It WAS in a lot of way their fault. It was this sheer arrogance, this slavish devotion to fads and unproven business plans that caused a lot of these companies to tank.
While they young execs should bear some of the burden, the bulk should fall on the VCs - who in their right mind funds a mail order kitty litter company?
Am I the only person who doesn't particularly like the idea of "a very effective radiator" next to my head part of the time, and next to my balls the rest of the time?
Then you had better stay away from table lamps - they're far more effective at spewing radiation than your cellphone
if you loose a copyright, people can copy the program, but still need to reverse-engineer the source if they want to know your implementation.
Here's a question - don't you need to publish in order to get copyright protection? If so, then how is the source protected when it isn't actually published?
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It is the same. RTFA yourself
Integrate the highly useful GPL code we're eyeing into our only slightly more complex (but much more lucrative) project, thereby saving us at least 30% of the coding involved. The company then go all the way to production with it, but instead of finally compiling the actual project for distribution, they instead compile a bunch of incomprehensible gobbledygook that just happens to compile to the same bytecode.
The incomprehensible gobbledygook referred to is their code with GPLed code comprising 30%. According to the GPL, this is probably a violation, unless this incomprehensible crap is what they intend to actually maintain.
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If you take some code and switch out all the variable names and change the spacing around, it's still the same code. If your lawyer is advising you differently, I'd be very suspicious of his motiviations.
No, really - Corporate Personhood is one of the worst legal abuses of the 19th century. Corporations can own stock, lobby congress, and sue people, but they aren't as vulnerable as humans, they don't do jailtime, and they tend to have more money for lawyers. Nice recipe for abuse, huh?
When Microsoft collapses" I'd say the company's stability has already been threatened, outrush of employees or no. Kind of a foolish post, yes?
No. The first statement posits that a faltering stock price will compound itself, leading to an outrush of developers. This could lead to a vastly smaller company, or it could cause Microsoft to self destruct as it shrinks faster than it can shed overhead. In Microsoft's favor is a massive warchest and a sycophantically pro-business president.
no it's not. If I take a class then, unless i sign a contract to the contrary, my work belongs to me. I'd like to see them try and sue me over the matter. For that matter, i wouldn't mind seeing a lawsuit brought when turnitin.com publishes a compendium of essays.
I don't know what rock you've been under, but Java does deliver - on the server. It's not a great idea for client apps, but it's really easy to write Java apps and shove them on a server. With cheap Linux boxes running the Jvms and a fast box running the database, it's a clear winner.
No lie, a friend of a former coworker got his house in SF demolished somehow and, while negotiating to rebuild it, some people offered to pay $1000/mo to live in the ruins.
So dump the alt.binaries groups. Two boxes with one used for client access is fairly standard (at least for busy sites). As for disk, once you lose the binaries groups, that 200G array should last you a bit longer.
Most likely, if MS' profit margins went from 40% to 10%, their best mercenaries would desert them, thus driving them into the red. Meanwhile, their stock would go from $65 to $12
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Snoop dog is dropped from the ceiling all mutated and deformed!
Nah, that's just how he looks
I hope the MiBs don't come knocking on my door now
Damn, those SNMP agents get smarter everyday!
It WAS in a lot of way their fault. It was this sheer arrogance, this slavish devotion to fads and unproven business plans that caused a lot of these companies to tank.
While they young execs should bear some of the burden, the bulk should fall on the VCs - who in their right mind funds a mail order kitty litter company?
Actually, they licensed the spyglass browser and then gave it away for free. Nearly killed the company (Spyglass)
So far as I know, only Dreamcast and Xbox have been sold at a loss.
Am I the only person who doesn't particularly like the idea of "a very effective radiator" next to my head part of the time, and next to my balls the rest of the time?
Then you had better stay away from table lamps - they're far more effective at spewing radiation than your cellphone
suddenly the sum total of the human population steals $60 trillion from you!
I feel so poor!
They also can't distribute the stolen car to every single person who could want a car on earth either
If only they could - only one car would ever get stolen.
if you loose a copyright, people can copy the program, but still need to reverse-engineer the source if they want to know your implementation.
Here's a question - don't you need to publish in order to get copyright protection? If so, then how is the source protected when it isn't actually published?
Hardly. You also need some hefty manufacturing capacity. Can we even build a Saturn V anymore?
No. They're not offered for sale.
It is the same. RTFA yourself
Integrate the highly useful GPL code we're eyeing into our only slightly more complex (but much more lucrative) project, thereby saving us at least 30% of the coding involved. The company then go all the way to production with it, but instead of finally compiling the actual project for distribution, they instead compile a bunch of incomprehensible gobbledygook that just happens to compile to the same bytecode.
The incomprehensible gobbledygook referred to is their code with GPLed code comprising 30%. According to the GPL, this is probably a violation, unless this incomprehensible crap is what they intend to actually maintain.
If you take some code and switch out all the variable names and change the spacing around, it's still the same code. If your lawyer is advising you differently, I'd be very suspicious of his motiviations.
Too bad you can't kill one as easily as a person.
No, really - Corporate Personhood is one of the worst legal abuses of the 19th century. Corporations can own stock, lobby congress, and sue people, but they aren't as vulnerable as humans, they don't do jailtime, and they tend to have more money for lawyers. Nice recipe for abuse, huh?
If they actively make decisions about who has access and who doesn't, then they're liable for those decisions
So, they're liable because Joe Spammer doesn't have the ability to send mail to everybody in the world with a fake return address? How does that work?
When Microsoft collapses" I'd say the company's stability has already been threatened, outrush of employees or no. Kind of a foolish post, yes?
No. The first statement posits that a faltering stock price will compound itself, leading to an outrush of developers. This could lead to a vastly smaller company, or it could cause Microsoft to self destruct as it shrinks faster than it can shed overhead. In Microsoft's favor is a massive warchest and a sycophantically pro-business president.
How can you code so many security holes in 0 lines of code?
When you paste it all together, sometimes the edges don't line up.
no it's not. If I take a class then, unless i sign a contract to the contrary, my work belongs to me. I'd like to see them try and sue me over the matter. For that matter, i wouldn't mind seeing a lawsuit brought when turnitin.com publishes a compendium of essays.
At this point there is only one evil, corpulent hand raised, and we all know whose that is
Aww, shucks, I'm blushing.
Surely the whole company can't possibly be that unstable? Somebody tell me I'm wrong (or rather, i want to hear I'm right)
You're right. When Microsoft collapses, it'll be like Florida real-estate. The outrush of employees could very well threaten Microsoft's stability.
I called up Microsoft, was incredibly rude to the person on the phone.
Congratulations, you pissed on some guy in a call center who's making $8-10/hr. Not only that, but you have had zero effect on the actual problem.
I don't know what rock you've been under, but Java does deliver - on the server. It's not a great idea for client apps, but it's really easy to write Java apps and shove them on a server. With cheap Linux boxes running the Jvms and a fast box running the database, it's a clear winner.
No lie, a friend of a former coworker got his house in SF demolished somehow and, while negotiating to rebuild it, some people offered to pay $1000/mo to live in the ruins.
So dump the alt.binaries groups. Two boxes with one used for client access is fairly standard (at least for busy sites). As for disk, once you lose the binaries groups, that 200G array should last you a bit longer.
Most likely, if MS' profit margins went from 40% to 10%, their best mercenaries would desert them, thus driving them into the red. Meanwhile, their stock would go from $65 to $12