Red Hat watched its stock tumble 6.4% on Thursday as Wall Street digested the open-source software firm's latest results and details on the drag its recent JBoss acquisition will have on its profit this year.
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Member since:2006-02-15
> Ah. Now I see where your confusion is coming
> from. That's not R&D, that's requirements analysis.
That is R&D
Hmm... I used to be in charge of operating systems R&D for a Fortune 50 company, and I can state that we never did anything at all like what you think is R&D.
I know Dennis Ritchie from the old days, and most of the people who developed Research Edition Unix, and I can guarentee that none of what they did hit your definition of R&D.
Likewise for McKusick and the rest of the folks from UC Berkeley who did the R&D that created BSD.
Actually, I doubt you'll find anyone, anywhere, who'll agree to your definition of R&D.
If you want to speak a private language, by all means go ahead, but don't expect to communicate in it.
Member since:2005-10-08
> Hmm... I used to be in charge of operating systems R&D for a Fortune
> 50 company.
Anyone can claim to be whoever they want on the Internet. And claim to know whoever they want. Thee vast majority of them are not telling the truth when they make such claims, as I am sure you know. Which is why it is basically useless to make such claims on the Internet. It actually reduces your credibility rather than enhances it.
Member since:
2005-10-08
> Ah. Now I see where your confusion is coming
> from. That's not R&D, that's requirements analysis.
That is R&D