I like your first question. Daimler-Chrysler is a great German/American example I think of why mergers do not work, and larger companies are not that great. An inability to focus, and management by ego. Look at three of the most successful auto companies in the world right now, BMW, Honda, and Toyota. Each has gone their own way, refusing to lose focus by consuming or being consumed by other manufacturers. Two of the three seem to be constantly derided, well at least as of a few years ago, as being too small to keep up with newer technologies. They've proved the critics very wrong.
... well, VirtualPC may be able to *run* Linux, but it will be a cold day in Redmond before VirtualPC runs *on* Linux.
I agree. It would seem to me though, that Microsoft being the legally recognized monopoly that they are, that the government is obligated to make sure that they do not also become the sole provider of emulation software. Of course, it'll be a cold day in Redmond before they do that.
Shareholder lawsuit? I wouldn't be suprised to see one at the end of this. The problem there being that they tend to beat the proverbial dead horse, while those responsible (SCO's execs) are long gone. At any rate, it would seem that this compensation package could support a "preponderance of evidence" that SCO had alterior motives for filing a frivolous lawsuit.
Light travels at 186k miles/second (I forget the metric equivalent). At 8.4 billion miles, it'd have to travel for 45,151 seconds, or 12.5 hours. A long ways from a light year (about 1/700th).
So no, it's not going to fly by the Klingon empire on its way to some lost world inhabited by robot machines that will in turn come back here - inside of a few hundred years.
So it's quite possible that Dell has a physical location in the state where you live, and therefore you have to pay sales tax. If they do not have physical presence in your state, then you were inappropriately charged sales tax and you may be able to get it back.
Getting slightly off topic, but I'm curious how manyoutfits on the 'net do this: If they charged you sales tax for a state they do not have a presence in, that can equate to fraud. Every once in awhile you hear people on the news charging illegal fees for items or services, fake taxes being a favorite. It is very illegal to collect money on the state's behalf and then not turn that money over to the state.
That's a good question, any company owning Suse and ximian would be interesting, and not knowing the track record of the suits involved, possibly a bit scary.
It is a bit interesting that they have chosen to focus on what seems a desktop flavor, considering they went after and purchased ximian. If they wanted a vanilla server distro, I'd think they could get that for less elsewhere.
Perhaps they're not interested in the technology, but the name. Suse has a very good reputation I think in both camps (client/server), and was apparently in Novell's grasp, where I don't think Redhat would be ($$$).
A very excellent point. I was also wondering how much time has passed between the time the Intel cluster and this Apple cluster were constructed. Would put things into a little more perspective regarding cost.
They're not bad, though I think their online forms could be better. For instance, changing contact info can be burdensome if you have more than one domain registered with them.
Trying to change my email address contact info, they still want to send the confirmation email to a contact address I haven't had for quite some time. They provide a work around for that, but I still get the feeling that some things aren't as efficient as they could be.
That being said, I can't say I've found anyone better.
..is submerged apparently. maybe the admin read the article, and thought he'd turn off that bit of client server technology that is apparently dying.....
Because a cluster of computers today can be built to have more computational power than a single computer twenty years from now, should we then consider that cluster *sentient*? I can't even believe I'm writing about this...
Good explanation. It makes you think though that the dispute would then be between Ford and Toyota, not Toyota and the medium that Ford used to place the questionable ad.
This court decision is going to force Google into becoming a watchdog.
Let's see. Had a call once, she couldn't get her computer to work, and her first paper as a freshman in college was about due. Her room mate had used it w/o problem the night before though, but I, 200 miles away, seemed a better person to ask...
"Is the power on?". The questioning silence was a clue, and I asked the question again, this time receiving a response. "The thing with all the plugs in it is lit up, if that's what you mean"
That was a start, so I asked her to press the power button on the computer itself. After explaining to her it was the largest button on the box without a screen, we were in business.
I think you've nailed the perfect target audience for Mandrake. I used to use Mandrake constantly, upgrading every cycle. I've since switched though, after becoming more familiar with Linux, do to the lack of new packages for older releases. It was my *only* peeve with Mandrake, growing increasingly frustrated after visiting the download site for some software package, and seeing downloads for multiple versions of large and small distros listed, with only the latest of Mandrake being supported.
