Comment Liunx schminux (Score 1) 657
Come one now - your bias is showing...
sudo existed on UNIX before Linus Torvalds was a gleam in his father's eye....
Blackboard Patent Invalidated By Appellate Court 142
Arguendo writes "A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Blackboard Inc.'s patent on a learning management system is invalid in light of the inventors' own prior software product. We have previously discussed the patent and Blackboard's trial court victory against Desire2Learn. It's not completely over, but this is almost certainly the death knell for Blackboard's patent. If so inclined, you may read the appellate court's decision here (PDF) or on scribd."
Comment Flash New Update (Score 2, Funny) 240
In related news, it is reported that the Wall Street Journal leaked that the Allied have broken the Nazi Ultra code.
Comment Missing the point... (Score 2, Insightful) 652
What's particularly telling here is not that they were "scared" - they weren't. They thought that this was a simple failure of marketing. It never occurred to them that Apple might have introduced something that might actually have some advantages over their next generation system. It was inconceivable to them.
That is not a failure of marketing - it's a failure to understand the market and your competition. It is a failure of management - and a failure at the highest levels of the most profitable software company in the world.
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