Well, given what I read about Nokia releasing this bundle as a platform and the fact that PySide and PyQT are API compatible, I can imagine someone coding necessary features against PySide and then just decide whether a switch to a lighter version (i.e. PyQt) warrants the 400 EUR investement.
All in all, it's a smart move. You code in a standard environment and if your deployment gets too large, you can just drop in a cheap and qualitative replacement. The end result is the same: faster and more applications on a Nokia platform. This may even be a good thing for PyQT.
Well, my theory is a bit rusty, but wouldn't this add some liquidity for the Redhat stock?
Might as well decrease as well if passively managed funds want to keep on to the shares, but going by gut feeling, I would think it's a good thing regardless. If anything, the share should be more correctly priced in the long run;
Depending on your definition of correct pricing of course.
While I agree with most of your statement, the OP's original point was that the profit should yield a better return than can be gotten with other projects. For example, if the XBOX project (could) realise(s) an ROI of 3% and just putting the money in some sort of savings account gives you a net return of 4%, then you should pick the savings account, especially if there is less risk involved in other possibilities to use that money.
Of course nobody is certain about how risky the console market is, nor does anyone know how big the return on investement will be in a few years, but the man has a point if he says that just throwing money at something isn't really the best way to invest. It seems to me that if you need 10 more "halo-size" hits, somebody didn't really do his or her homework properly.
On the other hand, one shouldn't account for sunk costs when calculating current future profits, which supports your point of "not closing down a now profitable division".
Just keep in mind that the profit of that division (and its possible growth scenarios) might be lower and more riskier than some other investments.
To end, I'd like to point out that Microsoft "sticking to their knitting" might be seen as a way to lower the risk involved, thus benefting the shareholder once more.
I think you both have a point, and that, like always, the truth is probably somewhere in between.
If I've read this correctly, it's the author of the article that bought the webcam to use it on W2K. The coder bought the cams for his daughters and noticed there wasn't any linux support, so he took the matter in his own hands.
According to one of my courses (strategic management) there is difference in that Information Management Systems provide information throughout a company to everyone who needs certain information and that Management Information Systems deliver only information to (upper) management. The next layer would then be Strategic Information Systems which delivers information to top management.
One could indeed argue that the latter or subsets of the former, but this is how it was presented in my course, so I thought I'd just share the information:).
However, I'm not sure if they're working very well, since at April Fool's, a lot of tags where saying "gay!" and "straight" instead of informative tags. So you're not really missing out
Actually he's paid to do research and asked to teach on the side.
Actually, that depends on what the University (or in extreme cases the professor himself) wants to focuss on. It's not rare if a university board decides that there is either a. Too much teaching and not enough research b. Too much focus on research and not enough stress on the teaching part.
At least that's how it is in Belgium.
I do agree however, that a professor is not merely a teacher, he is in the first place a "smart" person, that is explaining (or reading) something to other smart people, so that they can gain some knowledge. I must also say that I think a professor can teach as they seem fit and students should be allowed to study as they seem fit. Should these two views collide, an adult student should be able to adapt his style a bit. A professor has more students than a student has professors, so the student should more or less change his way of studying (which isn't to say that everybody has to study in the same way or for the same amount of time).
Not necessarily flawed. The conclusions are consistent within the given model. And the conclusion is quite interesting too. Of course economists know that thieves won't behave as they are described in the model, but it's an interesting model nonetheless.
This (thread) is just taking a cheap shot at economists. It's just a (very simple) model, it's not that they are advertising "giving away free TVs".
I don't see how this got modded insightful at all.
The proposal is actually the following: everybody that pays for an internet connection pays and extra fee (I heard, but don't take this as a fact, that it might be something around 6 euros). This fee is then later on paid to the authors/... instead of the money they would get from selling the songs.
While the French may be trying to protect their own culture, this is not a measure against the record industry, I'd say this is a pretty simple solution to a (growing) problem. Whether it's a good one is open for debate tho.
Gratz for completely missing his point.
He just wanted to point out that every continent|country|... has silly laws and that you shouldn't feel yourself better because of a silly law in another country.
I believe that the bnetd ruling was all about a EULA that was presented (in theory at last) every time you wanted to exercise your subscription. So everytime you wanted to play online, you had to respect the term of service. As opposed to offline software.
Actually, considering the the English language, he said "or", but means xor. He kind of overloaded his OR with XOR. (At least, the use of the language did that for him)
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I think it's funny that he says that being part of a group is not a crime. While it is idd not a crime, here in Belgium you can be punished if you were/are in a group that commited an offense, even though you didn't do anything. They can even demand that you, who did really nothing but looking, pay all the damages.
So, if he is in the group, he probably did take part in their activities and even if he did not, he could still be sentenced guilty (here in Belgium that is)
Actually, what he is doing is defining about what is he is actually ranting about. You could see this "definition" as a premise. This is to make sure that people aren't arguing with him outside the scope of his "analysis". I think defining a blog is both interesting and informative.
On a side not, one of the better Belgium papers is only just now pikking u p news on blogs. And they DO define it everytime they talk about it (or at least once in a series of articles in the same edition). I think that supposing that every American (or person in the (Western)) world is a bit optimistal of you.
