I don't know. Watching "Seven Years in Tibet" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120102/) felt like I was watching it in real time and my ex-wife made me sit through that *grin*
If you mean ruination as in the smaller company continued to exist as a corporate entity, then no. That's not purchases work. But if we're talking product lines, IBM's purchase of Lotus Notes gave Notes the penetration into DoD that it wouldn't otherwise have as well as the kind of marketing clout it also wouldn't have. IBM's purchase of ISS has so far not resulted in a loss of support or productivity. MS's purchase of Vermeer for FrontPage was a huge step forward back then in terms of WYSIWYG html editors. Macromedia's purchase of HomeSite can be argued to have been good. Certainly their purchase of FutureWave Software led to Flash and their purchase of iBand Software led to Dreamweaver. There are cases of it working out better. I'm not saying it's a guarantee, but until we've found out for sure, I think we might as well wait and see.
Jebus folks. This was just announced. There's no indication that SE will be as crappy as BB. Sure, BB sucks. We all know it and like someone said, there's little reason to go unless you can't wait the five days for delivery. But the little guy being bought doesn't necessarily guarantee it (in this case obviously SE) will suck ass. I haven't seen anything definite about the static IPs (the No. 2 reason I went with them) nor anything about who will do support (the No. 1 reason I went with them) and if that will change the current setup. Give it a chance to shake out prefer writing the obit.
There are two types of fees: Those that are artist-based (i.e. the creative content of the song) and then there are performance fees. Broadcasting on the internet counts as a separate performance. That fact was one of the primary reasons my former company (which shall not be named here because they are litigious bastards) decided not to offer their content over the Net.
Salesman: Sir, are you under the impression that a computer comes with a cup holder?
Customer: Heck yeah! Mine even came out and went back in when I pressed a button!
Salesman: Sir, can I interest you in a Windows computer?
Now you're going to tell me the science behind Armagedon wasn't accurate... There goes my hope for saving the human race from the/. story just after this one...;)
Uhhh... So are a number of previously public documents that were never classified which have since been pulled from library shelves and marked classified. Then there's the issue of studies that would not have received much attention because they were so esoteric and now someone smart and civic-minded publishes the results on something like/. And those results fly in the face of a position a particular government is advocating. Those studies could just as easily be removed from public scrutiny under the guise of public safety.
(And two grew increasingly compatible with VB6 which really changed the way Web applications could be developed) I think this is an interesting - and highly excellent - piece of work. The shops I worked with wanted VB because of one of two reasons: 1) It was easy to develop, maintain, get programmers for, etc. or 2) They were a software dev shop and you could throw together a UI with BS functionality behind it to either get some ideas on what the real app would look like or you had a conference the next day and needed to showcase a product that didn't yet exist. Setting aside No. 2, the shops that were looking for ease of development were pretty stuck on Windows environments. It was always a combination of the user experience and (perhaps coincidentaly) the skillsets of the sys admins. The more "geeky" the admins (i.e. wanting to use *nix servers, pushing for *nix on the desktop) didn't really have the clout or skills to convince management to try anything different. And come on, who advertises more often in places C*Os are going to be? MS, by far. So if a C*O knows MS, uses it at home and traditionally at work, and knows that (like it used to be with IBM) no one gets fired for buying MS, they're going to continue to do so.
I guess what I'm saying is that this is a fantastic piece of work (assuming as other comments have pointed out, it actually works as advertised) I don't think it will have much impact on the overall "professional" world - Other than maybe getting more *nix fiends interested in learning VB so as to have some additional skills on their resumes.
> writing magazine articles is much different, relying on interviews, travelling, even subpoenas
Only in some (ok, a lot, but not all) cases. I had to write many articles based on encyclopedia-type research of the type you mention. There were also a ton of end-of-year pieces made up entirely of looking through the morgue and grabbing clippings of earlier stories.
Big Pharm, for example, could sneak in research that is truly useful, but then gets pumped into its proprietary medicinal development? That takes it out of the realm of Open Source research, doesn't it?
After the treacherous journey to the magical safe, spoken of in legends. Our heroes have survived hundreds of miles of danger, death and despair. As they approach the sealed bunker, our fearless leader turns slowly and says, "What the hell do you mean?!? I thought _you_ wrote down the combo..."
