According to Donald Trump, bankruptcy “doesn’t matter.” I’m sure that it helps a bit for him to know that while his company will be going bankrupt and that hundreds of people invested in the company will lose lots of money, he still gets his 2 million a year plus other benefits. If I’m not mistaken, Trump has a book out about how to get rich. I wonder if it has a chapter on cheating people out of their investment money. Well it’s not any wonder that so many people resent “the rich,” when high-profile wealthy people like Trump give them reasons to.
Month: August 2004
Trading partners on TV
Here’s the latest from America’s denigrated culture mills: ABC and Fox see who can be the first to cheapen marriage even more on TV, by getting married couples to “trade” partners in a new “reality” show. This is reality?
Will free software kill shareware?
Will free software kill shareware? – As an independent developer who relies on intellectual property rights for a living, I am somewhat resistant to the “free software” movement, though I fully support the right of any programmer to decide how to license (or not license) his software. As the author of this article points out, “free software” has only become a player in the market because it is no longer run by “the little guys,” but pushed and funded by mega-corporations like IBM and Novell. A “little guy” (not in physcial presence, mind you) like myself needs to be able to charge for his work if he is going to earn a living doing what he is gifted to do. Will there be room for shareware if “free software” takes over the world? What will happen when people become used to getting software for free? The only thing that I know for certain is that a market that exists due to the abilities of mega-corporations like Novell or IBM to fund free software will not help “little guys” earn a living from their craft unless those “little guys” want to work for those companies. And as the author concludes his post:
“I wonder — if free software kills shareware, who is going to write all the truly useful applications?”
[Post updated on 8.29.04-1.17pm]
Kerry: Records? Did I want those?
Plot thickens after checking records:
“What could that more than 100 pages contain? Questions have been raised about President Bush’s drill attendance in the reserves, but Bush received his honorable discharge on schedule. Kerry, who should have been discharged from the Navy about the same time — July 1, 1972 — wasn’t given the discharge he has on his campaign Web site until July 13, 1978. What delayed the discharge for six years? This raises serious questions about Kerry’s performance while in the reserves that are far more potentially damaging than those raised against Bush. “
It just keeps getting worse and worse. By now, I am sure John Kerry is quite regretful of making his Vietnam service the centerpiece of his campaign. It’s as if Ted Kennedy launched a bid for president by extolling his virtuous behavior in Chappaquiddick.