PeopleSoft runs mostly on Microsoft Servers. The thought of losing a potential revenue stream might cause Ballmer to dip into petty cash and settle this argument overnight. Oracle is not going to integrate PeopleSoft; they are buying a customer list and less competition, in addition to kicking a few more thousand geeks to the curb.
Microsoft could pick them up, keep them as a separate line of business, with management autonomy and shareholders would go for that in a heartbeat. This could turn out to be a very bad move by Oracle. If Microsoft so mch as raised an eyebrow, Oracle stock goes down, making the aquisition more expensive even if Microsoft doesnt play. I see a lot of ways that Oracle could end up regretting this big time.
There was a time when the browser(as application platform)was the single biggest threat to Microsoft's future. Without the development of their own browser, Netscape would be the big dog on the block today, and Microsoft might be giving Windows away with every HappyMeal.
What Microsoft gained by making IE was a FUTURE. Did you just get here from the moon or something?
Now, SCO is about to get their asses sued off by some very angry competitors, and what if they decide to squeal that the whole thing was Microsoft's idea in the first place?
Oh brother, this could get NASTY.
Even if Microsoft was just suckered in by the potential to do damage to Linux, SCO can make it very embarassing to Microsoft. This could be a lot more fun to watch than previous lawsuits.
I doubt you are as bored as someone sitting in a Sun Marketing presentation.
Big kit things are being done is smaller, cheaper kits everyday. The only business that Sun could exist in today belongs to IBM, who will eventually purchase the burning shell of Sun Microsystems and bury it out back next to Lotus Smartsuite.
At some point, you have to stop to consider the fact that geeks dont make the decision to buy expensive hardware.
Bitchey little procurement agents and sometimes incompetent CIO's who like to be wined and dined and told how smart they are, make many of the technology decisions for most large companies.
Sun keeps on marketing to the Geek, while Microsoft is taking his boss to dinner, buying him a steak.
Sun gives their potential customers a mouse pad; while Microsoft gives them a blow job.
Hell yes, do something, but if you are gonna be a whore, be a GOOD WHORE!
I hope Sun notices the smoldering carcass of Silicon Graphics on the side of the road they are now traveling down. Happy to see that the death of this horribly managed beast is not too far off.
"Hey, not enough people are buying our most profitable hardware! Lets give them MORE reasons to think about buying something else!!!" - Scott McNeely.
Captain Ahab is not going to do down with the ship until he has managed to feed the White(Wintel) Whale his entire reason for being. Thank you, Scott. We hardly knew ya. I hope you Sun employees out there know how to tread water, and while you are at it, try to keep those resumes dry long enough to get them distributed.
"(I think that the likes of IBM/REDHAT/SUSE/MANDRAKE/LINUS T. etc... will all team together to do this as fast as possible!)"
Not gonna happen, not the way you think it will. History has shown that this will take a lot more time than you might think. You are talking about first getting everyone in agreement on a fix, which will be as easy as hearding cats, then implementing that fix across the board without infringing upon SCO's IP.
We are talking years before this gets sorted out, fixed, tested, shipped and accepted. Years that companies may or may not wait for before deciding on Linux or crawling on back to Microsoft.
I would love to be a fly on the wall in a meeting between some CEO and his CIO discussing Linux adoption after the CIO has been up on Slashdot, reading all these comments.
You boys just became unpaid members of the Microsoft Marketing division. Thanks much!
It's a real live FUD party!!
Anyone care to guess how many Linux implementations will be put on hold today; at least while this issue is fact checked for potential corporate impact?
Corporations, being risk averse in the extreme; will have to now do more due dilligence prior to making a decision in favor of Linux. Everyone here has confirmed the nessesity through their very comments, and the comments on what will be hundreds of web sites before the week is over.
