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| 05 Jun 2004 |
Kiwis and Kiwi Fruit.... |
Actually, the Kiwi appellation is a marketing triu....
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| 22 May 2004 |
French Words/express.... |
+++I like to have sex with animals! Arrrgh! +++
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+++I'm currently reading Rick Chapman's in Search ....
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| 11 May 2004 |
Wanted: Article why .... |
+++Monopoly
Monopolistic Practices
and lastly, M....
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| 04 May 2004 |
MS offers Visual Bas.... |
AKA ODD LOT (NY)
AKA BIG LOTS (CA)
ODD LOT & ....
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+++What do you mean Local Job Lot?+++
A chain o....
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We all know Rick lives in his own little world - J....
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| 03 May 2004 |
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For those of you in the northeast, head over to yo....
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| 25 Apr 2004 |
Professional Courtes.... |
+++I feel that you acted in an unprofessional way,....
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| 23 Apr 2004 |
Product Marketing Ha.... |
+++Really? It seems to me at least 2 people mentio....
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+++I don't know much about marketing or sales, but....
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| 22 Apr 2004 |
freeware->sharewa.... |
+++Rick,
How come your book isn't available on ....
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Some discussions on this topic just appeared here:....
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Product Marketing Ha.... |
+++By the way, Rick, you don't have to answer *eve....
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+++Except those of us that did+++
Congratulatio....
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+++Boy, do you know your audience? +++
Yes. Th....
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I also bought the book based on Joel's recommendat....
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+++Respond to current and potential buyers' concer....
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+++Sad. Fix what's broken first. +++
Oh, please....
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+++Better yet, how about a PDF version of the book....
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+++What does that mean? Does that mean that the v....
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'I'm a bit upset '
Rick,
Does any part of yo....
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| 21 Apr 2004 |
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As the author, I can answer that question.
The ....
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Rick Chapman excerpt.... |
+++Rick, I think that you are getting the sharewar....
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| 20 Apr 2004 |
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+++I thought the difference between shareware and ....
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+++Do you think making video game for HandHelds (P....
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+++Rick, did you do the web design for aegis resou....
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+++I thought 'Try before you buy' method is based ....
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Sorry. 'Try before you buy.'
There's a glossary....
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+++I'm looking for tips & advice for successfully ....
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+++However, from the excerpts on the web site (I h....
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+++I have read all the excerpts and found the book....
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| 22 Feb 2004 |
Stupid errors in In .... |
+++Incidentally, if you wonder about programmers o....
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'Hi Rick. If I'm ever unlucky enough to come acro....
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+++I wonder if you are aware that the guy you are ....
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++substitute 'Citreon 2CV' or 'Volkswagen Beetle' ....
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+++Frankly, I feel pretty confident that the perso....
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Awww. Have I been too hard on the Kings of Code h....
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+++An author publishes excerpts from his book on h....
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rick, aren't you a successful marketeer and author....
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+++Is Chapman great at marketing or what?? +++
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+++This is totally false. +++
This is totally t....
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+++If you had bothered to read the earlier pos....
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+++To comment about the price of cars without cons....
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OK, Albert. While I've decided to not participate....
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| 25 Sep 2003 |
finding VARs? |
What type of product are you selling?
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| 23 Sep 2003 |
Open Source is the n.... |
+++I was reading through one of the never-ending '....
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Good News for Americ.... |
+++Now what, you wanna put the blame on Canada?+++....
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| 22 Sep 2003 |
Linux Profitability
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| 22 Sep 2003 |
Linux Profitability |
+++Hey, Joel!
How come anti-Windows trolls get ki....
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| 17 Sep 2003 |
chasm analysis for c.... |
+++rick, something about your tone is mildly off-p....
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+++Nothing new; new wine in old bottles!+++
Uh,....
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+++I honestly don't know - but I was wondering if ....
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++I'm wondering if the success examples you cited ....
