According to baystar's website, BayStar DOES handle $500 Million of Microsoft's money in investments in public companies, and does so in a way that does not require disclosure.
http://www.baystarcapital.com/public/pdf/BayStar%2 0White%20Paper%20October%202002.pdf
I would say that this could EASILY be a way for Microsoft to give $50million to BayStar, and then have BayStar invest it in SCO.
No way is this investment for hopes in product sales, but definately an investment in SCO's current business model : litigation & FUD.
How can simultaneous release be seen as a positive attribute for a film? Any rational entity could rightly assume that the promoters are doing this because they must KNOW that there will be negative reaction to the movie. They have to try to get everyone to see it before word gets out that it really and truly sucks.
Too bad.... but what can you expect from sequels. Maybe every sequel should have to carry a truth-in-advertising disclaimer that they are just "Milking it".
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I'll get to how this ties into the thread shortly... but:
We vote on elections that have very little choice. But every day, we vote with our dollars, transferring our economic power to the company that makes/sells the product/service. Boycotts are a way to vote with your $, but here's a much more effective way to do it subtley and daily:
Every store (grocery, clothes, car), can have a bar-code (or RFID, or infrared) tag on each item, (or MUCH better for our privacy, can have this tag on the SHELF that contains the item so we don't take it home). And it'd be great if we can point a cell/pda/hand-held device at the shelf, and pull up info on the product. We could each put this product ID into the lookup field on whatever info-providers' websites/db's that are in-line with our values. I.e...Some may choose to find out what the Sierra Club thinks about the product, others may care if the product uses child labor, gives money for or against political causes, etc... This is kind of like a hugely expanded product label explaining contents, etc, but is not limited to what the company wants you to know, but what other data is really out there that you care about.
You wouldn't read the label every time you purchase something, but as you are constantly tweaking your purchasing habits, you switch to spending money on feeding businesses in line with your values just like you would tweak your habits to shift towards low-fat or other choices.
It's been years that I've been thinking this would be a good idea, and since I don't have the money to patent it and lock out others, I'm putting this idea "open source" on slashdot so any greedy co-opter doesn't lock people out from doing this right.
your thoughts?
WHY OH WHY would anyone seriously consider following any suggestions from criminals?
There should be absolutely NO DOUBT that any solution that Microsoft proposes to "end spam" will involve Microsoft extending their control into areas they have no current rights to control.
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According to baystar's website, BayStar DOES handle $500 Million of Microsoft's money in investments in public companies, and does so in a way that does not require disclosure. http://www.baystarcapital.com/public/pdf/BayStar%2 0White%20Paper%20October%202002.pdf
I would say that this could EASILY be a way for Microsoft to give $50million to BayStar, and then have BayStar invest it in SCO.
No way is this investment for hopes in product sales, but definately an investment in SCO's current business model : litigation & FUD.
How can simultaneous release be seen as a positive attribute for a film? Any rational entity could rightly assume that the promoters are doing this because they must KNOW that there will be negative reaction to the movie. They have to try to get everyone to see it before word gets out that it really and truly sucks. Too bad.... but what can you expect from sequels. Maybe every sequel should have to carry a truth-in-advertising disclaimer that they are just "Milking it".
I'll get to how this ties into the thread shortly... but: We vote on elections that have very little choice. But every day, we vote with our dollars, transferring our economic power to the company that makes/sells the product/service. Boycotts are a way to vote with your $, but here's a much more effective way to do it subtley and daily: Every store (grocery, clothes, car), can have a bar-code (or RFID, or infrared) tag on each item, (or MUCH better for our privacy, can have this tag on the SHELF that contains the item so we don't take it home). And it'd be great if we can point a cell/pda/hand-held device at the shelf, and pull up info on the product. We could each put this product ID into the lookup field on whatever info-providers' websites/db's that are in-line with our values. I.e...Some may choose to find out what the Sierra Club thinks about the product, others may care if the product uses child labor, gives money for or against political causes, etc... This is kind of like a hugely expanded product label explaining contents, etc, but is not limited to what the company wants you to know, but what other data is really out there that you care about. You wouldn't read the label every time you purchase something, but as you are constantly tweaking your purchasing habits, you switch to spending money on feeding businesses in line with your values just like you would tweak your habits to shift towards low-fat or other choices. It's been years that I've been thinking this would be a good idea, and since I don't have the money to patent it and lock out others, I'm putting this idea "open source" on slashdot so any greedy co-opter doesn't lock people out from doing this right. your thoughts?
WHY OH WHY would anyone seriously consider following any suggestions from criminals? There should be absolutely NO DOUBT that any solution that Microsoft proposes to "end spam" will involve Microsoft extending their control into areas they have no current rights to control.