Holy Hyperbole, Batman! What would writers do without stories like "PC vs. Console, which is going to die out?". Why of course, the writers themselves would whither away.
Wow, a congressional committee is now going to weigh in! In 5 or 10 years, I'm sure they'll have something interesting to say about today's situation...
In general I like Leo (especially as compared to many other TechTV-ers), but you are sooo right about his interrupting. It's like he's so enthusiastic to show off how much he knows that he
Leo jumps in
"finishes their sentences for them and follows up with another couple of points that leave the guest just to sit there and give an awkward, 'uh, yeah' while Leo continues on? Yeah, I hate that, too..."
Take it beyond a mini-series - there are enough stories there to make a full-fledged series that could run for at least a couple years. It could certainly keep WETA Workshop busy...
Right, and what I'm saying is that any doubts they may have about the validity of SCO's case don't make them sleazy - it's just their assesment of the risk involved. There are plenty of things to get worked up over when it comes to Microsoft's sleazy business practices. I just don't think referring investors to SCO is one of them...
No, they don't have to belive the case is truly valid. That's simply the element of risk that is involved here. Just like firms spend money on research projects that don't work out, MS is risking what is for them a paltry sum for a chance at hindering the growth of Linux.
"Cheating"??? Sounds like kids on the playground, not big business.
How can you honestly fault Microsoft for sponsoring this? Basically, SCO comes to them and says "we have reason to believe that proprietary IP has been leaked into this freeware which is rapidly becoming a competitor to your products - get us some cash and we'll see if we can take away the freeware part..."
There's a very simple answer to your question - IP licensing is big business in many industries, and that's not such an unusual path to pursue. What is unusual here is SCO's graveyard-robbing method for digging up and acquiring old IP to exploit, rather than actually developing it themselves.
If you look at it objectively, it's a valid business path that one can go down - provided that you ACTUALLY OWN THE IP, AND CAN PROVE THAT IT IS BEING USED INAPPROPRIATELY. That, of course, is where SCO's (presumably fatala) weakness lies...
The most likely course of action, I would think, is that AutoZone will get both the injunction and the rest of the lawsuit put on hold pending the outcome of the IBM/SCO wrangle. In the meantime, it will merely act as a potential financial risk of minimal severity.
It's not like this is a company using Linux to derive their core revenue (like a hosting company, for example) - they are using it more as an operational tool. For them, this is an annoyance, not a critical business threat...
Just think of it as a cosmological water-balloon fight, and the moon is the slow, fat kid that can't get out of the way, crying, "awwww, quit it you guys!"
How does the saying go, "foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds?"
Personally, I think Jackson deserves a special award for not just assembling three terrific films, but doing so under some of the most intense (and often overwrought) scrutiny a filmmaker has ever had to deal with...
The numbers they toss around in the article are the stuff of high-school freshman fantasy. They figure that 60 million Americans use file-sharing software (yeah, right), and that all of them would sign up for $5 a month (yeah, right), and that it would cost nothing for the music industry to set this scheme up, run it, and market it (yeah, right), netting $3 billion in annual profit to the music biz.
Don't forget the useful option to pause the live feed, so you can take that call on the cell phone and still get the scoop on Moldovan dairy farmers on NPR...
A fine enhancement - after using Tivo at home now for several months, it's annoying when I'm driving along and realize that I can't just skip back a few seconds on the radio to pick up something I missed...
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Holy Hyperbole, Batman! What would writers do without stories like "PC vs. Console, which is going to die out?". Why of course, the writers themselves would whither away.
Hey, maybe that's not such a bad idea...
Wow, a congressional committee is now going to weigh in! In 5 or 10 years, I'm sure they'll have something interesting to say about today's situation...
In general I like Leo (especially as compared to many other TechTV-ers), but you are sooo right about his interrupting. It's like he's so enthusiastic to show off how much he knows that he
Leo jumps in
"finishes their sentences for them and follows up with another couple of points that leave the guest just to sit there and give an awkward, 'uh, yeah' while Leo continues on? Yeah, I hate that, too..."
