I don't think the acquisition was a disaster. Where do you think Novell got Groupwise from? Not only that but the acquisition cost IIRC about 300M USD after which Novell said that they still had a billion dollars in their warchest. For that 300 million Novell got code and products that filled in gaps in its line as well as a lot of talented engineers. Compare that with AOL's buyout of Netscape for 4.2B USD. I'd say the Word Perfect acquisition was a bargain.
The only disaster that was happening back then was that Bob Frankenberg was running the company because he didn't have the technological leadership to do anything but try to maintain the existing business. That's why Eric Schmidt was finally brought in, and he did give the company some direction, but unfortunately it was down the Java path which turned out to be a bit of a detour (except for the server side stuff).
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him... We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before... Stronger... Faster...
I am a self taught web surfer from Indiana. I like puzzles and I like the way the editor drew me into the article by allowing me to discern the genius's name by noticing a pattern in the name of the embedded url. Just like Sesame Street's "One of these things is not like the others" game, audience participation turned this article from a whoa:( to a wow:D. I give it two hearty thumbs up!
You sound just like that Dana Carvey "Grumpy Old Man" character.
Instead of assuming that just because a law is passed that it will affect you with your older German quietisch mufflenheimer, keep in mind that tickets are given out selectively. No one is going to write you a ticket because your aftermarket muffler system is 24 decibels but the original was only 20. Who could even know that or measure it? But if you do run across a traffic cop who is that anal retentive and has that great of a need to flaunt his authority then for your own safety just be polite and pay the ticket cause he is probably an undetected serial killer and you don't want to end up as 40 pounds of hamburger in the bottom of his deep freezer.
In addition it could also possibly pose an interesting safety issue, since a pedestrian or motorist would not hear it coming.
It's not a problem really. Just tape a playing card to it so it flaps against the spokes. Worked for me when I was a kid. Between that and the banana seat, I was too cool for school.
Windows XP with Service Pack 1 was attacked 4,857 times and only infected once!
Windows XP with Service Pack 1 dynamically adapted to become immune to further attacks by the Blaster and Sasser worms in only 18 minutes!
Within one hour Windows XP with Service Pack 1 had apprised the situation and chosen to join the winning side!
Windows XP with Service Pack 1 single handedly fought 1600x as many viral foes as its nearest competitor! Yet it bravely continues to withstand the onslaught of its most cunning viral foe, the GPL!
The infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds on the gates of Windows XP... Be assured, Windows XP is safe, protected. Microsofties are heroes.
I am appalled that this corporation dares rob me of the basic right of privacy and security that the constitution protects.
The right-wing anti-liberty^H^Hals have been spreading the meme lately that you never had a right to privacy, contrary to the fourth amendment. Their argument is that the Constitution only limits what the government can do, so that Choicepoint and their ilk are not obligated to respect your right to privacy.
IANAL but I notice that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 gives the power 'to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities'. This is the law that makes it illegal for a privately owned diner, for example, which caters to the general public to require blacks to stand while eating. It seems obvious to me that a credit reporting agency which collects information about unsuspecting members of the general public should be held to the same laws as that diner. The attourney general should be authorized, in my opinion, to protect us from violations of our constitutional rights by that credit agency.
What I would like to see is a power source built into the phone which converts energy from vibrations into power similar to those self-winding wristwatches. Then when the battery is dying but a call is important you could just shake the phone. I have seen flashlights built like that. Another alternative would be some sort of squeeze grip to convert mechanical energy to electric. I have also seen flashlights built that way. Short of those suggestions I would settle for retractable electrodes of dissimilar metals which I could poke into the nearest potato or lemon.
Unless you dream of being free you will never escape, even were they to leave the cage unlocked. The world is constantly changing, faster now than ever before. If you live an average lifespan you will see major changes, some good, some bad. We have the opportunity to influence what shape the future will take.
But the use of patented technology in standards is "the reality today," he said.
But it won't be the reality tomorrow, Müller. So get back in your horse and buggy and go tell Bill that the slaves are revolting, that the chains of legal chicanery are being broken, and a new Age of Reason is dawning.
I would have to disagree with your assessment. I think this "sixth sense" is how Bush almost lost. Too many people sensed that the invasion was wrong, that no WMDs would ever be found, that Bush's friends in the oil and weapons industries were the sole beneficiaries. You must remember that Bush won by only the narrowest of margins while no other wartime president has ever been re-elected by anything but a landslide. But Karl Rove cleverly created an issue out of homosexuality that drew to the poll some of the people who would not otherwise have voted due to their uncertainty over the justness of Bush's war.
"There has been a strong warming trend over the past 30 years, a trend that has been shown to be due primarily to increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere," said James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, based in New York.
That's just typical. It takes the arrogance of some NASA rocket scientist to proclaim world shaking doomsday scenarios based on a single transitory fluctuation like 30 years of data. President Bush says we don't know enough to be able to make predictions about the changing climate one way or the other. And who are you going to believe? A man who told us that 'God talks through him' or some ivory-tower egghead who studies weather satellite data all day?
Whether any Wall Street firms are getting regular briefs on Palem's research, as Intel and IBM (IBM ) are, he won't say. Wall Street doesn't like people blabbering about technology that promises a competitive advantage.
Actually this sounds more useful to Diebold and the Republican National Committee.
No one bought a PC to play Halo, but plenty of people bought Xboxs for it.
Several years ago people were saying that they couldn't get rid of Windows because of games. There is still some truth to that today but as you point out, those who are gamephiles are now buying consoles. The billions that Miscrosoft accepted as financial losses to break into the game console market merely accerlerated the decline of Windows.