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+++The market resistance you mentioned isn't 'cros....
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+++In other words, how do I triple my market share....
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Well, when selling a retail app, you would have to....
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+++a group that
refers to each other when making ....
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+++That's my take on the theory anyway. Wouldn't i....
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+++Still using city desk as an example, it is not ....
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+++Why is that, Rick? +++
First, you have to re....
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The 'chasm' model is not a good fit for retail/shr....
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How Secure? |
+++ To whom is this addressed to? +++
I like bi....
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+++ wonder what your intentions are when you post ....
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+++Rick,
I wonder what your intentions are when....
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| 16 Sep 2003 |
How Secure?
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| 16 Sep 2003 |
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+++rick, you are number 5 for the month in posting....
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+++Im betting I could pick your posts out of a tho....
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+++What I found amusing was your response+++
My....
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+++'Not really. This thread is now intellectually....
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Not really. This thread is now intellectually cor....
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+++Youve misunderstood my intent for this article,....
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+++As to web sites they *appear* to count each web....
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+++I have searched the web to find stupidity, and ....
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Youve misunderstood my intent for this article, it....
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I have searched the web to find stupidity, and hav....
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+++A response to this lamer *is* stupid.+++
Fac....
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+++Does this tell us anything besides the fact tha....
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+++I guess they are not counting blaster attacks +....
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| 14 Sep 2003 |
Conformity in platfo.... |
It is not a 'fact' of copyright law. You have no ....
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+++The GPL is only a copyright license you insuffe....
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| 13 Sep 2003 |
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+++Just wondering if you are surreptitiously gathe....
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+++you are wrong. about this as about many other ....
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| 12 Sep 2003 |
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+++I've said nothing about Linux except in relatio....
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+++That only works if I'm a monopoly. For those o....
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+++I write programs in Python. Python is open sou....
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+++the OSS world is not a two level game, where on....
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+++Because MS seems to make a lot rich people and ....
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+++I can think of scenarios to support either argu....
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+++ok, so it makes Mr Gates and all of his program....
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| 11 Sep 2003 |
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+++oh. My mistake.+++
Yes, but I forgive you. ....
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+++If I charge customers for *solutions*, then OSS....
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++++He already gave you the economic driver: progr....
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+++A study of (real) options theory may give you s....
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+++The MS model *made* people wealthy - it stopped....
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+++yes....could you give me the profit figures for....
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| 10 Sep 2003 |
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+++AFAIK there are no huge profits being made by a....
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+++??? because that would be genuinely stupid and ....
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a strong incentive to do what exactly?
You don....
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+++Thats what companies do, they hire employees wh....
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+++??? thats their name for the precompiled setup ....
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+++So far through myself and 2 others he has contr....
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+++'You can download it, but only for 179$'
wha....
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Let's take RedHat Enterprise Linux WS, the equival....
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If a shift in licensing is in the winds, then we s....
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+++One of the fundamental shifts in OSS is that co....
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+++In that case, your strategy is working perfectl....
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+++rick - you left your brain at home. Gnome and a....
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+++I really do not understand your fixation on mr ....
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+++interesting. I would have said there was a dec....
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+++ye gods. Isn't that the whole idea of capitali....
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> This thread, and the other one started by Rick, ....
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+++'Once you've implemented different layers and t....
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| 09 Sep 2003 |
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yes, it is :)
No it's not.
+++'and I have mu....
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+++Indeed, but its not the only reason they write.....
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+++actually it _is_ true and the amount earnt by w....
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+++'When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I....
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+++accepting money in exchange for writing is diff....
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+++I have yet to hear a convincing reason why anyo....
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+++In my experience people who write for the money....
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+++The economic reasons for an open source OS have....
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sounds a lot like the writers lifestyle to me.....
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+++I am not sure what this factoid is supposed to ....
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+++a bit off topic but there was a comment about t....
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+++Yes. The driving forces are economic, and have ....
