Do you also avoid hiring experienced developers? Some of us non-PhD folks have learned the hard way that quick, expedient fixes are sometimes disastrous, and spending a few more hours thinking about what you're going to do BEFORE doing it can really cut down on the number of "hotfixes", "security patches", or what-have-you.
Where I work, our customers tend to be concerned with having our software work correctly. Maybe this doesn't matter much to you...
Given the choice between continuing to work at a cheap-ass company that won't pay for an electrician to do POTENTIALLY DEADLY rewiring and unemployment, TAKE UNEMPLOYMENT!!!
Not only will you stay alive, you won't have to deal with getting laid off (or having your salary slashed) when the cheapos realize that they are paying you.
SCO: Have at you! IBM: You are indeed brave, sir knight, but the fight is mine. SCO: Oh, had enough eh? IBM: Look, you stupid bastard. You've got no arms left! SCO: Yes I have. IBM: Look! SCO: Just a flesh wound!
I would say that SCO doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Just a guess, but I suspect that Boies gets paid the same if he wins or loses. SCO suddenly needs to fight off lawsuits from all comers? Gee, more work for Boies at his going hourly rate!
At least, that's what *I* would do if SCO hired me a represent them in court.
I have a weird uncle who is always going on about how he's going to sue the government about some dumb thing from back in the deep past. Now, SCO is turning into my weird uncle. Maybe I can get my weird uncle in touch with Darl McBride, and they can hang out. I'll have to send along enough medication for both of them.
Red Hat is going to be drained of money for a loooong time in court.
Doesn't Red Hat have a legal department? I would think that the cost to Red Hat for having their staff lawyers sue SCO would not be very much greater than having their lawyers fold origami storks all day long.
Hmm... Suppose that a plane were somehow to take off with a database of no-fly zones that listed all of the airports within a 1000-mile radius of its destination? Suppose that an updated database is released that accidentally puts O'Hare in a no-fly zone, and it isn't discovered until planes start colliding with each other over Chicago? And what can be done to save a plane that has a corrupted database once it takes off? From the story, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! You're doomed, see ya later.
Like kazaa, except that the only content that you can share is anti-piracy educational materials and lists of known pirates! But wait, there's more! For just $49.95 you can get kazap pro, which also includes mug shots of kevin mitnick! Woo hoo!
"Oh yeah, the source for Linux and the source for Unixware look exactly the same."
"What's that? No, I have never looked at source code before in my life, but it's obvious, isn't it? Look at the way there's an 'if', followed by some stuff, and then the next line is indented. Plagiarism is the only possible explanation."
"And look at all of these file names that are the same! 'stdio.h', 'stdlib.h', 'sys/types.h'! I tell you, Linux is in one world of hurt!"
It's just the executives who go to jail. That's one of the risks that go along with the insane salaries, bonuses, interest free loans that get forgiven when they become inconvient, stock options, etc.
Of course, if there were any real justice, every person in every marketing department everywhere would be forced to use nothing but vaporware to create their copy...
Slashdot Mirror
With the mental facilities of a 5-year-old?
Yay! I want one!
Gee, this thing about scanning through all of Usenet reminds me of something.... It's just on the tip of my tongue...
I would have a hard time using a term like "social cyberspace" with a straight face.
Do you also avoid hiring experienced developers? Some of us non-PhD folks have learned the hard way that quick, expedient fixes are sometimes disastrous, and spending a few more hours thinking about what you're going to do BEFORE doing it can really cut down on the number of "hotfixes", "security patches", or what-have-you.
Where I work, our customers tend to be concerned with having our software work correctly. Maybe this doesn't matter much to you...
Given the choice between continuing to work at a cheap-ass company that won't pay for an electrician to do POTENTIALLY DEADLY rewiring and unemployment, TAKE UNEMPLOYMENT!!!
Not only will you stay alive, you won't have to deal with getting laid off (or having your salary slashed) when the cheapos realize that they are paying you.
Now, everybody: Ah, ah, ah, ah, STAYIN' ALIVE! STAYIN' ALIVE!!!
This discovery of a new species of grape ape is sure to lead to major advances in the animation industry.
I guess that explains his acting style.
Muhahaha!
SCO: Have at you!
IBM: You are indeed brave, sir knight, but the fight is mine.
SCO: Oh, had enough eh?
IBM: Look, you stupid bastard. You've got no arms left!
SCO: Yes I have.
IBM: Look!
SCO: Just a flesh wound!
I would say that SCO doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Of course OSX is souperior. In order to be made into soup, it helps to be dead, and we all know that OSX is derived from BSD...
Just a guess, but I suspect that Boies gets paid the same if he wins or loses. SCO suddenly needs to fight off lawsuits from all comers? Gee, more work for Boies at his going hourly rate!
At least, that's what *I* would do if SCO hired me a represent them in court.
No, they won't fire the management. IBM will have SCO's management transformed into gnomes.
I have a weird uncle who is always going on about how he's going to sue the government about some dumb thing from back in the deep past. Now, SCO is turning into my weird uncle. Maybe I can get my weird uncle in touch with Darl McBride, and they can hang out. I'll have to send along enough medication for both of them.
Doesn't Red Hat have a legal department? I would think that the cost to Red Hat for having their staff lawyers sue SCO would not be very much greater than having their lawyers fold origami storks all day long.
Ah, a great movie about one of Britain's loudest bands.
Where can I sign up for this $65/hour? Maybe they're breaking it down like this:
$25/hour: wages
$6/hour: healh insurance and other benefits
$34/hour: contribution to retaining the most photogenic CEO in the area.
We must destroy C++ to save C++.
Awesome. Somebody rate this up.
Hello? Is anybody there? Can the reviewer be bothered to say anything at all about the actual subject of the book?
"Text processing" could mean ANYTHING AT ALL. Consider the humble Turing machine...
Hmm... Suppose that a plane were somehow to take off with a database of no-fly zones that listed all of the airports within a 1000-mile radius of its destination? Suppose that an updated database is released that accidentally puts O'Hare in a no-fly zone, and it isn't discovered until planes start colliding with each other over Chicago? And what can be done to save a plane that has a corrupted database once it takes off? From the story, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! You're doomed, see ya later.
Nice system. I'll walk, thanks.
I expect my Java VM to start killing off other processes at random until it DOES work!!!
Like kazaa, except that the only content that you can share is anti-piracy educational materials and lists of known pirates! But wait, there's more! For just $49.95 you can get kazap pro, which also includes mug shots of kevin mitnick! Woo hoo!
Even better, MS's entire PR department would be arrested on misdemeanor charges involving Natalie Portman, hot grits, and a Stephen King obituary.
It builds. Ship it!
"Oh yeah, the source for Linux and the source for Unixware look exactly the same."
"What's that? No, I have never looked at source code before in my life, but it's obvious, isn't it? Look at the way there's an 'if', followed by some stuff, and then the next line is indented. Plagiarism is the only possible explanation."
"And look at all of these file names that are the same! 'stdio.h', 'stdlib.h', 'sys/types.h'! I tell you, Linux is in one world of hurt!"
It's just the executives who go to jail. That's one of the risks that go along with the insane salaries, bonuses, interest free loans that get forgiven when they become inconvient, stock options, etc.
Of course, if there were any real justice, every person in every marketing department everywhere would be forced to use nothing but vaporware to create their copy...