But if the history of the technology industry teaches us anything, it's that no one is ever that lucky--at least, not for long. Every important high-tech company has at some point stumbled and fallen on its face. Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, Sun, Apple, Cisco--all have made severe mistakes, paid a price, and then survived in large part because they understood what being a public company is about. They learned that Wall Street matters. That investors like transparency. That "trust us" isn't enough.
When crisis eventually comes to Google-- and it will--the company's fate will depend on whether they have absorbed a handful of lessons that apply as much to life as they do to business: Adulthood happens. You can't make all your own rules. And everyone fucks up.
This is just the beginning for Google. How well they handle adversity will tell us how strong the company, and its management model, truly is.
You overlook the fact that if China meddles in international business to the degree of requiring them by fiat to adopt something, the likely result is a lot of companies deciding that maybe Thailand of Vietnam don't look so bad after all.
People gripe when big, evil corporations develop proprietary code and then when these corporations open it up, they gripe that there must be a hidden agenda.
I think some folks just like to gripe.
Opening this code will dovetail nicely with IBM becoming more of a services-focused company. When BigCo wants a project implemented & maintained using open source, IBM will be there to lend a hand (for a price of course).
but wait, the proxy bidder only bids up to $125 on your behalf if there is a bid of $122.50 placed by somebody else. The bidder, not wanting to lose, ups his proxy bid to $150 or $150,000 for that matter. The proxy doesn't then "smell a sucker" and raise his bid. In fact, the proxy does nothing unless the bidder of $125 is outbid. I fail to see how this makes it bidding against one's self.
Perhaps you should reread my subject line & first sentence. Ebay has explained how the bidding process works very clearly and has done so for some time. They even do a good job using small words so that the average consumer understands.
When EBay says "someone has outbid you with a bid of $100, do I hear $105?", your automatic bidder won't bid $101; so your analogy is flawed.
If I read the article correctly, your statement is exactly what the lawsuit is about. The guy was expecting to win with a bid of $101.50 (or somesuch) and ended up paying 102.50 because the system increnments in $2.50 amounts in this dollar range. So, eBay is in effect saying "do I hear $102.50?" It looks at the proxy bid and sees that someone is willing to bid that much, and places the bid on behalf of the bidder, who now complains because he could have won for $101.50, even though eBay (using its well-documented rules) "said", "Do I hear $102.50?"
There's a big difference between saying eBay is an auctioneer (which I did not do) and likening (which means 'comparing' in my dictionary) them to an auctioneer.
How the bidding increments work and all that. It has been there since 1997 when I joined.
I liken this to a physical auction where the auctioneer is saying, "I have $100, do I hear $150, $150?" He's looking for $150, not for some dimwit to yell $110. If he gets no bites at $100, he may sell at $100 or ask for $125. What he doesn't do is throw it open for said dimewit to say, "I'll give you $100.01."
I guess then its only purpose is to help make up for other, um, shortcomings?
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Many frequent flyers have reported good results using Lufthansa's wireless internet in the sky with Skype. By contrast, doign this on a highway just seems a little humdrum.
But it was unclear whether the judges would strike down the FCC's 2003 rule, since doubts were also raised about whether the American Library Association and other opponents had legal standing to challenge the rule in court.
They'll let the FCC slide on a technicality, mark my words.
to find some reason why they don't like a good idea.
Aside from France, Quebec, and a bunch of little African countries, where is French the primary language? Oh yeah, Haiti... let's not forget Haiti.
France need to stop living so vicariously in the past. They are not the world player they used to be.
I'm betting the CAN-SPAM violation was thrown in for good measure.
From another article on this:
Anthony Greco, 18, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., was charged with violating the CAN-SPAM Act, threatening to cause damage to computers with the intent to extort and causing damage to a protected computer. If convicted of all three offenses, Greco faces a maximum possible penalty of 18 years in federal prison.
NYC suffers from a high cost of unionized labor coupled with insane real estate rates. In short, it costs you a lot of money to house your equipment and your cost of labor is very high.
I didn't say it was only population density and small geographic area. I said that was the case for South Korea versus say, the US as a whole.
Unfortunately, the 1st mfg that does this is out of business in a heartbeat. The industry as a whole has created this system of cheap hw and expensive consumables. I fear we're stuck with it for a long time to come.
WHen the gov't has the majority of your money, it's easy to subsidize things. Factor disparate income taxes into your equation and talk to me about the effective rate.
OK. I keep the original ink carts (or buy a single set of replacement ones)that come with my printer and replace them with el-cheapos. My printer breaks and I send it back with the mfg's ink. Prove I voided my warranty.
You can't have it both ways. What's the motivation for a printer mfg to continue to make the hardware at next-to-nothing margins if there is not a significant continuing revenue stream from ink. In not endorsing Lexmark's use of the DMCA here, just pointing out that printer mfgs are in business to make money.