I think the idea behind that comment is this:
Someone invests large dollars creating a.net app, and run it on MONO. They get a notice that using MONO is not legal. Will that person a) run the app legally on a copy of Windows, or b) invest time and money to rewrite the app in a different technology that they may be unfamiliar with, so that it can still run on linux?
I guess my question to the courts would be then how can there be so many multi-national auto manufacturers (pick any industry) in the world, all manufacturing competing product? If this thing is held up in court, then it doesn't seem a far stretch to government mandated monopolies to any company that can prove they were first.
Maybe Lockheed should be slapped with punitive damages because of this. It blows me away that they would willfully tear up proven processes regarding sattelite or space vehicle manufacturing.
You'll never get the management in any efficient manner - but you can get the industry that spawned this, so-called efficiency experts. Sue the hell out of them. Child Phsycologists have been sued successfully for creating false testimony regarding child abuse (non) cases, perhaps a financial incentive has to be present in the above industry so they are a little more careful about what they apply their advice to - assuming that the above is an accurate description.
A nice quote from KOMO, a station in Seattle (next door to Redmond for those that are unfamiliar with the area).
SEATTLE - Those of you using Mac OS or Linux can relax this time, but those using MS Office on Windows, take note: Microsoft has issued some more security alerts.
If Sun were to join the eclipse project, wouldn't they be giving a defacto nod to SWT, a growing alternative to Swing? I think it would be a nice move for developers and the java community, but I'm not sure I see Sun doing this.
I've got a V60i (I think, the manual was for a g, but PO claims i). Anyway, my phone's gotten worse recently. I'll open it up to check for voice mail, as it'll be quiet for awhile, and notice that it's just a blank display. Nada, zippo, zilch - dead. Turn off, wait, Turn on. My Dad (Verizon) and Sister (Cingular) have V60s as well that they've both had replaced.
I like the phone, but I think they were shipped before really ready.
I may be wrong, but hasn't most of the effect of moores law existed based on improvements in chip design and manufacturing alone - ie. the doubling of transisters on a chip or the doubling of clock speed of a die.
If we were to double the clock speed or transisters of a tirnary computer, would that still give just a 2x performance increase, 8x, or somewhere in between? I can't even get my head around this enough to begin...
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I like your first question. Daimler-Chrysler is a great German/American example I think of why mergers do not work, and larger companies are not that great. An inability to focus, and management by ego. Look at three of the most successful auto companies in the world right now, BMW, Honda, and Toyota. Each has gone their own way, refusing to lose focus by consuming or being consumed by other manufacturers. Two of the three seem to be constantly derided, well at least as of a few years ago, as being too small to keep up with newer technologies. They've proved the critics very wrong.
I agree. It would seem to me though, that Microsoft being the legally recognized monopoly that they are, that the government is obligated to make sure that they do not also become the sole provider of emulation software. Of course, it'll be a cold day in Redmond before they do that.
Shareholder lawsuit? I wouldn't be suprised to see one at the end of this. The problem there being that they tend to beat the proverbial dead horse, while those responsible (SCO's execs) are long gone. At any rate, it would seem that this compensation package could support a "preponderance of evidence" that SCO had alterior motives for filing a frivolous lawsuit.
That, I'm sure, would be too much to hope for.
Light travels at 186k miles/second (I forget the metric equivalent). At 8.4 billion miles, it'd have to travel for 45,151 seconds, or 12.5 hours. A long ways from a light year (about 1/700th).
So no, it's not going to fly by the Klingon empire on its way to some lost world inhabited by robot machines that will in turn come back here - inside of a few hundred years.
It's nuclear, though I'm not sure what that means re a reactor.
My thoughts exactly. The fact that I'm so cynical when it comes to the Government and Microsoft makes this about a 50/50 bet as far as I'm concerned.
Getting slightly off topic, but I'm curious how manyoutfits on the 'net do this: If they charged you sales tax for a state they do not have a presence in, that can equate to fraud. Every once in awhile you hear people on the news charging illegal fees for items or services, fake taxes being a favorite. It is very illegal to collect money on the state's behalf and then not turn that money over to the state.
That's a good question, any company owning Suse and ximian would be interesting, and not knowing the track record of the suits involved, possibly a bit scary.
It is a bit interesting that they have chosen to focus on what seems a desktop flavor, considering they went after and purchased ximian. If they wanted a vanilla server distro, I'd think they could get that for less elsewhere.