Microsoft can afford to wait, afford to market and afford to BUY whatever they need to secure those enterprise contracts from corporations getting flaky over the SCO issue. People can conclude(at their own peril) that there is nothing to the lawsuit, but lawsuits are EXPENSIVE whatever the outcome, and not just in money. Time is the issue. Time to stretch out the purchasing decision that will occur only every 5 to 10 years best case.
Can Redhat and IBM wait as long as Microsoft? Nope. Nobody can.
The problem with the Matrix, is that they have all become more HUMAN, just like what is happening to Agent Smith.
Computer programs do not sense things, or have anticipation. Neo represents what the Machines want to become, he is just research, studying the remaining humans in an attempt to improve themselves. Their only hope is a reboot, to start over, before this new class of "feeling-programs" takes over, potentially releasing the humans from the Matrix, hence killing the machines.
The machines did not realize that their crowning achievement (Neo) would fall in love. This is what did not happen with the previous Neos, so they could rest assured that when given the motivation for resetting the Matrix, he would do so willingly.
What we are going to see in the final film, is either a collaberation between Neo and the Machines, to SAVE the Matrix, or between Neo and SMITH to destroy it, along with themselves for the sake of humanity.
The 'REVOLUTION' I believe, will be when the now 'feeling' Agent Smith completes his evolution, senses his own humanity, and gives up the secret that Neo and crew are all only programs as well. Then of course, they together set about freeing the humans, then we'll get a nice death scene, or the humans witinue ton Neo and the rest within their own computers, and continue to interface with them as needed.
Neo is a program, his purpose is to realize why he makes the choices he makes in order to take artificial intelligence to the level of a truly self aware being. Also, hopefully exploring, in a tolerable manor, the nature of consciousness.
DAMN. Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Machines know that they will eventually lose to the humans, unless they can that final piece of understanding: The Meaning of Existence. Why are we here? Without that meaning, the machines know that eventually, they will be defeated. Neo is THEIR Jesus, not the humans.
Agent Smith is their Devil, and he is ahead of the Machines in gaining this understanding. Without Neo, Agent Smith will destroy both the Machines and Humans. Neo is essentially an anti-virus program for Smith; which is fucking up the harmony of the Machine-Human interdependence.
Once Smith is defeated, the Humans will gladly choose to be in the Matrix, unaware that they actually never left.
No one should have made the assumption that all of the Machines that control the Matrix are getting along with one another. As Smith gathers strength he is a threat to the entire system as a whole.
Next time you want to discuss someone's intellect, make sure that you can SPELL at the very least.
Makes me wonder if YOU ever went to school, but then again, you are exactly what public schools are producing today. Tell ya what genius, take the last word, as this is not even a fair fight.
So what? Phi was my minor at the best school on the subject in America. I can only imagine what a sucky school you went to. You could always agree to disagree.
Better yet, take up the challenge and answer the fucking question!
But no, that would be too hard I guess. Dont just bitch; prove me wrong, loser.
I dont mean to troll, and I'm not. Its just very disapointing to see how many people have now seen two of the three movies, and fail to get the point of it all. You bozo's who think that The Matrix is about Kung-Fu and special effects really need to get your heads out of your asses.
The entire trilogy is nothing but a philosophy lesson, with some cool shit built into it to drag your asses to the theater. If anything, the films have proven to me just how fucked up and stupid most of us are, when it comes to anything requiring thought.
Think I'm wrong and just trolling? Here is a challenge: Can anyone tell me the significance of who was laying next to Neo at the cliffhanger? Can you tell me what it means? Not just who it is, but WHY it is? Can you even remember the cat's name?
Come on, give me a reason to believe that we are all not just a bunch of stupid assholes.
I cannot for the life of me understand how so many people can miss the significance of that scene. If you thought you were likely to die the next day, what the hell would you be doing? It was a celebration of life. Real Life.
In real life, were we not concerned about making a living or feeding children, what would we do all day? It would not be much different than what we saw in that scene, if you thought it might all end shortly.
