When a book is out of print, it is quite usual for a library/person to contact the publishers and ask if they can copy the book themselves.
Most of the time, the book can be copied for free. If the book has lots of requests the book is republished (by the publishers).
Perhaps the publishers of such games could use this "abandonware" situation to their advantage, by asking for a tally on the number of downloads on games, and if a game gets downloaded enough they could market it. The big stick approach would do a lot more damage, while an out of print approach could only help the publishers make money, and at the sametime spread some goodwill.
After spending a few years working my way up in a large company, starting at the bottom (fixing every imaginable PC problem), all the way to head office sitting in meetings and doing 70+ hours a week. I decided it was time to do my own thing.
I went into contracting/consulting(with a big cut in pay), while in the evening working on my own website, I am making enough money to live on and save quite a lot, while I am working on something that I want to do.
The growth of the site is slow to begin with, but in about three years I should have something.
Anyway I have seen all sorts of managers, and all manner of decisions, but the biggest problem I see if the total lack of communication, especially from technical people. So the thing I recommend you do is learn how to communicate a hell of a lot better.
Technical managers are also just as bad, if not worse than the people working for them.
but remember the name of the game is power. My power as a consultant is to make more money than the people that I work for (which I do). They pay me the money to the work, so I couldn't care less if they made me play solitaire all day long, they can make whatever decision they want as long as I get paid.
Also hanging around India for a year doing very little, made me take a good long look at myself and what I wanted. This doesn't seem to be the big thing in america, but a year out would really help.
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Soon you will be able to buy patents from Amazon. With "One-Click"!
I've been on a few sinking ships, and it is very easy to know when the ship is sinking.
The rats are the first to flee from a sinking ship. So if you see the rats getting out make escape plans.
I'm not just insane I'm certified insane.
Quartz.com doesn't need to watch out, Quartz is a word in the dictionary.
This is a different area of law.. remember sting.com? I think he ended up coughing up the cash for that one.
How do I make it so I can read the -1 comments, but not get bothered by the idiot who is intent on making the page more or less unreadable?
When a book is out of print, it is quite usual for a library/person to contact the publishers and ask if they can copy the book themselves. Most of the time, the book can be copied for free. If the book has lots of requests the book is republished (by the publishers). Perhaps the publishers of such games could use this "abandonware" situation to their advantage, by asking for a tally on the number of downloads on games, and if a game gets downloaded enough they could market it. The big stick approach would do a lot more damage, while an out of print approach could only help the publishers make money, and at the sametime spread some goodwill.
just after I pay for spam^H^H^H^Hhotmail.com on a per message received basis.
The picture must have been taken on a day when it wasn't windy
After spending a few years working my way up in a large company, starting at the bottom (fixing every imaginable PC problem), all the way to head office sitting in meetings and doing 70+ hours a week. I decided it was time to do my own thing. I went into contracting/consulting(with a big cut in pay), while in the evening working on my own website, I am making enough money to live on and save quite a lot, while I am working on something that I want to do. The growth of the site is slow to begin with, but in about three years I should have something. Anyway I have seen all sorts of managers, and all manner of decisions, but the biggest problem I see if the total lack of communication, especially from technical people. So the thing I recommend you do is learn how to communicate a hell of a lot better. Technical managers are also just as bad, if not worse than the people working for them. but remember the name of the game is power. My power as a consultant is to make more money than the people that I work for (which I do). They pay me the money to the work, so I couldn't care less if they made me play solitaire all day long, they can make whatever decision they want as long as I get paid. Also hanging around India for a year doing very little, made me take a good long look at myself and what I wanted. This doesn't seem to be the big thing in america, but a year out would really help.
How about for those poor people who have only got six inches?
Judging from http://browserwatch.internet.com/stats/stats.html
it looks like this project should have been shelved a long time ago.