You don't like Coca-Cola or Pepsi? The founders of Snapple, Izzie, and several dozen other tea/soda companies did, within roughly the last decade, and have done fantastically well. It's not impractical, it just requires: 1) having a good idea. (Selling Linux PCs probably isn't), 2) Making it happen. Maybe you can't -- but don't assume no one else can, either...
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Since I'm no longer with Yahoo!, I'm now a little more free to comment on this matter. I was originally the lead engineer, then later, the Sr. Producer for Yahoo Auctions. This whole thing began when I was still there -- I've since left to start a new company.
While it's rediculous for the French court to try to regulate what Yahoo! does on it's.com site -- a point which I imagine everyone at Yahoo! agrees with -- Yahoo! is a corporation, and the role of a business is to make money, and not philosophical points.
The fact is, Yahoo! employs people on the ground in France, and brazenly dismissing the ruling of the court could jeopordize Yahoo's ability to conduct business in that country. encheres.yahoo.fr, after all, is partly supported by french companies buying advertising, and they, too, might not want to associate with such a company.
While I'd love to see Yahoo! "do the right thing" by not doing anything at all, My money says they will deploy a simple IP filtering screen and worry about adding new features and trying to beat eBay, rather than take a stance.
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You don't like Coca-Cola or Pepsi? The founders of Snapple, Izzie, and several dozen other tea/soda companies did, within roughly the last decade, and have done fantastically well. It's not impractical, it just requires: 1) having a good idea. (Selling Linux PCs probably isn't), 2) Making it happen. Maybe you can't -- but don't assume no one else can, either...
Yes, the model Google is using is copyright Sanborn. Toggle the 3D buildings layer on and off, and observe the copyright notice. Complete details on Sanborn's CitySets products (including the Buffalo data) are available here: http://www.sanborn.com/products/citysets.htm
We'd be more than happy to return your phone calls: See http://www.churchillnavigation.com/aurora.wmv for an example app built using our engine. (e-mail: info@churchillnavigation.com)
While it's rediculous for the French court to try to regulate what Yahoo! does on it's .com site -- a point which I imagine everyone at Yahoo! agrees with -- Yahoo! is a corporation, and the role of a business is to make money, and not philosophical points.
The fact is, Yahoo! employs people on the ground in France, and brazenly dismissing the ruling of the court could jeopordize Yahoo's ability to conduct business in that country. encheres.yahoo.fr, after all, is partly supported by french companies buying advertising, and they, too, might not want to associate with such a company.
While I'd love to see Yahoo! "do the right thing" by not doing anything at all, My money says they will deploy a simple IP filtering screen and worry about adding new features and trying to beat eBay, rather than take a stance.
Blatant Advertisement: If YOU want to work for a company committed to TAKING STANCES, check out www.agoby.com. I started it to solve problems similar in nature to this...
--tom