Which is not what they always do. Microsoft got some nice fines from the EU, I think more than once even.
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Also executing an external GPL library/binary from a commercial product (no direct linking) is not in direct contradiction with GPL terms (although it's a gray area where most companies would probably not want to go).
Well, you could just return the original URL when it is already shortened and this way there is no new "state" to worry about.
And besides that how is the internet making poaching easier? You need somebody to physically and illegally hunt the creature (internet doesn't help here) and somebody to receive the creature through customs and some means of transportation (again the internet doesn't help here). So the only thing internet helps is faster searching and maybe paying for said creature. I doubt this was the most difficult thing before the internet came around.
The way I see it this brand site would be more interesting for the marketing/public relations department of a company that wants to see every discussion about them in one place and jump to the actual content where they want to reply, and not as interesting a page for other people outside the company.
Godin stated the exact thing that you say: "Instead of squandering it in a long, slow, death spiral, do something else. Buy a new platform. Move...."
What I understand Godin says is that if you cut costs you shouldn't do that just to keep the company afloat but to invest the money you "saved" in something new.
Just because the status quo is such it doesn't mean it is good and cannot be improved. I was searching for a quality LCD screen lately and I couldn't find a reasonable 8-bit screen at any shop, just 6-bit. I read a lot of reviews from seemingly professional sites and they all say the same thing: 8-bit MVA, PVA or IPS panel types are much much better than 6-bit TN at anything except price and maybe a bit of extra latency (not important for anyone except hardcore FPS gamers). The sad state of affairs is that all the reasonably priced 8-bit screens I wanted were out of stock for an unknown period of time at all shops (like the HP LP2475w) or out of production for good. It seems I'll have to pick the best of the worst and be happy just because everybody has the same.
When your product is theoretically a pro product aimed as such and is pretty expensive to begin with you expect the best quality out of all the components. I own a PowerBook Pro and this thing is amazing. More than 5 years old and and everthing works perfectly except some scratches on the metal surface due to drops from heights. The screen in it is the best I ever saw, even compared to new expensive Dells, HPs and others I saw at friends and colleagues. It will be a sad day when I have to change it with a MacBook Pro and the screen will be worse.
So when the guard says B is sure to die he is actually opening door number 2 to show no prize is there.
Before this event the odds of survival for each prisoner were 1/3, 1/3, 1/3.
The odds that the guard would choose prisoner B as the non-surviving one (dead that is) in case prisoner A/B/C is the surviving one are: 1/2, 0, 1.
That is if A was pardoned then the guard can chose either of B or C so the odds of pointing out B are 1/2. The odds of pointing out B as dead when he is pardoned are 0 and the odds of pointing out B as dead when C is pardoned are 1 (because he cannot indicate A as dead because the guard is not allowed to tell A about his own fate). Hence the final odds for each prisoner must add up to 1 so through proportionality they are 1/3, 0, 2/3.
So prisoner A didn't find out anything new about his chance of being the pardoned one.
All the stuff I read so far contains some magical descriptions by journalists who don't exactly know what they are talking about.
It's funny you should correct the way I wrote the country name. I know the proper name but I chose to write it like most English users would know it.