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Alfalfa pellets.
Wow. What kind of car is it?
VW Rabbit.
I think what they meant was grass as in hay.
Of course we do!
3: Blow own head off with a shotgun.
The giant penguin was subsequently eaten by Godzilla.
The only disaster that was happening back then was that Bob Frankenberg was running the company because he didn't have the technological leadership to do anything but try to maintain the existing business. That's why Eric Schmidt was finally brought in, and he did give the company some direction, but unfortunately it was down the Java path which turned out to be a bit of a detour (except for the server side stuff).
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him... We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before... Stronger... Faster...
I am a self taught web surfer from Indiana. I like puzzles and I like the way the editor drew me into the article by allowing me to discern the genius's name by noticing a pattern in the name of the embedded url. Just like Sesame Street's "One of these things is not like the others" game, audience participation turned this article from a whoa :( to a wow :D. I give it two hearty thumbs up!
You sound just like that Dana Carvey "Grumpy Old Man" character.
Instead of assuming that just because a law is passed that it will affect you with your older German quietisch mufflenheimer, keep in mind that tickets are given out selectively. No one is going to write you a ticket because your aftermarket muffler system is 24 decibels but the original was only 20. Who could even know that or measure it? But if you do run across a traffic cop who is that anal retentive and has that great of a need to flaunt his authority then for your own safety just be polite and pay the ticket cause he is probably an undetected serial killer and you don't want to end up as 40 pounds of hamburger in the bottom of his deep freezer.
If by "Monkeybars" you mean "Ape Hangers" then yeah I had them too.
It's not a problem really. Just tape a playing card to it so it flaps against the spokes. Worked for me when I was a kid. Between that and the banana seat, I was too cool for school.
Windows XP with Service Pack 1 was attacked 4,857 times and only infected once!
Windows XP with Service Pack 1 dynamically adapted to become immune to further attacks by the Blaster and Sasser worms in only 18 minutes!
Within one hour Windows XP with Service Pack 1 had apprised the situation and chosen to join the winning side!
Windows XP with Service Pack 1 single handedly fought 1600x as many viral foes as its nearest competitor! Yet it bravely continues to withstand the onslaught of its most cunning viral foe, the GPL!
The infidels are committing suicide by the hundreds on the gates of Windows XP... Be assured, Windows XP is safe, protected. Microsofties are heroes.
The right-wing anti-liberty^H^Hals have been spreading the meme lately that you never had a right to privacy, contrary to the fourth amendment. Their argument is that the Constitution only limits what the government can do, so that Choicepoint and their ilk are not obligated to respect your right to privacy.
IANAL but I notice that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 gives the power 'to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities'. This is the law that makes it illegal for a privately owned diner, for example, which caters to the general public to require blacks to stand while eating. It seems obvious to me that a credit reporting agency which collects information about unsuspecting members of the general public should be held to the same laws as that diner. The attourney general should be authorized, in my opinion, to protect us from violations of our constitutional rights by that credit agency.
What I would like to see is a power source built into the phone which converts energy from vibrations into power similar to those self-winding wristwatches. Then when the battery is dying but a call is important you could just shake the phone. I have seen flashlights built like that. Another alternative would be some sort of squeeze grip to convert mechanical energy to electric. I have also seen flashlights built that way. Short of those suggestions I would settle for retractable electrodes of dissimilar metals which I could poke into the nearest potato or lemon.
Unless you dream of being free you will never escape, even were they to leave the cage unlocked. The world is constantly changing, faster now than ever before. If you live an average lifespan you will see major changes, some good, some bad. We have the opportunity to influence what shape the future will take.
Yes, but think of what a problem peace and feast and wealth and health would become.
Besides for reasons of national security this method must remain under wraps until the liberation of Iran has been completed.
But the use of patented technology in standards is "the reality today," he said.
But it won't be the reality tomorrow, Müller. So get back in your horse and buggy and go tell Bill that the slaves are revolting, that the chains of legal chicanery are being broken, and a new Age of Reason is dawning.
I would have to disagree with your assessment. I think this "sixth sense" is how Bush almost lost. Too many people sensed that the invasion was wrong, that no WMDs would ever be found, that Bush's friends in the oil and weapons industries were the sole beneficiaries. You must remember that Bush won by only the narrowest of margins while no other wartime president has ever been re-elected by anything but a landslide. But Karl Rove cleverly created an issue out of homosexuality that drew to the poll some of the people who would not otherwise have voted due to their uncertainty over the justness of Bush's war.
God, I miss Fluffy!
That's just typical. It takes the arrogance of some NASA rocket scientist to proclaim world shaking doomsday scenarios based on a single transitory fluctuation like 30 years of data. President Bush says we don't know enough to be able to make predictions about the changing climate one way or the other. And who are you going to believe? A man who told us that 'God talks through him' or some ivory-tower egghead who studies weather satellite data all day?
Actually this sounds more useful to Diebold and the Republican National Committee.
Well MSN definitely has poor interOPERAbility. Remember the Swedish Chef browser?
Or since it is Microsoft we are talking about:
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I assure you he is a real person. I see him and Mr. vanDelay every week at our board meetings.
-J.P. Pennypacker,
Wealthy Industrialist, Philanthropist, and ummm... Bicyclist
Several years ago people were saying that they couldn't get rid of Windows because of games. There is still some truth to that today but as you point out, those who are gamephiles are now buying consoles. The billions that Miscrosoft accepted as financial losses to break into the game console market merely accerlerated the decline of Windows.
Yes, and e-Directory too. And besides, wtf does .Nuts Passport have to do with 'Mission Critical Computing'?