Those happy plumbers are the ones who enjoy the exhibitionist thrill of showing butt cleavage as they bend over to unclog your drain...
Take it beyond a mini-series - there are enough stories there to make a full-fledged series that could run for at least a couple years. It could certainly keep WETA Workshop busy...
I'll leave it to a karma whore to dig up the attribution, but to paraphrase the old saying, "bad artists copy, great artists steal."
Godzilla XXX? Now that's some wierd pr0n...
is that like a hrumph???
Right, and what I'm saying is that any doubts they may have about the validity of SCO's case don't make them sleazy - it's just their assesment of the risk involved. There are plenty of things to get worked up over when it comes to Microsoft's sleazy business practices. I just don't think referring investors to SCO is one of them...
No, they don't have to belive the case is truly valid. That's simply the element of risk that is involved here. Just like firms spend money on research projects that don't work out, MS is risking what is for them a paltry sum for a chance at hindering the growth of Linux.
And you know that a cheat for Dance Dance Revolution will make the rounds, too...
"Cheating"??? Sounds like kids on the playground, not big business.
How can you honestly fault Microsoft for sponsoring this? Basically, SCO comes to them and says "we have reason to believe that proprietary IP has been leaked into this freeware which is rapidly becoming a competitor to your products - get us some cash and we'll see if we can take away the freeware part..."
There's a very simple answer to your question - IP licensing is big business in many industries, and that's not such an unusual path to pursue. What is unusual here is SCO's graveyard-robbing method for digging up and acquiring old IP to exploit, rather than actually developing it themselves.
If you look at it objectively, it's a valid business path that one can go down - provided that you ACTUALLY OWN THE IP, AND CAN PROVE THAT IT IS BEING USED INAPPROPRIATELY. That, of course, is where SCO's (presumably fatala) weakness lies...
The most likely course of action, I would think, is that AutoZone will get both the injunction and the rest of the lawsuit put on hold pending the outcome of the IBM/SCO wrangle. In the meantime, it will merely act as a potential financial risk of minimal severity.
It's not like this is a company using Linux to derive their core revenue (like a hosting company, for example) - they are using it more as an operational tool. For them, this is an annoyance, not a critical business threat...
Just think of it as a cosmological water-balloon fight, and the moon is the slow, fat kid that can't get out of the way, crying, "awwww, quit it you guys!"
And then there is Nethack...
Always was and still is addictive as crack.
Apparently you don't know sarcasm when you see it - you might want to pull that hook out of your cheek...
Oh come on, did you check out the way Frodo's sword glowed? A blatant light-sabre ripoff, to be sure.
I'm just glad that Jackson cut out the fighting Ewok-Hai at the last minute, that would have been way too obvious...
No, he'll do that in a few years if Jackson wins for King Kong...
How does the saying go, "foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds?"
Personally, I think Jackson deserves a special award for not just assembling three terrific films, but doing so under some of the most intense (and often overwrought) scrutiny a filmmaker has ever had to deal with...
Well said - and apparently, office thermostats are quite often placebos, too. So much for that coworker who constantly fiddles with the controls...
That publishing company is infringing on my Slashdot nic! Somebody get me a lawyer, ASAP!
The numbers they toss around in the article are the stuff of high-school freshman fantasy. They figure that 60 million Americans use file-sharing software (yeah, right), and that all of them would sign up for $5 a month (yeah, right), and that it would cost nothing for the music industry to set this scheme up, run it, and market it (yeah, right), netting $3 billion in annual profit to the music biz.
I hope these guys don't do their own taxes!
Don't forget the useful option to pause the live feed, so you can take that call on the cell phone and still get the scoop on Moldovan dairy farmers on NPR...
A fine enhancement - after using Tivo at home now for several months, it's annoying when I'm driving along and realize that I can't just skip back a few seconds on the radio to pick up something I missed...