Re:Openness is the first casualty of going public?
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Wall Street isn't in the business of buying anybody's cash flow. They are in the business of peddling dreams of riches to investors.
As for calling GE's Investor Relations department, which is nothing more than a hyped up PR department, don't bother. Not because they're under an oath of secrecy, but because they are totally clueless about anything except sending you a copy of the annual report.
Ceteris paribus (as they say in the dismal "science"), the vendor with the track record (or maybe just a reputation) will win out over the unknown. Kinda reminds me of the old chestnut, "Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM." Decisions aren't made solely on track record, but it can tip the scales.
Penalty clauses make sense if you are buying a whole lot of mission critical stuff and want your vendor to share in the "down time" cost, but I don't see how that applies to BIND. It's free. I'm not sure what type of "support" BIND needs other than making sure that it has been set-up correctly. Of course, you will need a reasonably competent network administrator (who presumably can set it and make changes as needed). This is not a situation where you sign-up for parasitic consultants to embed themselves in your network and charge fees for little or no visible work.
I recall years ago speaking to a customer representative of a large long distance telecom provider. Her office was located in Florida and she spoke with a soft Southern drawl. Her name was Charlotte. I remarked to my colleague that half the women from the south are name Charlotte. Coincidentally, my colleague had also finished talking to another customer service representative from another telecom company who was also a daughter of the south. However, her representative's name was not Charlotte. Based on the our sampling, I concluded that my observation was correct.
Nobody says that support can't come from a third party. I'm sure there a many consultants/groups (many of whom may be contributors to the project) available that can provide the necessary support.
I can understand it to a degree; there's no guarantee that the version installed today will not be completely dropped next month. It gets a little aggravating when it holds up an entire project, though, because of one small piece.
One could make that statement about any product. That's when you have to rely on the track record as a guage of likely future actions.
This is troubling. Baystar thinks they have a chance.They are saying get rid of some yooboos and stop living off our cash and we'll still play with you. I think SCO has done it already with the CTO leaving.
I thought it was the CFO who was leaving. Their CTO is Linus Torvalds.:^)
The SEC treats us with some jailtime for Darl, Stowell, Bench, et al... Well, one can only hope.
What's with all the imprisonment fantasies? No matter how bogus the SCO lawsuits may be, it is not illegal to file them. No matter how mendacious their public statements may be, they can still make them is a free society (albeit, not without social consequences). SCO has not been accused of financial market manipulation that would draw attention from the SEC.
Litigation as a business model may be offensive and parasitic but unless it becomes criminalized nobody is going to prison.
I saw "about 2 a.m. and daybreak local time, regardless of where you live" and assumed this referred to the US, as I was unaware that meteors are visible from all around the world at different times
My understanding is that it is pretty much correct. The Earth is actually passing through a trail of particles left by a comet and would be totally engulfed. Many of these particles may only be the size of a grain of sand and may not be visible when they burn up in the atmosphere. With a the moon in a new phase, we should be a good view of the meteor showers barring cloud cover or bright ambient light.
Of course, most of us who run on MySQL dream of the day that we'll have enough users to have to upgrade to another database engine. Afterall, it's much cheaper to throw MySQL onto a faster box than to bring in Oracle.:)
IBM will seek a summary judgement, meaning they'll ask the judge to toss out the lawsuit for lack of merit. Actually, the suit may well be tossed out Monday if they can't produce any of the discovery material requested.
BayStar sounds more like an investor than a lender. Although Preferred Stock is often characterized as debt, BayStar would probably have loved to convert it to common stock because it would mean that SCO would be doing well in its business (shakedowns using the courts).
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As for calling GE's Investor Relations department, which is nothing more than a hyped up PR department, don't bother. Not because they're under an oath of secrecy, but because they are totally clueless about anything except sending you a copy of the annual report.
Ceteris paribus (as they say in the dismal "science"), the vendor with the track record (or maybe just a reputation) will win out over the unknown. Kinda reminds me of the old chestnut, "Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM." Decisions aren't made solely on track record, but it can tip the scales.
Penalty clauses make sense if you are buying a whole lot of mission critical stuff and want your vendor to share in the "down time" cost, but I don't see how that applies to BIND. It's free. I'm not sure what type of "support" BIND needs other than making sure that it has been set-up correctly. Of course, you will need a reasonably competent network administrator (who presumably can set it and make changes as needed). This is not a situation where you sign-up for parasitic consultants to embed themselves in your network and charge fees for little or no visible work.
I'd hate to spend money on a digital tv only to have everything look like a B kung-fu movie.
I recall years ago speaking to a customer representative of a large long distance telecom provider. Her office was located in Florida and she spoke with a soft Southern drawl. Her name was Charlotte. I remarked to my colleague that half the women from the south are name Charlotte. Coincidentally, my colleague had also finished talking to another customer service representative from another telecom company who was also a daughter of the south. However, her representative's name was not Charlotte. Based on the our sampling, I concluded that my observation was correct.
... saying that there should only be about 200 people on earth. That way, we can all be on a first name basis.
Never argue with Jack Valenti. He's always right.
Nobody says that support can't come from a third party. I'm sure there a many consultants/groups (many of whom may be contributors to the project) available that can provide the necessary support.
Both the comma placement and usage of "disposition" are fine. Those who exist on nits will starve with nothing but air in their stomachs.
You were forced to use the wrong tool for the job. Whose fault is that?
still qualify as news?
Who else is gonna sue? Except for Novell, the Unix copyright holder, I can't think of anybody. :^)
I, too, would be amazed if Darl went to jail because filing a lawsuit, no matter how frivolous, is NOT a crime.
IBM will seek a summary judgement, meaning they'll ask the judge to toss out the lawsuit for lack of merit. Actually, the suit may well be tossed out Monday if they can't produce any of the discovery material requested.
Sometimes, it's called a dead cat bounce.
No, you've only just noticed.
Yeah, you can get the rest of Gates', Ballmers' and McNealy's holdings.
BayStar sounds more like an investor than a lender. Although Preferred Stock is often characterized as debt, BayStar would probably have loved to convert it to common stock because it would mean that SCO would be doing well in its business (shakedowns using the courts).
I'm flooding my pants.
If I merely quote another part of the press release, will I get modded up as well?