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...brass is ex-Sun. Many of those same people, about 15 years ago, hatched a plan to use technology to radically transform the way people manage information. Much of what spun out of their efforts-Java, for one thing-has been powerful, but ultimately Sun's technology wasn't cheap or secure enough to really dent Microsoft, Stahlman says. ?For all the people involved, without a doubt, this is their big chance,? he says...
...name and logo on the side. Fidelity, if you want to recruit us, don’t give us the kind of pen we steal from Holiday Inn. You’re an investment firm. How good can you being at making money when your pen is a cheap piece of crapsmanship? You’ll face our wrath for eternity. (Unless you give us jobs...
Brunellos aren't cheap, but their glories can be worth a splurge. Some of the best from our taste test...
...wait, haven't we heard this story before? Does the phrase "water pill" ring a bell? Three years ago another big NIH study showed that a cheap, old-fashioned diuretic (a.k.a. water pill) worked better for most folks with high blood pressure than did costly, cutting-edge medications. (These included a calcium-channel blocker and an ACE inhibitor). Then there's the sad lesson of Vioxx and its ilk. That category of painkillers captured a $5 billion-a-year market on the celebrated promise that they were safer than older, cheaper analgesics like Tylenol or Advil. In this case...
...same year that Lenk (the sculptor, not the actor), was born, Hitler shut down the progressive Bauhaus art school, which sought to produce high-end but cheap functional architecture and consumer goods. For the next three months, the Busch-Reisinger’s collection of Bauhaus work will be featured in a special online-only display, “Extra Ordinary Every Day,” at artmuseums.harvard.edu...