All I know is, if I ever get the sense that I might be dead within 24 hours, Monica Belluci better not be within driving distance of me, or she is going to get more from me than what Neo gave her.
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Yep, thats why PeopleSoft themselves run on Windows? Do your research before posting bullshit. The majority of installs are on Windows.
Is there something about the word MOSTLY that escapes you? Get a grip.
PeopleSoft runs mostly on Microsoft Servers. The thought of losing a potential revenue stream might cause Ballmer to dip into petty cash and settle this argument overnight. Oracle is not going to integrate PeopleSoft; they are buying a customer list and less competition, in addition to kicking a few more thousand geeks to the curb.
Microsoft could pick them up, keep them as a separate line of business, with management autonomy and shareholders would go for that in a heartbeat. This could turn out to be a very bad move by Oracle. If Microsoft so mch as raised an eyebrow, Oracle stock goes down, making the aquisition more expensive even if Microsoft doesnt play. I see a lot of ways that Oracle could end up regretting this big time.
What Microsoft gained by making IE was a FUTURE. Did you just get here from the moon or something?
Now, SCO is about to get their asses sued off by some very angry competitors, and what if they decide to squeal that the whole thing was Microsoft's idea in the first place?
Oh brother, this could get NASTY.
Even if Microsoft was just suckered in by the potential to do damage to Linux, SCO can make it very embarassing to Microsoft. This could be a lot more fun to watch than previous lawsuits.
I doubt you are as bored as someone sitting in a Sun Marketing presentation. Big kit things are being done is smaller, cheaper kits everyday. The only business that Sun could exist in today belongs to IBM, who will eventually purchase the burning shell of Sun Microsystems and bury it out back next to Lotus Smartsuite.
At some point, you have to stop to consider the fact that geeks dont make the decision to buy expensive hardware.
Bitchey little procurement agents and sometimes incompetent CIO's who like to be wined and dined and told how smart they are, make many of the technology decisions for most large companies.
Sun keeps on marketing to the Geek, while Microsoft is taking his boss to dinner, buying him a steak.
Sun gives their potential customers a mouse pad; while Microsoft gives them a blow job.
Hell yes, do something, but if you are gonna be a whore, be a GOOD WHORE!
"Hey, not enough people are buying our most profitable hardware! Lets give them MORE reasons to think about buying something else!!!" - Scott McNeely.
Captain Ahab is not going to do down with the ship until he has managed to feed the White(Wintel) Whale his entire reason for being. Thank you, Scott. We hardly knew ya. I hope you Sun employees out there know how to tread water, and while you are at it, try to keep those resumes dry long enough to get them distributed.
Not gonna happen, not the way you think it will. History has shown that this will take a lot more time than you might think. You are talking about first getting everyone in agreement on a fix, which will be as easy as hearding cats, then implementing that fix across the board without infringing upon SCO's IP.
We are talking years before this gets sorted out, fixed, tested, shipped and accepted. Years that companies may or may not wait for before deciding on Linux or crawling on back to Microsoft.
You boys just became unpaid members of the Microsoft Marketing division. Thanks much!
It's a real live FUD party!!
Anyone care to guess how many Linux implementations will be put on hold today; at least while this issue is fact checked for potential corporate impact?
Corporations, being risk averse in the extreme; will have to now do more due dilligence prior to making a decision in favor of Linux. Everyone here has confirmed the nessesity through their very comments, and the comments on what will be hundreds of web sites before the week is over.
Microsoft can afford to wait, afford to market and afford to BUY whatever they need to secure those enterprise contracts from corporations getting flaky over the SCO issue. People can conclude(at their own peril) that there is nothing to the lawsuit, but lawsuits are EXPENSIVE whatever the outcome, and not just in money. Time is the issue. Time to stretch out the purchasing decision that will occur only every 5 to 10 years best case.
Can Redhat and IBM wait as long as Microsoft? Nope. Nobody can.
However, it would be quite a story line, if the Matrix were simply a training simulation for an UPCOMING war against the humans.
