On Jan 11, 2006, at 23:50, Graham wrote:
I've rarely seen this explained so succintly, a definite addition
to my quote file.
Thanks
Thanks, Graham. I have turned it into a blog posting[1] so I can
find it again when I need it.
S.
[1] http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/webmink?entry=f
On Monday 09 January 2006 11:41 pm, DC Parris wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I am responding to an article that claims Microsoft invests $50b/year in
> R&D - as if the libre software community doesn't invest in R&D. I believe
> it does. Can the OOo team help me quantify what gets invested in R&D? I
> a
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Alex Fisher wrote:
[snip]
They spend it on research and development for sure... Researching the market,
and developing their marketing ploys, researching their competitors patent
portfolio, and developing their own The term "Research and Development"
can mean anything you
Simon Phipps wrote:
I was with you at the beginning of that, Don, but I'm surprised to
hear you saying "free R&D" given what you've written on LXer
recently. It's not free/gratis. It costs every one of us time, many
of us money as well. As the cost of the R & D is not bourne by a
single
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:00, Lars D. Noodén wrote:
> Another route would be to question the basis of MS' claims for investing
> $50 bn in R&D. After all, what are the visible results, we'd expect some
> results, right?
>
> I am fairly skeptical that far from the full amount is actually used for
> re
Another route would be to question the basis of MS' claims for investing
$50 bn in R&D. After all, what are the visible results, we'd expect some
results, right?
I am fairly skeptical that far from the full amount is actually used for
research or development. One reason for this skepticism i
On Tue, January 10, 2006 21:37, Simon Phipps wrote:
>
> On Jan 11, 2006, at 02:24, Steven Shelton wrote:
>
>> Simon Phipps wrote:
>>> I was with you at the beginning of that, Don, but I'm surprised to
>>> hear you saying "free R&D" given what you've written on LXer
>>> recently. It's not free/grat
On Tue, January 10, 2006 20:18, Simon Phipps wrote:
>
> On Jan 10, 2006, at 22:37, DC Parris wrote:
>
>> On Tue, January 10, 2006 13:42, John McCreesh wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 23:41 -0500, DC Parris wrote:
Greetings!
I am responding to an article that claims Microsoft invests
Hi Don,
DC Parris wrote:
Greetings!
I am responding to an article that claims Microsoft invests $50b/year in
R&D - as if the libre software community doesn't invest in R&D. I believe
it does. Can the OOo team help me quantify what gets invested in R&D? I
am also contacting some other major p
Simon Phipps wrote:
I was with you at the beginning of that, Don, but I'm surprised to
hear you saying "free R&D" given what you've written on LXer recently.
It's not free/gratis. It costs every one of us time, many of us money
as well. As the cost of the R & D is not bourne by a single entity,
On Jan 11, 2006, at 02:24, Steven Shelton wrote:
Simon Phipps wrote:
I was with you at the beginning of that, Don, but I'm surprised to
hear you saying "free R&D" given what you've written on LXer
recently. It's not free/gratis. It costs every one of us time,
many of us money as well. As
On Tue, January 10, 2006 13:42, John McCreesh wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 23:41 -0500, DC Parris wrote:
>> Greetings!
>>
>> I am responding to an article that claims Microsoft invests $50b/year in
>> R&D - as if the libre software community doesn't invest in R&D. I
>> believe
>> it does. Can t
On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 23:41 -0500, DC Parris wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I am responding to an article that claims Microsoft invests $50b/year in
> R&D - as if the libre software community doesn't invest in R&D. I believe
> it does. Can the OOo team help me quantify what gets invested in R&D? I
> a
Hello Don,
DC Parris wrote:
>Greetings!
>
>I am responding to an article that claims Microsoft invests $50b/year in
>R&D - as if the libre software community doesn't invest in R&D. I believe
>it does. Can the OOo team help me quantify what gets invested in R&D? I
>am also contacting some other
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