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Reagan Cardwell — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:31:02 -0400

Yeah, it's bad. But, whether it's bad or not, Microsoft isn't going to collapse over it. They're too rich and too entrenched -- they have income from too many sources, for that to happen. Even if they lost 50% DT OS marketshare, they wouldn't collapse. Maybe they would if they were a smaller company, without any business savvy. It might make them somewhat less relevant in the desktop operating system market -- but, that could actually be a good thing. The 800 pound gorilla could stand to lose some weight. It's become fat and lazy.

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Reagan Cardwell — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:17:01 -0400

I think it was J.C. Watts (or perhaps he was quoting someone) that said: "A person's character is determined by the things he does when no one is watching." I agree with that statement. I would add that any leader that is so corrupt, is of so poor character that they shouldn't be considered great, or a leader at all -- just someone who happened to be in a position of power and control. The reasons for corruption are undoubtedly many, but one would have to be a lack of good strong role models -- which creates a vicious circle, one in which our society currently seems to be caught up.

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Reagan Cardwell — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:31:17 -0400

Innovation is fueled by new ideas. Whether those ideas were stolen or not, is actually irrelevant to the concept of innovation. Whether the innovation is incremental or a seachange is also irrelevant. Even a small, incremental innovation is still an innovation, even if it was someone else's idea. However, if you've stolen some else's idea in order to implement an innovation, you're not an innovator -- that title belongs to the person who originated the idea that you've implemented.