Add another unit bought. Bought the bundle. Looking forward to delivery. Jeez, I wish I could just run over and grab one. They're about a mile from me.
OK, it's not a revolutionary development, but if people actually listened to the naysayers who appear each time a new chip came out, we'd be back at 640K of RAM on 16Mhz CPU's.
Patent law is necessarily technical. If you don't understand the intellectual property at hand, how can you determine whether it meets the criteria for infringement?
The average judge and jury are not equipped to make sensible determinations about technical matters.
While you are correct that it only takes one dishonest developer to make SCO right, it would also take the ignorance and dishonesty of all the other developers exposed to the code. Most of those developers are not going to know if the code is infringing, but I'll bet more than a few would be able to say "Hang on, I've seen that somewhere before..."
What SCO is banking on is that an uneducated jury or judge will take their claims as gospel and find against IBM. Evil is much closer to their legal strategy - rely on the ignorant to fulfill their greed.
The real value of robots comes when they satisfy one of four conditions:
1. It is stronger or more damage resistant than a human and able to perform tasks impractical for a human.
2. It is more patient than a human and able to wait until the right moment to perform a simple task
3. It does not mind repeating a task a number of times that would be mind-numbing for a human.
4. It is faster and more consistent at a task than a human.
I feel like Jar Jar Binks was manipulated into proposing the lawsuit to SCO so that Gates could start the UNIX clone wars and take over as Darth Corporate.
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No, but despite all the effort I put into keeping the smart little bugger away, I WAS once stung by a KGB.
But they kind of GRU on me.
Mel Brooks must be kicking himself.
Windows loses.
Add another unit bought. Bought the bundle. Looking forward to delivery. Jeez, I wish I could just run over and grab one. They're about a mile from me.
In Tajik, isn't it "Drop your panties, Sir William, I cannot wait until lunchtime"?
No, really. The world is full of other companies that would like to eat your lunch if they can.
"We are busy updating our store and will be back within the hour."
Actually, I think this is a great idea if the money from the stickers is used to build appropriate light rail.
Hey, if I was Bill, I'd be perfectly happy selling you DOS 6.22222222 for $450/copy.
The government is there to hand out taxpayer money to corporations.
It's so obvious.
The average judge and jury are not equipped to make sensible determinations about technical matters.
While you are correct that it only takes one dishonest developer to make SCO right, it would also take the ignorance and dishonesty of all the other developers exposed to the code. Most of those developers are not going to know if the code is infringing, but I'll bet more than a few would be able to say "Hang on, I've seen that somewhere before..."
What SCO is banking on is that an uneducated jury or judge will take their claims as gospel and find against IBM. Evil is much closer to their legal strategy - rely on the ignorant to fulfill their greed.
Well sure, if you want a slutty robot...
I don't have mod points today, but this is brilliant.
Of course I could be jumping the gun...
1. It is stronger or more damage resistant than a human and able to perform tasks impractical for a human.
2. It is more patient than a human and able to wait until the right moment to perform a simple task
3. It does not mind repeating a task a number of times that would be mind-numbing for a human.
4. It is faster and more consistent at a task than a human.
Otherwise, it's a toy.
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The court also finds that IBM is SCO's "daddy", and instructs SCO's legal counsel and executive management to "say it, biatch".
I feel like Jar Jar Binks was manipulated into proposing the lawsuit to SCO so that Gates could start the UNIX clone wars and take over as Darth Corporate.
SCO lawyers after the deadline passed - "We're going back to get a bigger boat, right?"
No seriously, nice solution.