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And then the pro-life folks could start playing Rush Limbaugh's show next to the womb :)
Two knuckles :)
> he regards it as essentially as abstract as playing cops
... ;)
> and robbers with your fingers as guns
I don't know. When I was a kid I spent more time with my fingers up my nose
I don't know. Watching "Seven Years in Tibet" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120102/) felt like I was watching it in real time and my ex-wife made me sit through that *grin*
Damn I wish I had mod points right now. Thanks for the chuckle. :)
If you mean ruination as in the smaller company continued to exist as a corporate entity, then no. That's not purchases work. But if we're talking product lines, IBM's purchase of Lotus Notes gave Notes the penetration into DoD that it wouldn't otherwise have as well as the kind of marketing clout it also wouldn't have. IBM's purchase of ISS has so far not resulted in a loss of support or productivity. MS's purchase of Vermeer for FrontPage was a huge step forward back then in terms of WYSIWYG html editors. Macromedia's purchase of HomeSite can be argued to have been good. Certainly their purchase of FutureWave Software led to Flash and their purchase of iBand Software led to Dreamweaver. There are cases of it working out better. I'm not saying it's a guarantee, but until we've found out for sure, I think we might as well wait and see.
Jebus folks. This was just announced. There's no indication that SE will be as crappy as BB. Sure, BB sucks. We all know it and like someone said, there's little reason to go unless you can't wait the five days for delivery. But the little guy being bought doesn't necessarily guarantee it (in this case obviously SE) will suck ass. I haven't seen anything definite about the static IPs (the No. 2 reason I went with them) nor anything about who will do support (the No. 1 reason I went with them) and if that will change the current setup. Give it a chance to shake out prefer writing the obit.
Or that lace and chiffon are in? :)
There are two types of fees: Those that are artist-based (i.e. the creative content of the song) and then there are performance fees. Broadcasting on the internet counts as a separate performance. That fact was one of the primary reasons my former company (which shall not be named here because they are litigious bastards) decided not to offer their content over the Net.
They develop "undocumented features" :)
Salesman: Sir, are you under the impression that a computer comes with a cup holder?
Customer: Heck yeah! Mine even came out and went back in when I pressed a button!
Salesman: Sir, can I interest you in a Windows computer?
Now you're going to tell me the science behind Armagedon wasn't accurate ... There goes my hope for saving the human race from the /. story just after this one ... ;)
I expect a 500-word summary, single spaced, on my desk by tomorrow morning.... ;)
Uhhh ... So are a number of previously public documents that were never classified which have since been pulled from library shelves and marked classified. Then there's the issue of studies that would not have received much attention because they were so esoteric and now someone smart and civic-minded publishes the results on something like /. And those results fly in the face of a position a particular government is advocating. Those studies could just as easily be removed from public scrutiny under the guise of public safety.
IE renders some sites incorrectly as well: Standards-compliant ones.
what slowed down the system was walking Windows users through OS X *grin* (Please don't have me killed ... It's a joke :))
$5 says articles start vanishing as "certain" governments decide that previously unclassified materials are not secret ...
Well, maybe if they buy it dinner and drinks first ...
(And two grew increasingly compatible with VB6 which really changed the way Web applications could be developed) I think this is an interesting - and highly excellent - piece of work. The shops I worked with wanted VB because of one of two reasons: 1) It was easy to develop, maintain, get programmers for, etc. or 2) They were a software dev shop and you could throw together a UI with BS functionality behind it to either get some ideas on what the real app would look like or you had a conference the next day and needed to showcase a product that didn't yet exist. Setting aside No. 2, the shops that were looking for ease of development were pretty stuck on Windows environments. It was always a combination of the user experience and (perhaps coincidentaly) the skillsets of the sys admins. The more "geeky" the admins (i.e. wanting to use *nix servers, pushing for *nix on the desktop) didn't really have the clout or skills to convince management to try anything different. And come on, who advertises more often in places C*Os are going to be? MS, by far. So if a C*O knows MS, uses it at home and traditionally at work, and knows that (like it used to be with IBM) no one gets fired for buying MS, they're going to continue to do so.
I guess what I'm saying is that this is a fantastic piece of work (assuming as other comments have pointed out, it actually works as advertised) I don't think it will have much impact on the overall "professional" world - Other than maybe getting more *nix fiends interested in learning VB so as to have some additional skills on their resumes.
> you can be sure of howls in Congress and a rash of new laws punishing "evil" corporations.
... The states are doing more than the federal government.
So far I primarily hear crickets from Congress on this issue
> writing magazine articles is much different, relying on interviews, travelling, even subpoenas
Only in some (ok, a lot, but not all) cases. I had to write many articles based on encyclopedia-type research of the type you mention. There were also a ton of end-of-year pieces made up entirely of looking through the morgue and grabbing clippings of earlier stories.
Big Pharm, for example, could sneak in research that is truly useful, but then gets pumped into its proprietary medicinal development? That takes it out of the realm of Open Source research, doesn't it?
After the treacherous journey to the magical safe, spoken of in legends. Our heroes have survived hundreds of miles of danger, death and despair. As they approach the sealed bunker, our fearless leader turns slowly and says, "What the hell do you mean?!? I thought _you_ wrote down the combo ..."
You know, I'm convinced that this Internet thing is a fad. Just as soon as the masses get tired of porn, the Internet will go away ... ;)
Do I hear $5 for rodgster@yahoo.c o m?