If MicroSoft, or Apple, or anyone else snuck into this company's office and stole their files or source code, I think most of us would call that wrong. If Apple saw a screenshot or description of their software and decided to implement similar functionality, it might still be wrong, but it's not so black and white. But if MicroSoft engineers are sitting around thinking up new ways to waste CPU cycles and independently come up with the same idea, maybe it wasn't so obvious after all.
If this company can prove that someone stole their ideas, then by all means they should be compensated. If they lost revenue, then let them be compensated. But the only revenue they could have lost is the revenue from licensing the patent, which is to say, they haven't lost any revenue because Apple or Microsoft are implementing this functionality.
Some newspapers are now outsourcing local (glocal) reporting to India. They set up a webcam at city council meetings, etc., and someone writes up the story dirt cheap.
Your $5/month account doesn't have unlimited bandwidth, but more importantly, it doesn't have the RAM and CPU needed to host SLASH (which is a resource hog).
Buying stuff online wasn't common, but people had been buying stuff over the phone for years. Sometimes they even had an open account, so they could call up, identify themselves, place an order, and have it billed later.
I'm using my money to fix the economy: I'm paying my bills, saving it in banks, investing in the stock market, and buying stuff. That's better than $trillion+ bailout/wealth distribution scheme that rewards excessive greed and failure.
That's not really the same. The EU is big on protected designation of origin, for things like Champaign (sparkling wine), Cognac (brandy), Parmigiano (cheese), etc. Those, like Cheddar (cheese), are locations, not a phrase trademarked by an individual or company.
one of their demo/sample code projects is a little app called iSpend. It's very simple and would need work to be usable, let alone a competitor, but I agree with your sentiment.
Merb is like a lightweight RoR. Lightweight because it's more optimized and leaves more decisions up to the end user (as opposed to RoR's one size fits all). Ruby on Rails v3 will be more modular so if the shoe fits, you wear it. But everyone else can replace the parts they don't need or want.
I haven't forgotten Windows ME (or Vista). That's why I don't use Windows. However, 7 will be an improvement over vista. If they re-released vista today, the same code, calling it a new version, it would be an improvement, if only because hardware has caught up.
Google has been cutting back on perks all year. They haven't had any layoffs yet, but only because they've been canceling contractors. There's a reasonably chance they'll have to reduce employee head count next year.
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If MicroSoft, or Apple, or anyone else snuck into this company's office and stole their files or source code, I think most of us would call that wrong. If Apple saw a screenshot or description of their software and decided to implement similar functionality, it might still be wrong, but it's not so black and white. But if MicroSoft engineers are sitting around thinking up new ways to waste CPU cycles and independently come up with the same idea, maybe it wasn't so obvious after all.
If this company can prove that someone stole their ideas, then by all means they should be compensated. If they lost revenue, then let them be compensated. But the only revenue they could have lost is the revenue from licensing the patent, which is to say, they haven't lost any revenue because Apple or Microsoft are implementing this functionality.
Bruce Perens posts as an AC?!?!
Except for the ones in the white house.
Sounds more like a drug than a programming language.
[citation needed]
Some newspapers are now outsourcing local (glocal) reporting to India. They set up a webcam at city council meetings, etc., and someone writes up the story dirt cheap.
Your $5/month account doesn't have unlimited bandwidth, but more importantly, it doesn't have the RAM and CPU needed to host SLASH (which is a resource hog).
Buying stuff online wasn't common, but people had been buying stuff over the phone for years. Sometimes they even had an open account, so they could call up, identify themselves, place an order, and have it billed later.
Software and pussy should both be smooth and bug free.
I'm using my money to fix the economy: I'm paying my bills, saving it in banks, investing in the stock market, and buying stuff. That's better than $trillion+ bailout/wealth distribution scheme that rewards excessive greed and failure.
ah yes. You want stuff, but you don't want to pay for it.
a buddy of mine (who used to work for Cisco) says they'll be pushing linux, but offer windows if that's what the customer wants to pay for.
When companies pull garbage like this, they are forced to close and their board personally fined into oblivion.
It seems a little excessive to shut down intel just because they misappropriated another company's trademark....
That's not really the same. The EU is big on protected designation of origin, for things like Champaign (sparkling wine), Cognac (brandy), Parmigiano (cheese), etc. Those, like Cheddar (cheese), are locations, not a phrase trademarked by an individual or company.
Read that again. This time with emphasis on the words jerk and knee.
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There's a preference to ignore Idle stories on the front page.
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one of their demo/sample code projects is a little app called iSpend. It's very simple and would need work to be usable, let alone a competitor, but I agree with your sentiment.
Merb is like a lightweight RoR. Lightweight because it's more optimized and leaves more decisions up to the end user (as opposed to RoR's one size fits all). Ruby on Rails v3 will be more modular so if the shoe fits, you wear it. But everyone else can replace the parts they don't need or want.
(personally, I think it's overrated, but I'm still proud to own the set).
Were you at the downtime library this morning by any chance?
I haven't forgotten Windows ME (or Vista). That's why I don't use Windows. However, 7 will be an improvement over vista. If they re-released vista today, the same code, calling it a new version, it would be an improvement, if only because hardware has caught up.
The iPhone uses an ARM processor. Unless you have a C&C binary compiled for Win32/ARM, WINE won't do jack shit for you.
Google has been cutting back on perks all year. They haven't had any layoffs yet, but only because they've been canceling contractors. There's a reasonably chance they'll have to reduce employee head count next year.