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- Beta Nazi: No Leopard for you
- Beta Nazi: No Leopard for youLimited supply and value of it in marketingSteve Jobs is a brilliant marketing guru. By artificially limiting the supply or making it look like it he is increasing product awareness. Probably your story is a good example to that.GimmickI think the answer is two-fold. First,...
- Tags: Nazi, Carl Rapson, Leopard, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-11
- About us
- About usYou missed out an important detail.And of all the people who visited your site majority of them dont have a high opinion of you.No one trusts you or anything that you have to say. Only 1 person had something positive to say about you One person was on the...
- Tags: Blogging, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, Ubuntu, Carl Rapson, blog, SuSE, Murph
- Discussion threads 2007-05-14
- Standards to stimulate e-voting?
- Standards to stimulate e-voting?Paperless, Hi Tech, Why????"but it still has not managed to organize a paperless voting system. What's the holdup?"Many voting citizens, ...have been asking that question since the 2000 election shed light on how inconsistent, and often low-tech, the voting systems are in the United States."Be clear about...
- Tags: Litigation, fraud, Carl Rapson, ballot, e-voting
- Discussion threads 2006-10-06
- U.S. protests Net-summit crackdown
- U.S. protests Net-summit crackdownMore links on that"-The U.S. government on Friday protested a crackdown by Tunisian secret police on the streets"Here's more links on that story:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/04/INGPQ40MB81.DTLhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4580991.stmI see......so you're saying, in effect, that "he who lives in a glass house should not throw stones". But if that's the case, if no...
- Tags: Carl Rapson, crackdown
- Discussion threads 2005-11-18
- Network Computing: the Enterprise answer
- Last week's talkback discussions on what Linux needs to do to gain significant market share produced a wide range of interesting ideas -including a few I hadn't thought about before. In response I plan to try to produce a synthesis - a longer article that pulls it all together and...
- Tags: mainframe, Carl Rapson
- Blog posts 2005-09-19
- Open source content is theme of J.D. Lasica's Darknet
- Open source content is theme of J.D. Lasica's DarknetI keep hearing it"The problem, he writes, is that copyright owners seek to ban these forms of expression, rather than profit from them."and"All we need are new business models and entertainment conglomerates can profit like IBM."I keep hearing people say that all...
- Tags: RSS, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source Media, music, open source, Magnatune, business model, Carl Rapson
- Discussion threads 2005-07-07
- Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit, dies
- Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit, diesI thoughtHe was a comic book artist...RIP, Mr. IC.You did good work!That's Kirby......assuming you were serious. :)Jack Kirby was possibly the greatest comic book artist ever (Silver Surfer, anyone?).Carl RapsonKirby was the God of comic books!he died about 6 years ago :-(YeahI know...
- Tags: Kirby, integrated circuit, Carl Rapson
- Discussion threads 2005-06-21
- Court questions broadcast flag challengers
- Court questions broadcast flag challengersLegal standingAny time regulations are imposed by the government, all citizens are affected. Therefore, all citizens should be able to challenge regulations. Not to say that these groups necessarily have a valid argument, but they still have the right to be heard.Carl RapsonThey are US citizens,...
- Tags: Regulations, Vertical industries, regulation, government, free society, executive branch, Carl Rapson
- Discussion threads 2005-03-15
- Outsourcing to Oklahoma?
- Outsourcing to Oklahoma?90 miles awayI live in Tulsa - 90+ miles away - from Oklahoma CIty and know the benefits of avoiding the coasts. A half million dollar house in Palo Alto if any are left would be about $90K here - with a bigger yard. People transferred...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, outsourcing, job, Tulsa, cost-of-living, Carl Rapson
- Discussion threads 2005-01-14
- EDS wins British Columbia contract
- EDS wins British Columbia contractJust don't let them do any upgrades.;-)HeHe!80,000 desktop users can't be wrong, eh?Any official word on what occurred to create such havok?Another referenceCheck out:www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1732672,00.aspThis article makes it sound like it was a botched upgrade process, not the upgrade itself.Carl RapsonMore and more Microsoft excuses for any...
- Tags: Public relations, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Microsoft Corp., Carl Rapson, Computer & Communications Industry Association
- Discussion threads 2004-11-29
- Who won? Online bookies
- Who won? Online bookiesInteresting assumption'On Wednesday, Tanenbaum acknowledged Ohio seemed to be Bush territory--but speculated about possible fraud. "One thing that is very strange is how much the exit polls differed from the final results, especially in Ohio," he wrote.'That's assuming that every person who was polled told the truth...
- Tags: Litigation, Carl Rapson
- Discussion threads 2004-11-03
- China pulls plug on two blog sites
- China pulls plug on two blog sitesBut at least......they will be running on Linux. Better China should have Linux servers to shut down than Windows servers.Carl RapsonIs this OUR future ?Take a look at what has been going on the last few months. Could we be far behind?Just makes...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Carl Rapson, operating system, blog
- Discussion threads 2004-03-18
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- Yahoo to Icahn: You misunderstand
- Yahoo's board has responded to activist investor Carl Icahn: "Your letter reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal." That letter--delivered by Icahn earlier Thursday Techmeme--has one theme: Yahoo's board botched the Microsoft deal and hasn't served shareholder interest. In its...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- The real question: Is Microsoft still interested in Yahoo?
- I actually believed Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer when he said he was walking away from buying Yahoo. I wasn't among the crowd who thought Ballmer was just posturing, waiting for Yahoo stock prices to plummet and Yahoo shareholder lawsuits to mount before sweeping back in and getting Yahoo for a...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Site Development, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?
- As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...
- Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?
- Updated: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn announced an alternate board of directors for Yahoo in a move that could revive a Microsoft bid. Will Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer bite? As expected Icahn announced his alternate slate, which includes Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Icahn reportedly preps his board slate for Yahoo
- That Yahoo proxy war looks like it's on, but with a new cast of characters. According to Reuters, billionaire investor Carl Icahn will move ahead with an alternate slate of board of directors. The goal: Turn over Yahoo's 12 directors at once and sell Yahoo to Microsoft--or...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Icahn reportedly eyes Yahoo proxy fight
- Just when you thought the Microhoo saga was over billionaire investor Carl Icahn wants in on the act. According to CNBC, Icahn has amassed as many as 50 million shares of Yahoo and is mulling over a proxy war. He has until Thursday to declare an alternate...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Oregon says its law is copyright
- Carl Malamud at resource.org and Tim Stanley at Justia are fighting off cease and desist letters from the State of Oregon. The state is asserting a copyright interest in the state code, even though the law is by definition public domain. After a conference call in which...
- Tags: Oregon, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- The Obama Party and the Googlization of politics
- The Obama Party and the Googlization of politicsTheres that loophole again........that doesn't exist. I dislike the idea of the ASP loophole. Its not a loophole. Its a change in principle thats causing the problem if you ask me. The idea of FOSS was software you could do whatever you want...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, software, F/OSS, Obama Party
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
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