Post #19,107
11/21/01 11:16:31 AM
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McDonalds is hero for the day
Mickie D's 1, UCITA 0
[link|http://www.idg.net/ic_732794_1794_9-10000.html|[link|http://www.idg.net/ic_732794_1794_9-10000.html|http://www.idg.net/...9-10000.html]]
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Post #19,175
11/21/01 5:48:31 PM
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Maccas gets it right? fbog. Inadvertant, surely :)
On and on and on and on,
and on and on and on goes John.
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Post #19,180
11/21/01 6:17:38 PM
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*That* got a response from me
Haven't been in a Mickey D's for over ten years, but blow me down the company's showing some backbone and doing the right thing. Very strong kudos from me.
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What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?
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Post #19,184
11/21/01 6:45:33 PM
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Ahh... a little News to be Thankful for, for a change.
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Post #19,210
11/22/01 8:47:17 AM
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Small nit
Article didn't mention what company they were fighting with.
Me, just out of anti-UCITA curiosity, I want to know.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #19,223
11/22/01 7:33:42 PM
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Yes, I wondered that, too.
Though the article hints at the company in question being based in Maryland...
Wade.
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
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Post #19,240
11/22/01 10:56:11 PM
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Not the company, the contract terms
UCITA's been passed in only a very few states, notably Maryland and Virginia, Virginia being the first (and home to AOL). The contract law being applied was Maryland law. This doesn't say much if anything about the parties involved.
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What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?
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Post #19,242
11/22/01 11:50:10 PM
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But could apply a Maryland law...
... if neither company was based in Maryland?
Wade.
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
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Post #19,244
11/23/01 2:46:43 AM
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Yes
The contract need only say it's governed by the laws of the state of Maryland. This is done all the time.
Also, since Maryland law offers little protection for stockholders rights, vast numbers of companies are set up as Maryland corporations.
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Post #19,254
11/23/01 1:13:45 PM
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Hmmm.. What ever happened to Delaware?
I thougth that was the perfect Repo-State, considering ordinary humans as chattel (mostly) and Corps as - welcome pillagers?
Did Maryland supersede Delaware as lawyers' fav haven from quid pro quo?
A.
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Post #19,282
11/24/01 5:18:03 AM
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No I think Delaware still leads.
When you're one of those tiny states you can walk across in an afternoon, you have to do something for income, and taxing steel mills is probably not practical. Maryland's just horning in on Deleware's business and passing UCITA is probably conciously part of that.
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Post #19,215
11/22/01 10:31:06 AM
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Link from that page goes to...
[link|http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO65548,00.html|this article], about the posterior presentation the DOJ gave to MSFT. Quite damning, in fact.
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Post #19,237
11/22/01 9:32:56 PM
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grinding teeth
Now you're getting me hot under the collar again, which is an accomplishment given that I am not wearing any collars and my hot water heater seems to have given up the ghost.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
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