After all, there isn't any reason why a company needs to struggle to perpetuate its existence forever...
Almost all market value is derived from future earnings; it's the potential that drives stock price.
Is there a process where you just quit before you are behind, wind down neatly, rather than the corporate equivalent of spending a few years stuck full of tubes and unresponsive in the ICU?
Yes and they're quite common. Companies call them 'projects'.
Steve Jobs made it clear that the donor matching system is corrupt: if you're rich you can register at many transplant locations. Having enough money to travel should not be a basis for medical decisions. The donor match system is national, and we should evaluate donor matches nationally. Optimizing matches by location does not have to be changed, only the influence of money.
http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/about/transplantation/matchingProcess.asp
What are passing scores for users of Windows/Mac/Linux/BSD? What about programmers of C/Python/Java/PHP/Basic?
From (emp mine) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/vpndevc/ps10128/ps10154/dlp_overview.html
Data loss prevention (DLP) poses a serious issue for companies, as the number of incidents and the cost to businesses continues to increase. Whether it is intentionally malicious or inadvertent, data loss can diminish a company's brand, reduce shareholder value, and damage the company's goodwill and reputation.
Key management would also be better, both easier and safer.
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/join/corporate
Besides ensuring that your company’s investment in Linux is protected from a legal, technical and promotional perspective, there are many other benefits in joining the Linux Foundation as a Corporate Member.
The Benefits of Linux Foundation Membership
The ability to participate in Linux Foundation member-only activities like the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit and Legal Summit to learn, influence and participate with the Linux Foundation workgroups
The right to vote and run for Linux Foundation board seats and influence the direction of the organization
Unsurpassed networking opportunities and a unique introductions service. Meet other Linux Foundation members and Linux users in small settings or get introduced to companies in a one-on-one fashion by Linux Foundation staff>
Access to the Linux Foundation media network, including Linux.com. The Linux Foundation reaches 2 million users and developers a month through its online channels and newsletters and promotes members directly to these audiences
Discounts on Linux training
The right to participate in Linux Foundation member councils such as the Vendor and End User Councils and collaborate directly with the technical leaders of Linux
Discounts for sponsoring LinuxCon, Linux Japan Symposium, The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit and other Linux Foundation events. Members get priority at these events
Logo listing on the Linux Foundation site and the ability to add a member logo to your site or marketing materials
Exclusive member content, such as the Briefing Book, and one-on-one analyst briefings (depending on membership level) that keeps you up to date on the Linux market to make the most of your investment in Linux
The ability to create workgroups and collaborate in a neutral setting to solve pressing Linux or open source issues
Guidance on open source issues and using Linux in your products
DRM/Walled gardens "protect" the user (yea right), but when it comes to protecting the users files it's useless, and somehow blameless: Nobody in this thread blames the phone manufacturer or Verizon for not locking down the software and protecting the user. We know it's hypocrisy to say DRM and walled gardens benefit the customer, but they still deserve the blame for events like this -- they want to control the device, they should get the blame.
sluts? Misogyny on Slashdot shouldn't be ignored, or dismissed as a joke. (and shame on the mods too)
From the page on server limitations:
Unfortunately we can't work with hosting companies based in the United States. Safe harbour for service providers via the Digital Millenium Copyright Act has been undermined by the Department of Justice with its novel criminal prosecution of Megaupload. It is not safe for cloud storage sites or any business allowing user generated content to be hosted on servers in the United States or on domains like
When people ask "why use me.ga?" they're going to hear the Kim DotCom story. Eventually it'll be taken for granted that Hollywood has corrupted the Justice Department. This could be the PR move that turns ordinary people against Hollywood.
If Canonical had asked "Support Ubuntu by including Amazon searches?" they could have kept the money and the goodwill.
So they repeat the offensive statements, say he won't win, then threaten him with a "very extensive" invasion of his privacy. National Review is shit.
Video support is already here, and soon you'll be able to add plugins for almost any type of media publishing... including presentations or 3d model files. And we're planning for federation with OStatus so we can build a decentralized yet cohesive media hosting future.
(emp. mine, found here) Amazing that so many projects can't get this most basic communication right. A one sentence description should be a priority for any project, otherwise how do you know what you're making?
* Not "true" database replication, but functionally the same.
With Postgres it can be plain old SQL not some variant that has to be custom built for each table/DB (and which changes per SaaS platform).
Trying to replicate all the tables in all the DBs would be a huge pain, not to mention slower and development intensive, compared to true DB replication.
Salesforce don't like the whole pay for it once and keep it model. They like the pay once a month (SaaS) model. They are also pretty shitty at giving data back when you want it. You can have it but it's a bastard to get it out.
Salesforce makes SQL access difficult (or impossible). They can switch to Postgres without changing their web platform and then open the DBs for reporting, read replication, and sell write access. SQL is still the power-tool of enterprise integration.
It is better to live rich than to die rich. -- Samuel Johnson
