I named my machines as groaningly as possible. My desktop is named Courtney (a combination of Core 2 and Tony). My apple laptop is simply "Roving Pear."
This may be harder for a large network, but I bet you can manage.
Then in most cases, no. That's not the case. The vast majority of the time a judge won't let you get away with that.
And FYI, there doesn't need to be a "breach of contract" section. If you violate a term of the contract, any term, no matter how slightly, you have breached. If you deliver 9,999.999 tonnes of steel when someone orders 10,000, you have breached. Minor breaches and major breaches are treated differently by the court and many aren't worth suing over.
What you're probably thinking of is an indemnification clause - "If xyz happens, you have to cover court costs."
No, not if the original contract was written by a "good" lawyer.
The fact is, there's nothing illegal about breaking a contract. The whole system of contracts is built on the premise that if the damages which will be awarded in breach to the other party are smaller than the cost of maintaining the contract you should feel free to breach.
Breaching a contract is not breaking the law. So, if by "wiggle out of" you mean "breach", then yes. Typically the courts will attempt to hold you to the contract if at all possible or award damages for breach. It takes pretty big circumstances to actually void a contract.
(But minors can't legally execute contracts, can they?)
Actually, minors are fully capable of executing contracts, they simply have a backdoor out of them. When a minor reaches the age of majority, 18, they can renounce the contract unless the contract was for a "necessity." This should make adults wary of entering into contracts with minors, but there is nothing preventing a minor from forming a contractual agreement.
You're still missing the point. Just because I use a graphics card as an example doesn't mean the same rule can't hold true for other components. They still build their own systems, it's not like Dell suddenly took full control of their manufacturing process.
You do understand that just because Dell owns Alienware and HP owns VoodooPC doesn't mean they necessarily changed, or control, their design and production process, right?
The point of a business merger like those is to get the parent company into the niche the bought company ocupied and to SHARE beneficial technologies (like Dell's purchasing power to lower Alienware's cost of parts). It would be a complete waste of money if we had bought Alienware and then just decided to make them Dell's with an Alienware exterior. We learn from them, improve our XPS systems and maintain their brand by allowing them to continue producing high level products and make even more money by paying less for the parts through our suppliers./Dell Ops Manager
But, prove to me that what Sony fixed was some major bug or a major feature. From my experience with my Wii (I don't have a PS3 though I have played one), they release patches for completely trivial things. Things that shouldn't have to risk bricking your console to update.
They were pretty major updates. The system has been changed so that the XMB (user interface outside of games) is completely accessible in game now. This is far from trivial in implementation. They also implemented a "Trophy" system, similar to Microsoft's Achievements. Other edits include the ability to create custom sound tracks in game using MP3s stored on the system hard drive.
...it means absolutely nothing if you don't tell me what method was used to calculate their market value.
There are at least three ways I can come up with off the top of my head that are accepted methods for calculating market value and each will give you quite different numbers that may favor Apple in some and favor Dell in others.
Also, when we're talking billions on billions, 72.13 vs 71.98 billion is a pretty damn small (read: meaninglyess and negligible) difference. we're talking less than a 0.25% difference between the two. And yes, I know "...but 0.25% of a billion is a LOT OF MONEY" - it's still a quarter of a percent and if you have the money to buy either of these companies, that quarter percent is NOT going to factor into your decision unless you feel one of the two is undervalued.
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I named my machines as groaningly as possible. My desktop is named Courtney (a combination of Core 2 and Tony). My apple laptop is simply "Roving Pear." This may be harder for a large network, but I bet you can manage.
Then in most cases, no. That's not the case. The vast majority of the time a judge won't let you get away with that. And FYI, there doesn't need to be a "breach of contract" section. If you violate a term of the contract, any term, no matter how slightly, you have breached. If you deliver 9,999.999 tonnes of steel when someone orders 10,000, you have breached. Minor breaches and major breaches are treated differently by the court and many aren't worth suing over. What you're probably thinking of is an indemnification clause - "If xyz happens, you have to cover court costs."
No, not if the original contract was written by a "good" lawyer. The fact is, there's nothing illegal about breaking a contract. The whole system of contracts is built on the premise that if the damages which will be awarded in breach to the other party are smaller than the cost of maintaining the contract you should feel free to breach. Breaching a contract is not breaking the law. So, if by "wiggle out of" you mean "breach", then yes. Typically the courts will attempt to hold you to the contract if at all possible or award damages for breach. It takes pretty big circumstances to actually void a contract.
(But minors can't legally execute contracts, can they?)
Actually, minors are fully capable of executing contracts, they simply have a backdoor out of them. When a minor reaches the age of majority, 18, they can renounce the contract unless the contract was for a "necessity." This should make adults wary of entering into contracts with minors, but there is nothing preventing a minor from forming a contractual agreement.
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You're still missing the point. Just because I use a graphics card as an example doesn't mean the same rule can't hold true for other components. They still build their own systems, it's not like Dell suddenly took full control of their manufacturing process.
I think you missed the point. Do you think the guys that supply 256mb nvidia cards don't also supply the 1gb cards?
You do understand that just because Dell owns Alienware and HP owns VoodooPC doesn't mean they necessarily changed, or control, their design and production process, right? The point of a business merger like those is to get the parent company into the niche the bought company ocupied and to SHARE beneficial technologies (like Dell's purchasing power to lower Alienware's cost of parts). It would be a complete waste of money if we had bought Alienware and then just decided to make them Dell's with an Alienware exterior. We learn from them, improve our XPS systems and maintain their brand by allowing them to continue producing high level products and make even more money by paying less for the parts through our suppliers. /Dell Ops Manager
But, prove to me that what Sony fixed was some major bug or a major feature. From my experience with my Wii (I don't have a PS3 though I have played one), they release patches for completely trivial things. Things that shouldn't have to risk bricking your console to update.
They were pretty major updates. The system has been changed so that the XMB (user interface outside of games) is completely accessible in game now. This is far from trivial in implementation. They also implemented a "Trophy" system, similar to Microsoft's Achievements. Other edits include the ability to create custom sound tracks in game using MP3s stored on the system hard drive.
...it means absolutely nothing if you don't tell me what method was used to calculate their market value. There are at least three ways I can come up with off the top of my head that are accepted methods for calculating market value and each will give you quite different numbers that may favor Apple in some and favor Dell in others. Also, when we're talking billions on billions, 72.13 vs 71.98 billion is a pretty damn small (read: meaninglyess and negligible) difference. we're talking less than a 0.25% difference between the two. And yes, I know "...but 0.25% of a billion is a LOT OF MONEY" - it's still a quarter of a percent and if you have the money to buy either of these companies, that quarter percent is NOT going to factor into your decision unless you feel one of the two is undervalued.