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Well, given what I read about Nokia releasing this bundle as a platform and the fact that PySide and PyQT are API compatible, I can imagine someone coding necessary features against PySide and then just decide whether a switch to a lighter version (i.e. PyQt) warrants the 400 EUR investement.
All in all, it's a smart move. You code in a standard environment and if your deployment gets too large, you can just drop in a cheap and qualitative replacement. The end result is the same: faster and more applications on a Nokia platform. This may even be a good thing for PyQT.
Well, my theory is a bit rusty, but wouldn't this add some liquidity for the Redhat stock?
Might as well decrease as well if passively managed funds want to keep on to the shares, but going by gut feeling, I would think it's a good thing regardless. If anything, the share should be more correctly priced in the long run;
Depending on your definition of correct pricing of course.
Of course nobody is certain about how risky the console market is, nor does anyone know how big the return on investement will be in a few years, but the man has a point if he says that just throwing money at something isn't really the best way to invest. It seems to me that if you need 10 more "halo-size" hits, somebody didn't really do his or her homework properly.
On the other hand, one shouldn't account for sunk costs when calculating current future profits, which supports your point of "not closing down a now profitable division".
Just keep in mind that the profit of that division (and its possible growth scenarios) might be lower and more riskier than some other investments.
To end, I'd like to point out that Microsoft "sticking to their knitting" might be seen as a way to lower the risk involved, thus benefting the shareholder once more.
I think you both have a point, and that, like always, the truth is probably somewhere in between.
If I've read this correctly, it's the author of the article that bought the webcam to use it on W2K. The coder bought the cams for his daughters and noticed there wasn't any linux support, so he took the matter in his own hands.
One could indeed argue that the latter or subsets of the former, but this is how it was presented in my course, so I thought I'd just share the information :).
However, I'm not sure if they're working very well, since at April Fool's, a lot of tags where saying "gay!" and "straight" instead of informative tags. So you're not really missing out
Actually, that depends on what the University (or in extreme cases the professor himself) wants to focuss on. It's not rare if a university board decides that there is either
a. Too much teaching and not enough research
b. Too much focus on research and not enough stress on the teaching part.
At least that's how it is in Belgium.
I do agree however, that a professor is not merely a teacher, he is in the first place a "smart" person, that is explaining (or reading) something to other smart people, so that they can gain some knowledge. I must also say that I think a professor can teach as they seem fit and students should be allowed to study as they seem fit. Should these two views collide, an adult student should be able to adapt his style a bit. A professor has more students than a student has professors, so the student should more or less change his way of studying (which isn't to say that everybody has to study in the same way or for the same amount of time).
This (thread) is just taking a cheap shot at economists. It's just a (very simple) model, it's not that they are advertising "giving away free TVs".
P.S. Yes, I study Economics
I'm so sorry that I haven't got mod points right now, this is probably the best post I've read in this thread
No no, you've got it all wrong, this is slashdot. You should insist on Article-moderation... (and complain about Dupes, spelling errors, etc.
Methinks you're just trying to start a flamewar on digg vs slashdot (which is getting pretty worn out in 3...2...1...)
Meant to be funny, by all means, do mod me down :). I do like wikipedia tho
The proposal is actually the following: everybody that pays for an internet connection pays and extra fee (I heard, but don't take this as a fact, that it might be something around 6 euros).
This fee is then later on paid to the authors/... instead of the money they would get from selling the songs.
While the French may be trying to protect their own culture, this is not a measure against the record industry, I'd say this is a pretty simple solution to a (growing) problem. Whether it's a good one is open for debate tho.
I hope mods will realise this
P.S.: No I'm not French
Gratz for completely missing his point. He just wanted to point out that every continent|country|... has silly laws and that you shouldn't feel yourself better because of a silly law in another country.
I believe that the bnetd ruling was all about a EULA that was presented (in theory at last) every time you wanted to exercise your subscription. So everytime you wanted to play online, you had to respect the term of service. As opposed to offline software.
Actually, considering the the English language, he said "or", but means xor. He kind of overloaded his OR with XOR. (At least, the use of the language did that for him)
Funny, I was going to say the exact same thing
So, if he is in the group, he probably did take part in their activities and even if he did not, he could still be sentenced guilty (here in Belgium that is)
P.S. It's actually a little sad that
a)Nobody even replied to congratulate you b)You actually have to announce your birthday on /. of all places.
actually that's micro-economics ;)
idd :) thx for pointing that out
It might prove difficult to found a good name though ...
Sorry for replying to my own post, I meant "his" instead of "he's" of course :)
"I think you meant n!" and then goes on to explain what "n!" is: "n * (n-1)"
He is actually correct although he's use of the "-" is a bit strange ;)
I always thought it supported java out of the box
On a side not, one of the better Belgium papers is only just now pikking u p news on blogs. And they DO define it everytime they talk about it (or at least once in a series of articles in the same edition). I think that supposing that every American (or person in the (Western)) world is a bit optimistal of you.
Just my 2 cents