the hardest code to debug. The United States Code, I mean.
/. had a spell checker. :)
If you take a body of 100 Senators and the House with several hundred, most with no experience in law, writing laws every day, it makes for buggy code. Even when they mean well.
Think about if you had the in-house lawyers writing your programs. Think they'd run?
That's why you get laws about encryption that treats it as a munition. Minds that do not understand a subject crafting a law in a way that does not adequately deal with the problem.
Gee, I wish
Gosh this is offtopic but here goes....
There is no right to drive in the US. It is a privilege imparted to citizens of the various states by the state's government. As such, the state may regulate conduct and licencing with regard to driving.
Too bad, so sad. No veils if the state says "no." The Supreme Court has held on numereous occassions that states have the right to protect their citizens. Where religous freedom contradicts state edicts, the SC looks to see if the edict is a right or a priviledge. Where it is only a priviledge, the state always wins.
Driving is a privilege. Enjoy it.
Well, Microsoft does. The Microsoft Loo. Bill Gates cares.
by Palm. $499 with wireless inside, not a card. 400 mhz strongarm. Smaller, cooler looking and has a keyboard. All I need. I don't need to program on my handheld (although there is a C compiler for Palm), Why would I want a linux handheld? Keep compiling kernnels? doesn't compute with me.
Seriously, no troll.
I installed the Realplayer for Palm OS 5. Plays the sound out the little back speaker. The softwsare lets you downsample, too, to fit lots of tunes on your 128 meg SD card [the largest RP for Palm recognises]. Plays in the background when you run other apps, too.
I have the 20 gig Ipod, but you never know when you can use the tunes....
The WiFi freezes my Tungsten C sometimes, but could be a DHCP issue. Otherwise, it's the bomb. Highly recommended.
Don't you think Dell would start cranking out cheap, powerful Linux boxes at the first whiff of a MS branded computer?
The "Sad." comment in my post was for the event, not the reception. I lost my 23 year old cousin to that event you insensitive b#st#rd.
Have a nice day, Dick.
Use a regular antenna on Long Island in NY to get Nova on PBS in HDTV and WIDE!!!! Weeee!
Makes me glad I bought the 62 inch Sony for the Bedroom. No joke. Cost the same as my sh#tty 42 inch Gateway flatscreen and much more tv goodness. Mmmmm.
Reception on the antenna was better for NY before the WTC got taken out.... Sad.
but the media is 30 bucks a disk....
Sorry to disagree, my Brother. MS has an excellent defence with its "No Warantee" in the EULA.
The difference with med malpractice is that the claim is for gross negligence: actions so blatantly wrong that they are outside the realm of normal medical conduct. Otherwise, a doctor that has you sign an "informed consent waiver" before a procedure can be bulletproof, but it STILL DOESN'T STOP A PATIENT FROM SUING. It just stops the patient from winning.
If the GPL says "no warantee," too bad, so sad South Korea.
"Brooklyn owes the charmer under me" Steely Dan
I want the concession GTE has. I get to sell a mobile minute to a captive audience for 10 to 20 times the market rate for the minute. The airlines get their cut [a reliable profit center] and make it seem as though it is a technical issue rather than an economic one.
I won't use my cell if they make me think I would jam the avionics and crash us all. I would feel differently if I was prohibited because the airlines were milking me.
Has the FAA ever said cell phones interfere with airplane controls or guidance? If the plane's system was thrown off buy such a little source of power, wouldn't the big cell towers absolutely demolish the guidance systems as the plane flies over? They are MUCH more of a power output.
I am a consumer fraud class action attorney and I have been looking at this for 2 years. I think it's a good suit. Any body REALLY pissed off about this?
Mmmm. Virginia Spam! The best kind. They cure it different there, Smithfield I think.
"And after a while, you can work on points for style.
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake,
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile." Rodger Waters
Firewire ATA drive enclosures. Love 'em. Throw in your 120 gig drive, use file manager to drag and drop or PC Anywhere to do incremental backups and you are golden. I like the FIREVue FireWire 1394 / IDE Drive System by Granite. Buy the one unit for 200 bucks, then 30 bucks for each new drive. I use one drive for my G4 Mac backups, then throw in a new drive to backup my PCs. 2 for each, so if 1 dies, I have the other. I think it's http://www.granitedigital.com Pardon my lack of hyperlinkage.
I had my TiVo modded to add 2 120 gig HDs [can't go bigger because of a BIOS deal...] and have over 300 hours of viewing goodness. That's over 10 DAYS of programming. That's a lot of SpongeBob. If I wanted, there is an Ethernet add-in that ostensibly allows the"daily call" [for programming info] to be made over your broadband connection. It also allows you to telnet to the TiVo and take programs off the unit to your computer HD for transfer to CD or DVD. Pretty much they are MPEG files with additional info for the TiVo OS. Try Ninthtee for info.
Umm. They can write a contract that says we sell you this hardware and you may never use it for any purpose and if you don't agree to these terms, return the hardware. Now, you the End User can argue that the contract is one where there's unequal bargaining power, it's a contract of adhesion or unconscionable, but people write contracts regarding hardware all the time [see Licitra v. Gateway 2000 in NYS]
He plans to add a GPS PCI card to let the software know the PHYSICAL LOCATION of the firewire port.... [snare drum roll] Thanks for the laughs, I'll be here all week.