No, a good trainer will recognize the both reward and discipline have their places. Each is but a tool, with a proper use for each. Much like parenting. But then again, I bet you think a 'time out' is a cureall.
Similarly, it won't keep many birds away from cords. My mother has a parrot and a cockatieu (sp?). For kicks, my brother and I would buy ever hotter peppers to see if the bird would ever stop eating them. No dice. When the peppers are eating through the gloves you handle them with (hyperbole, don't ask for a type:) we gave up. The little blighter would pop the cap, eat the seeds and ribs, then beg for more.
but qualifies it with "in public-sector scenarios".
Too bad for them that they are minimizing public sector adoption of FOSS. My theory is that this is the only adoption that matters. Let's say that the entire US government adopts FOSS. Well, vendors will still want to submit bids. They can either beat on MS Word to do it, or, when upgrade time comes, replace with Linux with Open Office. And now they find out how snarky their Win2k servers are with non blessed clients. So they replace the servers. Etc.
Big institutions, from Walmart to various governments are the most important groups to capture. They will drive their various suppliers and contractors to solutions. Or, at the very least, drive them to adopting some meaningful, consistent standards.
(BTW, this is just a public statement that is belied by actions. Witness Steve Ballmer's airplane flights to meet with 'key leaders' as soon as any country in the world starts talking FOSS.)
People that write software under the BSD license don't care who uses it for what.
I haven't looked at the BSD license in much detail, but isn't this scenario essentially the same as placing the software in the public domain? How does that differ from the BSD license? I do remember reading somewhere that it's difficult to actual put something in the PD. Perhaps this is a regimented way to do that?
Consider this - if you beleive MS writes shitty software, wouldn'y you want them using as much BSD code as possible ? wouldn't that help standards compliance ? Wouldn't that help make MS's products less bad ? Wouldn't that inturn make life better for everyone ?
Some people think that opening all code to everyone would be better. I tend to agree, but find that a farther looking idea than yours (in which case improvement could quickly/easily be put into code, without opening up the whole mess).
I won't touch your last two statements. Overly broad, and there's not likely to be a meeting of the minds so long as either camp ignores that there are individual reasons for choosing one license over another.
I remember that. It's ok to choose any license for your software as long as you choose GPL. Right?
Right, because sucking RMS's dick is the only reason to choose the GPL?
Yeah, damn those freethinking people who have trouble accepting the GPL dogma.
Funny, on license topics here on slashdot, the only dogma I see is that RMS is a loony communist, and everyone who uses the GPL is a loony communist. Never do I see an admission by a (typically) BSD 'zealot' that maybe, just maybe, for some people, some of the time, they release software under the GPL for good reasons.
Sweet link. I've been looking for something like that for a while. (BTW, I donated to EFF this year. Haven't had the fundage for ACLU, but may try to scrounge up $30 or so. Just skip a DVD, and I'm there.)
Or they could be preparing to buy Pixar or any of a number of companies. Or to plunk it into R&D. Or something similar. Or perhaps they're ready to take on more loans. If they can go to a financier and show a history of paying back debt, profitability, and the willingness to do a large amount of equity financing, they'll get better loans at better rates.
Having fat cash reserves opens them up to many, many possibilities. And perhaps that freedom to move is why they are sitting on the cash.
Finally, the announcement itself will likely have a positive effect on stock price above and beyond what the change in the balance sheet would predict.
Sure, there are benefits to debt vs. equity financing, but IIRC, until that money does something other than sit there, it's sort of a Schroedinger's cat.
BTW, be careful admitting you are pursuing an MBA on Slashdot. It tends to hurt karma. (That's why I won't admit... Err, nevermind.)
First of all, games cost more now because the systems are more complicated.
Yup, just like my Pentium IV laptop costs more than my Apple//e did. Oh, wait, no it didn't. Particularly with fighting games, development costs are relatively nil these days. You don't need to mock up controllers and cabinets, just slap in another JAMMA board and call it a day.
Oh, geez, is that what they did to Yogi's Cave? I haven't been in about two years (and went during a crowded, humid, 95+ day), only saw that it wasn't Yogi, and made a face like that indian in the littering commercial from the 70's.
If you ever have the chance, watch a copy of 'Rollercoaster', a 70's disaster movie that shows KD when 'Rebel Yell' was THE coaster at the park. Two great parts. First, the original train ride is evident. Second, the covered walkway near the entrance of Rebel Yell (canopy of ivy or some greenage) had just been planted, so was only about 18 inches tall. (Also plenty of scenes of Six Flags: Magic Mountain from the same era.)