Perhaps they're not interested in the technology, but the name. Suse has a very good reputation I think in both camps (client/server), and was apparently in Novell's grasp, where I don't think Redhat would be ($$$).
A very excellent point. I was also wondering how much time has passed between the time the Intel cluster and this Apple cluster were constructed. Would put things into a little more perspective regarding cost.
No troll here.
They're not bad, though I think their online forms could be better. For instance, changing contact info can be burdensome if you have more than one domain registered with them.
Trying to change my email address contact info, they still want to send the confirmation email to a contact address I haven't had for quite some time. They provide a work around for that, but I still get the feeling that some things aren't as efficient as they could be.
That being said, I can't say I've found anyone better.
..is submerged apparently. maybe the admin read the article, and thought he'd turn off that bit of client server technology that is apparently dying.....
Bingo. Too bad yours is about the 50th post, but only the first one I've read that mentions this.
Because a cluster of computers today can be built to have more computational power than a single computer twenty years from now, should we then consider that cluster *sentient*? I can't even believe I'm writing about this...
Good explanation. It makes you think though that the dispute would then be between Ford and Toyota, not Toyota and the medium that Ford used to place the questionable ad.
This court decision is going to force Google into becoming a watchdog.
Let's see. Had a call once, she couldn't get her computer to work, and her first paper as a freshman in college was about due. Her room mate had used it w/o problem the night before though, but I, 200 miles away, seemed a better person to ask ...
"Is the power on?". The questioning silence was a clue, and I asked the question again, this time receiving a response. "The thing with all the plugs in it is lit up, if that's what you mean"
That was a start, so I asked her to press the power button on the computer itself. After explaining to her it was the largest button on the box without a screen, we were in business.
I think you've nailed the perfect target audience for Mandrake. I used to use Mandrake constantly, upgrading every cycle. I've since switched though, after becoming more familiar with Linux, do to the lack of new packages for older releases. It was my *only* peeve with Mandrake, growing increasingly frustrated after visiting the download site for some software package, and seeing downloads for multiple versions of large and small distros listed, with only the latest of Mandrake being supported.
I think the idea behind that comment is this: Someone invests large dollars creating a .net app, and run it on MONO. They get a notice that using MONO is not legal. Will that person a) run the app legally on a copy of Windows, or b) invest time and money to rewrite the app in a different technology that they may be unfamiliar with, so that it can still run on linux?
I guess my question to the courts would be then how can there be so many multi-national auto manufacturers (pick any industry) in the world, all manufacturing competing product? If this thing is held up in court, then it doesn't seem a far stretch to government mandated monopolies to any company that can prove they were first.
Maybe Lockheed should be slapped with punitive damages because of this. It blows me away that they would willfully tear up proven processes regarding sattelite or space vehicle manufacturing.
You'll never get the management in any efficient manner - but you can get the industry that spawned this, so-called efficiency experts. Sue the hell out of them. Child Phsycologists have been sued successfully for creating false testimony regarding child abuse (non) cases, perhaps a financial incentive has to be present in the above industry so they are a little more careful about what they apply their advice to - assuming that the above is an accurate description.
A nice quote from KOMO, a station in Seattle (next door to Redmond for those that are unfamiliar with the area).
If Sun were to join the eclipse project, wouldn't they be giving a defacto nod to SWT, a growing alternative to Swing? I think it would be a nice move for developers and the java community, but I'm not sure I see Sun doing this.
The last article looks like it'd be of interest to the SEC, though I'm not going to hold my breath on that one.
I've got a V60i (I think, the manual was for a g, but PO claims i). Anyway, my phone's gotten worse recently. I'll open it up to check for voice mail, as it'll be quiet for awhile, and notice that it's just a blank display. Nada, zippo, zilch - dead. Turn off, wait, Turn on. My Dad (Verizon) and Sister (Cingular) have V60s as well that they've both had replaced.
I like the phone, but I think they were shipped before really ready.
I may be wrong, but hasn't most of the effect of moores law existed based on improvements in chip design and manufacturing alone - ie. the doubling of transisters on a chip or the doubling of clock speed of a die.
If we were to double the clock speed or transisters of a tirnary computer, would that still give just a 2x performance increase, 8x, or somewhere in between? I can't even get my head around this enough to begin ...