From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 17 20:07:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7CB8106564A for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:07:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy2-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy2-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.39.60]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1FD0D8FC0C for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:07:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 2600 invoked by uid 0); 17 Mar 2011 20:07:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 17 Mar 2011 20:07:02 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=JZ199p3D88hlDkDSvU1I4aL4HuGP6SrrnwiC22s7ulCAbsZOqyQVA2M6DTE9u6lZZSguXSwi6R0cQo2hrb2qTiH+v5GHSpRnRTut2LHKotX+zPaG85X5miTo4XCU73op; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q0JTI-0007ie-Jh for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:07:01 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:55:20 -0600 Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:55:20 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110317195520.GA15450@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20110307170014.GB65289@guilt.hydra> <4D7FE8E1.90600@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20110315203753.55f1ec3b@scorpio> <20110316004351.GA6614@guilt.hydra> <20110316180938.GA10333@guilt.hydra> <4D815D0A.8050404@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20110317174650.GC85969@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110317174650.GC85969@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: HAL must die! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:07:04 -0000 --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:46:50AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth David Brodbeck on Thursday, 17 March 2011: > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Da Rock > > wrote: > > > > > > Except a private company. > >=20 > > Yeah, but most private software companies are trying to get bought > > out by one of the big guys, in which case a good patent portfolio is > > helpful. I remember hearing about one company in the 90s that > > actually had "be acquired by Microsoft" as part of their long-term > > business plan. >=20 > Nowadays it's "be acquired by Google." Requires less of a patent > portfolio, and more creative energy. That's probably because Google wants to acquire the talent behind the startup, while Microsoft mostly just wants to, as simply as possible, do one of two things: 1. Diversify its business interests by buying something in a niche where Microsoft is not yet dominant. 2. Kill an up-and-coming competitor. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk2CZygACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXd1gCgsjnrPfXXx3coENY+swukLkja IiQAnR9Za2j5mY9iS5R8LAsZB2UH1yBk =PcaA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+--