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+++I really don't understand what you are all talk....
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+++Rick (or anyone else), let me ask you something....
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| 08 Sep 2003 |
Conformity in platforms
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| 04 Sep 2003 |
A Stupid Response |
+++The tricky thing that my competition might face....
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+++are you afraid that if you gave a straight answ....
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+++So what prevents something similar from happeni....
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| 03 Sep 2003 |
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+++'Geek Eye for the Straight Guy!'
First rule:....
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+++Awright, you took a swing at me, and now I've s....
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+++In a post above you said:
'If you wish to no....
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+++'Also, investigate carefully what Gateway is tr....
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+++which items were facts exactly?+++
I'm sorry....
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+++You've never watched the crowd at a MacWorld wh....
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| 02 Sep 2003 |
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+++'Not really disputable points.'
+++but thats....
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+++umm, what? ..no you haven't...+++
Ummm, uh,....
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+++'I really dont see how you can claim that a bus....
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+++I really dont see how you can claim that a busi....
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+++What would worry me more though is the decline ....
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| 01 Sep 2003 |
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+++It certainly does. OTOH your statement was tha....
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+++thats actually somewhat of a myth, theres an in....
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+++Do people buy Apples to decorate their apartmen....
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+++OTOH Im interested that you are comparing NT (h....
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(1) OSX (and mac classic in its day) _just works_
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| 29 Aug 2003 |
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+++absolutely not true (sorry).
The nice thing ab....
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+++Now, to return to the restauration analogy, us ....
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+++Is it the ones on soft*letter's list, or the on....
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+++Apple's only viable product in this market woul....
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+++Apple is now a 'lifestyle brand.' They are not ....
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+++Did you talk about what it was like in these co....
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| 28 Aug 2003 |
A Stupid Response
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| 28 Aug 2003 |
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+++The mistake is thinking Apple is a PC company. ....
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+++The most important thing to understand is that ....
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+++Red Hat's presence in the home desktop market i....
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+++I first need to know -- did you read that book?....
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+++I see no value in a Red Hat purchase. In fact,....
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+++If you think I am that dangerous for a company,....
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And you missed that 'rein' vs. 'reigns' mistake!
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+++Why bother buying Red Hat?+++
Biggest dog on....
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+++I hate to be a spelling nazi but godamn it real....
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+++About Apple, here's the way I brain it -- 3% hi....
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+++The problem is, I think, this book isn't really....
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+++First, let me apologize personally (and publica....
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The Windows margin might be 85%, the overal Micros....
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+++Two Words: Niche Market.
Expensive to compet....
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+++You seem to be a business guy, not a real techi....
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No problem.
1) IBM: $87,401,000,000
2) Sony: $....
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+++But this does not invalidate my point about you....
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+++If you publish another book, you will learn to ....
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In Search of... Poin.... |
+++I've read half of it, and I'm fighting an urge ....
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'I' and almost all of the rest of the footnotes us....
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| 07 Aug 2003 |
Search of Stupidity .... |
+++It's kind of ironic, because I'm working on a s....
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| 05 Aug 2003 |
Age discrimination in high tech
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| 05 Aug 2003 |
Age discrimination i.... |
+++That is the biggest pile of shit I've ever read....
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Joel: "you can't hav.... |
'No. They had a bit of detection code that sniffe....
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This is an interesting thread, with some spot on o....
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| 04 Aug 2003 |
Is the Amiga in Chap.... |
+++As for the Amiga, one problem was its image. PC....
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The Amiga is mentioned in the book, but while Comm....
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Search of Stupidity .... |
+++BLACK???? never. If it's black it doesn't look ....
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+++Not only that, but his other book (maybe he has....
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+++text that's red but isn't a link; +++
Uh, m....
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"...no software comp.... |
+++I think you guys are mis-reading Joel. He's not....
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| 26 Nov 2002 |
PR firms |
Go to www.softwaremarketsolution.com and read the ....
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