The last time I saw OPM, it was in an MBA class (finance??), so we all pretty much knew what was going to happen. (And I have a long story about why it's okay to watch movies in your MBA classes.) But I do remember being a bit confused watching it the first time as a teenager.
First, if the purchase is through a stock offering, how would it put Comcast in debt?
Second, how would Disney Animation Network and Cartoon Network merge, since they wouldn't be owned by the same company? As you've said, CN is a TimeWarner company.
My favorite local gov't cable shenanigans is that my county finally started charging a local franchise fee. And rather than taking that money, they handed it over to Comcast!
Others have lambasted you for comparing to Wall Street. Rather than join the chorus, might I suggest that Other People's Money is another take on the theme, with a more humorous bent.
Kings Island, Kings Dominion, etc. have had Hanna Barbera areas since their inception. I suspect Kings Island will change, as has Kings Dominion. For example, most of the HB themed rides at KD are now Nickelodeon rides. Yogi's Cave is gone. No Smurf train.
The parks were owned by Taft Broadcasting. Went into agreement with HB. bought by Paramount, who has been putting in new, more familiar, better money-making, and wholly owned brands.
Do I think you're insightful merely because I agree with you, and was preparing a similar comment? Maybe.
The 'Economist' has forgotten some bits of economic theory in favor of financial instruments. Plain and simple. A price expresses value only at the time of a transaction. There are millions of transactions of Disney stock on a daily basis that show, as of today, that the Economist article, no matter what formulae they use, is wrong.
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A good trainer will use other methods.
No, a good trainer will recognize the both reward and discipline have their places. Each is but a tool, with a proper use for each. Much like parenting. But then again, I bet you think a 'time out' is a cureall.
Similarly, it won't keep many birds away from cords. My mother has a parrot and a cockatieu (sp?). For kicks, my brother and I would buy ever hotter peppers to see if the bird would ever stop eating them. No dice. When the peppers are eating through the gloves you handle them with (hyperbole, don't ask for a type:) we gave up. The little blighter would pop the cap, eat the seeds and ribs, then beg for more.
Sounds like the LGPL was either written ignoring certain coding types, or deliberately made that way to 'encourage' usage of the GPL.
Yup, preserving revenue against competition. Also, we don't know how MS is going to roll out updates.
Perhaps they resumed the practice because they saw a good revenue stream?
but qualifies it with "in public-sector scenarios".
Too bad for them that they are minimizing public sector adoption of FOSS. My theory is that this is the only adoption that matters. Let's say that the entire US government adopts FOSS. Well, vendors will still want to submit bids. They can either beat on MS Word to do it, or, when upgrade time comes, replace with Linux with Open Office. And now they find out how snarky their Win2k servers are with non blessed clients. So they replace the servers. Etc.
Big institutions, from Walmart to various governments are the most important groups to capture. They will drive their various suppliers and contractors to solutions. Or, at the very least, drive them to adopting some meaningful, consistent standards.
(BTW, this is just a public statement that is belied by actions. Witness Steve Ballmer's airplane flights to meet with 'key leaders' as soon as any country in the world starts talking FOSS.)
People that write software under the BSD license don't care who uses it for what.
I haven't looked at the BSD license in much detail, but isn't this scenario essentially the same as placing the software in the public domain? How does that differ from the BSD license? I do remember reading somewhere that it's difficult to actual put something in the PD. Perhaps this is a regimented way to do that?
Consider this - if you beleive MS writes shitty software, wouldn'y you want them using as much BSD code as possible ? wouldn't that help standards compliance ? Wouldn't that help make MS's products less bad ? Wouldn't that inturn make life better for everyone ?
Some people think that opening all code to everyone would be better. I tend to agree, but find that a farther looking idea than yours (in which case improvement could quickly/easily be put into code, without opening up the whole mess).
I won't touch your last two statements. Overly broad, and there's not likely to be a meeting of the minds so long as either camp ignores that there are individual reasons for choosing one license over another.
Hopefully a rational question here:
Why license libraries, etc. with BSD instead of LGPL?
I remember that. It's ok to choose any license for your software as long as you choose GPL. Right?
Right, because sucking RMS's dick is the only reason to choose the GPL?
Yeah, damn those freethinking people who have trouble accepting the GPL dogma.
