Besides the fact that isn't IBM's job to do this comparison, look at footnote 3 of IBM's reply:
As stated in IBM's opening brief, SCO declined to provide all of its disclosures in an easily searchable, electronic format, complicating IBM's analysis of them. Addendum B corrects and refines the statement of SCO's shortcomings included in IBM's opening papers.
Have fun running your compare program on a piece of paper...
Chances are they lied so that doctors would write "Vioxx" instead of "Celebrex" on their prescription pads. They didn't withhold information because of fear of the FDA -- they hid it because of fear of bad publicity. Your "efficient" market system would not have stopped it from happening -- they would have gotten creamed in the market if they said it increased deaths.
I can imagine the conversation in the doctor's office:
"Hey, doc, I've got some pain in my back."
"Well, we can treat it two ways, with Vioxx and increased risk of heart attack or with Celebrex, which doesn't."
"Well, I'll take the heart attack one."
Not to mention half-ass attempts to try to lockdown computers (especially ones used by multiple people). Something bad can be installed, but you aren't able to access add/remove programs, the registry, etc. to uninstall/fix the problem. I end up having to call the incompetent support person to fix it or just let it be, porn popups and all. If they left it alone, people with some simple computer skills would be able to fix the problem...
"You're right. Embrace and extend is wrong anywhere."
I think anywhere is a bit strong. How do languages evolve then? I think it all depends on the documentation. If you document a feature well, then others can replicate if it's useful. The problem with MS is that they don't have a great reputation when it comes to documenting their "features."
"I'm not sure why we haven't seen this become a mainstream solution yet..."
Because it isn't very successful. It has gotten better, but most people still require insulin after the transplant. Injecting the islet cells into the liver (through the portal vein) just doesn't give the cells the correct milieu in which to live.
Tweak your scenario a little and it becomes a little more realistic (or at least a little more interesting in court) -- a developer working for a company releases source for a product s/he develops under the GPL. The company finds out and decides that it owns the code, revokes the license and challenges the GPL in court. It's a little less self-conflicting than the developer her/himself revoking the license.
So where do we find a balance between all the companies that want to use the intellectual properties of linux for their own gain without contributing anything back? I realize the motive, but some seem to forget that a LOT of work went into linux and other open source projects. They leverage this "free" work and then get stingy when people ask that they contribute back.
Does Bill Gates really say,"Certainly you can never underestimate the level of malicious people out there." [emphasis mine] I think they can underestimate because they did.
Narcotics are not appropriate for many kinds of pain: musculoskeletal pain, neuropathic pain, inflammatory pain, etc. Ibuprofen, COX-2 inhibitors and Tylenol are better for inflammation, arthritis, etc. Giving people narcotics for these problems is inappropriate and can cause severe side-effects in addition to constipation (which can be severe): urinary retention and mental status changes(especially in the elderly).
Addiction is not something to take lightly, and is a growing problem -- 8.4% of kids 12-17 have taken pain killers for nonmedical purposes in their lifetime. Just wait until your kid finds that presciption for percocet in the medicine cabinet and starts experimenting with it...
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As stated in IBM's opening brief, SCO declined to provide all of its disclosures in an easily searchable, electronic format, complicating IBM's analysis of them. Addendum B corrects and refines the statement of SCO's shortcomings included in IBM's opening papers.
Have fun running your compare program on a piece of paper...
I can imagine the conversation in the doctor's office:
"Hey, doc, I've got some pain in my back."
"Well, we can treat it two ways, with Vioxx and increased risk of heart attack or with Celebrex, which doesn't."
"Well, I'll take the heart attack one."
Not to mention half-ass attempts to try to lockdown computers (especially ones used by multiple people). Something bad can be installed, but you aren't able to access add/remove programs, the registry, etc. to uninstall/fix the problem. I end up having to call the incompetent support person to fix it or just let it be, porn popups and all. If they left it alone, people with some simple computer skills would be able to fix the problem...
"You're right. Embrace and extend is wrong anywhere."
I think anywhere is a bit strong. How do languages evolve then? I think it all depends on the documentation. If you document a feature well, then others can replicate if it's useful. The problem with MS is that they don't have a great reputation when it comes to documenting their "features."
I can't wait for my mother-in-law to come to me in 2 years and demand the source code to the firefox browser that I "distributed" on her computer...
"I'm not sure why we haven't seen this become a mainstream solution yet..." Because it isn't very successful. It has gotten better, but most people still require insulin after the transplant. Injecting the islet cells into the liver (through the portal vein) just doesn't give the cells the correct milieu in which to live.
Tweak your scenario a little and it becomes a little more realistic (or at least a little more interesting in court) -- a developer working for a company releases source for a product s/he develops under the GPL. The company finds out and decides that it owns the code, revokes the license and challenges the GPL in court. It's a little less self-conflicting than the developer her/himself revoking the license.
So where do we find a balance between all the companies that want to use the intellectual properties of linux for their own gain without contributing anything back? I realize the motive, but some seem to forget that a LOT of work went into linux and other open source projects. They leverage this "free" work and then get stingy when people ask that they contribute back.
Does Bill Gates really say,"Certainly you can never under estimate the level of malicious people out there." [emphasis mine] I think they can underestimate because they did.
Narcotics are not appropriate for many kinds of pain: musculoskeletal pain, neuropathic pain, inflammatory pain, etc. Ibuprofen, COX-2 inhibitors and Tylenol are better for inflammation, arthritis, etc. Giving people narcotics for these problems is inappropriate and can cause severe side-effects in addition to constipation (which can be severe): urinary retention and mental status changes(especially in the elderly).
Addiction is not something to take lightly, and is a growing problem -- 8.4% of kids 12-17 have taken pain killers for nonmedical purposes in their lifetime. Just wait until your kid finds that presciption for percocet in the medicine cabinet and starts experimenting with it...