The problem with the Matrix, is that they have all become more HUMAN, just like what is happening to Agent Smith.
Computer programs do not sense things, or have anticipation. Neo represents what the Machines want to become, he is just research, studying the remaining humans in an attempt to improve themselves. Their only hope is a reboot, to start over, before this new class of "feeling-programs" takes over, potentially releasing the humans from the Matrix, hence killing the machines.
The machines did not realize that their crowning achievement (Neo) would fall in love. This is what did not happen with the previous Neos, so they could rest assured that when given the motivation for resetting the Matrix, he would do so willingly.
What we are going to see in the final film, is either a collaberation between Neo and the Machines, to SAVE the Matrix, or between Neo and SMITH to destroy it, along with themselves for the sake of humanity.
The 'REVOLUTION' I believe, will be when the now 'feeling' Agent Smith completes his evolution, senses his own humanity, and gives up the secret that Neo and crew are all only programs as well. Then of course, they together set about freeing the humans, then we'll get a nice death scene, or the humans witinue ton Neo and the rest within their own computers, and continue to interface with them as needed.
DAMN. Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Machines know that they will eventually lose to the humans, unless they can that final piece of understanding: The Meaning of Existence. Why are we here? Without that meaning, the machines know that eventually, they will be defeated. Neo is THEIR Jesus, not the humans.
Agent Smith is their Devil, and he is ahead of the Machines in gaining this understanding. Without Neo, Agent Smith will destroy both the Machines and Humans. Neo is essentially an anti-virus program for Smith; which is fucking up the harmony of the Machine-Human interdependence.
Once Smith is defeated, the Humans will gladly choose to be in the Matrix, unaware that they actually never left.
No one should have made the assumption that all of the Machines that control the Matrix are getting along with one another. As Smith gathers strength he is a threat to the entire system as a whole.
Give that man a star.
This is TOO EASY!!!!!
Deluded, moralistic, and a poor speller to boot.
Next time you want to discuss someone's intellect, make sure that you can SPELL at the very least.
Makes me wonder if YOU ever went to school, but then again, you are exactly what public schools are producing today. Tell ya what genius, take the last word, as this is not even a fair fight.
By the way, thats W-O-R-D, word. LOL!
Now you are just deflecting, because you dont have the answer. Admit it. What a weak reply.
Getting warmer.
Better yet, take up the challenge and answer the fucking question!
But no, that would be too hard I guess. Dont just bitch; prove me wrong, loser.
No one GETS philosophy from the Matrix, so thanks for confirming how stupid some of you are.
The Matrix is only a particular interpretation of a philosophy that most of us should be quite familiar with.
Those of us whose heads are not up our asses.
I appreciate the confirmation of my earlier suspicion.
Also, consider that Agent Smith is a bigger problem for The Matrix, than he is for Neo.
Shut up, asshole. She wants me.
Congrats.
I dont mean to troll, and I'm not. Its just very disapointing to see how many people have now seen two of the three movies, and fail to get the point of it all. You bozo's who think that The Matrix is about Kung-Fu and special effects really need to get your heads out of your asses.
The entire trilogy is nothing but a philosophy lesson, with some cool shit built into it to drag your asses to the theater. If anything, the films have proven to me just how fucked up and stupid most of us are, when it comes to anything requiring thought.
Think I'm wrong and just trolling? Here is a challenge: Can anyone tell me the significance of who was laying next to Neo at the cliffhanger? Can you tell me what it means? Not just who it is, but WHY it is? Can you even remember the cat's name?
Come on, give me a reason to believe that we are all not just a bunch of stupid assholes.
In real life, were we not concerned about making a living or feeding children, what would we do all day? It would not be much different than what we saw in that scene, if you thought it might all end shortly.
All I know is, if I ever get the sense that I might be dead within 24 hours, Monica Belluci better not be within driving distance of me, or she is going to get more from me than what Neo gave her.