Funny, on license topics here on slashdot, the only dogma I see is that RMS is a loony communist, and everyone who uses the GPL is a loony communist. Never do I see an admission by a (typically) BSD 'zealot' that maybe, just maybe, for some people, some of the time, they release software under the GPL for good reasons.
I question the accuracy of the list. I skimmed quickly, and noticed my favorite Apple //e game missing: Autoduel. Loved CW back in the day as well.
If it's so creative, create another company/business/enterprise. Duh.
Sweet link. I've been looking for something like that for a while. (BTW, I donated to EFF this year. Haven't had the fundage for ACLU, but may try to scrounge up $30 or so. Just skip a DVD, and I'm there.)
Jobs tends to make odd business decisions work.
I mean, seriously, *home* computers?
Or they could be preparing to buy Pixar or any of a number of companies. Or to plunk it into R&D. Or something similar. Or perhaps they're ready to take on more loans. If they can go to a financier and show a history of paying back debt, profitability, and the willingness to do a large amount of equity financing, they'll get better loans at better rates.
Having fat cash reserves opens them up to many, many possibilities. And perhaps that freedom to move is why they are sitting on the cash.
Finally, the announcement itself will likely have a positive effect on stock price above and beyond what the change in the balance sheet would predict.
Sure, there are benefits to debt vs. equity financing, but IIRC, until that money does something other than sit there, it's sort of a Schroedinger's cat.
BTW, be careful admitting you are pursuing an MBA on Slashdot. It tends to hurt karma. (That's why I won't admit... Err, nevermind.)
First of all, games cost more now because the systems are more complicated.
//e did. Oh, wait, no it didn't. Particularly with fighting games, development costs are relatively nil these days. You don't need to mock up controllers and cabinets, just slap in another JAMMA board and call it a day.
Yup, just like my Pentium IV laptop costs more than my Apple
The favorite restaurant of my half-Italian BIL is Olive Garden.
check your email.
Oh, geez, is that what they did to Yogi's Cave? I haven't been in about two years (and went during a crowded, humid, 95+ day), only saw that it wasn't Yogi, and made a face like that indian in the littering commercial from the 70's.
If you ever have the chance, watch a copy of 'Rollercoaster', a 70's disaster movie that shows KD when 'Rebel Yell' was THE coaster at the park. Two great parts. First, the original train ride is evident. Second, the covered walkway near the entrance of Rebel Yell (canopy of ivy or some greenage) had just been planted, so was only about 18 inches tall. (Also plenty of scenes of Six Flags: Magic Mountain from the same era.)
Didn't know that Comedy Central was co-owned. Also didn't know that Comcast and TimeWarner were so willing to work together. Thanks.
The last time I saw OPM, it was in an MBA class (finance??), so we all pretty much knew what was going to happen. (And I have a long story about why it's okay to watch movies in your MBA classes.) But I do remember being a bit confused watching it the first time as a teenager.
First, if the purchase is through a stock offering, how would it put Comcast in debt?
Second, how would Disney Animation Network and Cartoon Network merge, since they wouldn't be owned by the same company? As you've said, CN is a TimeWarner company.
My favorite local gov't cable shenanigans is that my county finally started charging a local franchise fee. And rather than taking that money, they handed it over to Comcast!
First, it's hard to hide the purchase of enough shares to be worthwhile. Second, over a certain amount, you have to let the FTC know about it.
But, it's doable, up to a certain point.
Others have lambasted you for comparing to Wall Street. Rather than join the chorus, might I suggest that Other People's Money is another take on the theme, with a more humorous bent.
Kings Island, Kings Dominion, etc. have had Hanna Barbera areas since their inception. I suspect Kings Island will change, as has Kings Dominion. For example, most of the HB themed rides at KD are now Nickelodeon rides. Yogi's Cave is gone. No Smurf train.
Okay, a couple of links to 'Kings' parks' history.
The parks were owned by Taft Broadcasting. Went into agreement with HB. bought by Paramount, who has been putting in new, more familiar, better money-making, and wholly owned brands.
Do I think you're insightful merely because I agree with you, and was preparing a similar comment? Maybe.
The 'Economist' has forgotten some bits of economic theory in favor of financial instruments. Plain and simple. A price expresses value only at the time of a transaction. There are millions of transactions of Disney stock on a daily basis that show, as of today, that the Economist article, no matter what formulae they use, is wrong.