__/ [ [H]omer ] on Saturday 14 April 2007 17:25 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
>> wisdom:
>>
>>> Microsoft: Word 2007 crashes are a feature, not bug
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Crashes in Microsoft Word 2007 are designed to improve security,
>>> | says Microsoft
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;377659799
>>
>> It's pretty funny to see them spinning this one. Sure, the crash may be
>> a good thing:
>>
>> Crashing means you made a mistake, bad programmer, no biscuit," said
>> LeBlanc in an MSDN blog. "However, crashing may be the lesser of the
>> evils in many places. The theory is that it is better to crash, at
>> least with client apps, than it is to be running the bad guy's shell
>> code."
>>
>> But there is what is funny, and it comes in the very next paragraph:
>>
>> Office 2007 uses this strategy, said LeBlanc, ...
>>
>> In other words, BAD PROGRAMMING is equated to a STRATEGY.
>
> LOL! Add that one to Sweaty B's dictionary: "Incompetence" = "Strategy",
> along with "Bugs" = "Features", "Platform" = "Windows", and "Plagiarise"
> = "Innovate".
>
> Doubleplusbullshit!
Also think along the lines of "owing basic methods" = "everybody wins". This
is man's destrcution of its own culture, science, and betterment.
Commerce Secretary names Schramm to innovation panel
^^^^^^^^^^
,----[ Quote ]
| He will be part of a lineup that includes the Microsoft Corp. CEO
| Steve Ballmer, 3M CEO George Buckley, UPS Chairman and CEO Michael Eskew,
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano and Wal-Mart Stores Vice Chairman John
| Menzer.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/061206/1386414.html?.v=2
Big businesses boast of patent benefits, for small businesses
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| A report published by an EU task force on intellectual property claims
| that small businesses benefit from a patent system, despite lacking
| almost any participation by the small business community.
|
| Instead, the report, titled IPR (intellectual property rights) for
| competitiveness and innovation, was written up almost entirely by
| large corporations and the patent industry.
|
| [...]
|
| The report does note objections from the likes of patentfrei.de and
| Sun Microsystems, which were recorded at some length in the report.
| But this does not appear to have impacted the conclusion of the
| report in any way
|
| [...]
|
| Jean-Pierre Laisne, of ObjectWeb, an open source software community,
| said that he found the report useless: participants were told that
| all their contributions would be recorded but at the end only
| those of Business Software Alliance and Microsoft were used.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/99155/big-businesses-boast-of-patent-benefits-for-small-businesses.html
Ah! Don't you love the smell of corruption at night?
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~~ With kind regards
Roy S. Schestowitz | Run a Linux server, sit on your hands all day
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