In his recent article, John Dvorak, PC World columnist at large went hog wild with the bad assumptions and wrote a codger piece about the computer industry. What's a codger piece? That's where some aging pundit starts saying "Back in my day..."
You all have no doubt heard of the heartbreaking case of Terri Schiavo.
13 years ago Terri had a heart attack that kept her brain without oxygen long enough that once they were able to resucitate her, she was permanently brain-damaged.
Since that horrific day, her husband Michael has been taking care of her while coming to grips with the reality of losing a loved one. For the first few years, he fought to have her kept on life-support, and to try rehabilitation, but has since asked to have her feeding tube removed, and to let her die. He contends that his wife's wish was to not be on life-support, that they had a discussion about it one night after watching a movie, but neither thought it important enough to create a living will. Her parents say otherwise, and want her kept alive.
Unable to resolve this monumental difference between themselves, they went to the courts. The media picked up the story from there and this has quickly blown into a full-fledged circus. People around the world are now in such an uproar about this that the Florida legislature passed a bill giving the governor, Jeb Bush, the ability to order her feeding tube restored, which it was, which brings us back to debating the ethics of the dilema before anything is done, instead of after the fact.
I was recently introduced to the notion of source code escrow. The short definition is this:
A company that you partner with provides you with the source code for their products in escrow, meaning you have access to it provided one of a couple of things happens, for example, the company goes out of business, or they fail to provide an adequate level of support, or stop supporting a produc that you're still using.
And this got me wondering, why doesn't Microsoft provide their code in Escrow?
Carl Weathers Announces Candidacy For Louisiana Gov.
Sat Oct. 11, 2003 11:24 AM ET
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Former professional football player and movie star Carl Weathers has announced that he will start campaigning for the role of Louisiana Governor, hoping to oust current governor M.J. Foster Jr.
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| Carl Weathers with friend and campaign manager Irvin Winkler |
On hand for the announcement was Candidate Weather’s good friends Irvin Winkler and Sly Stallone. Mr. Stallone had only good things to say about his friend, and his chances for governor. “He’s got a good head on his shoulders, and he’s very inspiring, like his character in ‘Happy Gilmore’”.
The current governor of Louisiana could not be reached for comment.