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But if the history of the technology industry teaches us anything, it's that no one is ever that lucky--at least, not for long. Every important high-tech company has at some point stumbled and fallen on its face. Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, Sun, Apple, Cisco--all have made severe mistakes, paid a price, and then survived in large part because they understood what being a public company is about. They learned that Wall Street matters. That investors like transparency. That "trust us" isn't enough. When crisis eventually comes to Google-- and it will--the company's fate will depend on whether they have absorbed a handful of lessons that apply as much to life as they do to business: Adulthood happens. You can't make all your own rules. And everyone fucks up. This is just the beginning for Google. How well they handle adversity will tell us how strong the company, and its management model, truly is.
3 of them running Win2k or XP with Firefox installed.
That's why they would like a nice, loosey-goosey, not-so-secure standard. Give people the appearance of security.
You overlook the fact that if China meddles in international business to the degree of requiring them by fiat to adopt something, the likely result is a lot of companies deciding that maybe Thailand of Vietnam don't look so bad after all.
I think some folks just like to gripe.
Opening this code will dovetail nicely with IBM becoming more of a services-focused company. When BigCo wants a project implemented & maintained using open source, IBM will be there to lend a hand (for a price of course).
but wait, the proxy bidder only bids up to $125 on your behalf if there is a bid of $122.50 placed by somebody else. The bidder, not wanting to lose, ups his proxy bid to $150 or $150,000 for that matter. The proxy doesn't then "smell a sucker" and raise his bid. In fact, the proxy does nothing unless the bidder of $125 is outbid. I fail to see how this makes it bidding against one's self.
When EBay says "someone has outbid you with a bid of $100, do I hear $105?", your automatic bidder won't bid $101; so your analogy is flawed.
If I read the article correctly, your statement is exactly what the lawsuit is about. The guy was expecting to win with a bid of $101.50 (or somesuch) and ended up paying 102.50 because the system increnments in $2.50 amounts in this dollar range. So, eBay is in effect saying "do I hear $102.50?" It looks at the proxy bid and sees that someone is willing to bid that much, and places the bid on behalf of the bidder, who now complains because he could have won for $101.50, even though eBay (using its well-documented rules) "said", "Do I hear $102.50?"
There's a big difference between saying eBay is an auctioneer (which I did not do) and likening (which means 'comparing' in my dictionary) them to an auctioneer.
I liken this to a physical auction where the auctioneer is saying, "I have $100, do I hear $150, $150?" He's looking for $150, not for some dimwit to yell $110. If he gets no bites at $100, he may sell at $100 or ask for $125. What he doesn't do is throw it open for said dimewit to say, "I'll give you $100.01."
Read it again, that was Herpes the Love Bug. See your doctor. :)
I guess then its only purpose is to help make up for other, um, shortcomings?
Many frequent flyers have reported good results using Lufthansa's wireless internet in the sky with Skype. By contrast, doign this on a highway just seems a little humdrum.
DO you have a picture of your wife handy?
But it was unclear whether the judges would strike down the FCC's 2003 rule, since doubts were also raised about whether the American Library Association and other opponents had legal standing to challenge the rule in court. They'll let the FCC slide on a technicality, mark my words.
to find some reason why they don't like a good idea. Aside from France, Quebec, and a bunch of little African countries, where is French the primary language? Oh yeah, Haiti... let's not forget Haiti. France need to stop living so vicariously in the past. They are not the world player they used to be.
I'm betting the CAN-SPAM violation was thrown in for good measure. From another article on this: Anthony Greco, 18, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., was charged with violating the CAN-SPAM Act, threatening to cause damage to computers with the intent to extort and causing damage to a protected computer. If convicted of all three offenses, Greco faces a maximum possible penalty of 18 years in federal prison.
lead-acid battery if memory serves. It was either the 140 or the 160 that was the one you wanted back then.
I didn't say it was only population density and small geographic area. I said that was the case for South Korea versus say, the US as a whole.
Unfortunately, the 1st mfg that does this is out of business in a heartbeat. The industry as a whole has created this system of cheap hw and expensive consumables. I fear we're stuck with it for a long time to come.
WHen the gov't has the majority of your money, it's easy to subsidize things. Factor disparate income taxes into your equation and talk to me about the effective rate.
Not so cheap any more, is it?
OK. I keep the original ink carts (or buy a single set of replacement ones)that come with my printer and replace them with el-cheapos. My printer breaks and I send it back with the mfg's ink. Prove I voided my warranty.
You can't have it both ways. What's the motivation for a printer mfg to continue to make the hardware at next-to-nothing margins if there is not a significant continuing revenue stream from ink. In not endorsing Lexmark's use of the DMCA here, just pointing out that printer mfgs are in business to make money.
The higher the density and the smaller the geographic area, the easier it is to provide low-cost broadband.
This is what Sarbox and it's European counterpart bring to the table: a higher dgree of legal liability for corporate officers.
at least it is with my 2 subsidiaries there. Winzip does not do a Chinese version. RAR does.
While the headline writer tries hard to infer that it's Linux, my money's on Symbian.