markbarrington

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by markbarrington 9y ago
The main argument against the current net neutrality laws is that they are unnecessary legislation and that government should only intervene with rules when some harm has been shown. The internet worked just fine with respect to ISPs not fa
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by markbarrington 9y ago
It’s hard to give concrete answers without understandimg the business context but here are a couple of ideas to think about 1/ If you can’t scope work yet propose a discovery phase in which you’ll do whatever you think is needed to get
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by markbarrington 9y ago
Is there a programmer who has had more impact over a career than Linus Torvalds?
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by markbarrington 10y ago
If you signed an NDA with the company (not the founder personally) then it is probable that spreading the information within the company is fine.
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by markbarrington 11y ago
Try this. Keep a log for one week of why they are calling. Then find a way for them to self serve the top 3 reasons for calling. Product info. Update your FAQ. Order status. Provide a web update or email update. Project Status. Provide a we
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by markbarrington 11y ago
Many companies where I have worked typically ask potential suppliers to sign NDAs because they don't want details of future product plans either being made public or, more likely, discussed in the industry.
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by markbarrington 11y ago
There is a patchwork of law and regulations that all need to be aligned to allow internet streaming of broadcasts. Copyright Office regulations, FCC regulations and the Communications Act. Today they (a) are not all aligned and (b) need int
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by markbarrington 11y ago
Of particular interest in this case, a cable company owns it's own infrastructure to transmit programming. A streaming video service over the public internet does not. Previous attempts to get the same ruling have failed on this differ