Relief Pitch for Eli Lilly

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Web firms pitch in for tsunami relief

Web firms pitch in for tsunami relief 12/30/2004 08:07 PM
Online companies lend bandwidth to efforts to help out in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami.

Is Lilly About to Bloom?

Is Lilly About to Bloom? 04/18/2005 02:43 PM
Two new diabetes products could add a little punch to this drugmaker's top line.

A Monster Drug for Lilly?

A Monster Drug for Lilly? 06/30/2004 11:27 AM
The drug giant files NDA for its experimental new drug for diabetics.

Eli Lilly Turns to Japan

Eli Lilly Turns to Japan 03/24/2005 02:40 PM
The company's move to focus more resources on Japan makes good sense.

Elan Teams Up With Lilly

Elan Teams Up With Lilly 06/14/2004 02:49 PM
The companies' manufacturing agreement may be more of a positive sign for Eli Lilly than it is for Elan.

Fluffy Bunnies and Lilly pads

Fluffy Bunnies and Lilly pads 05/22/2004 08:21 AM

Lilly pads in the Helsinki Botanical Garden taken on XP2 film.

Well, the blogosphere experienced a collective slashdot moment over the past week with the sound and the fury over the news that the MovableType software decided to change licenses and pricing. While I read quite a lot more than I probably should have, I wasn't going to mention it here at all except that I think there are some valid concerns being drowned out by the angry rhetoric out there that resembles a playground where the popular kids still call the shots with the only discernable difference being that now they want far more than your lunch money. Amidst all the rage and rebuttals there are some older and calmer voices who have some interesting and intelligent things to say.

Perhaps the most surprising person to discuss the MT licensing switch is Alan Burlison. Alan is the British version of Jarkko as he is taciturn and shrewd with his opinions, particularly with technology. Alan's no freeloader as he has been an active perl developer for quite a few years, is largely responsible for all the perl in Solaris and helped CPAN get 3 free enterprise class systems from Sun for the CPAN search engine and other sites. He took particular notice of and offense to the original source being pulled from the 6A sites and the poorly written license. Phi l Ringnalda also takes apart the license and this blog does the economics of the backlash. Shelley also has a heartfelt rant which, in spite of the vitriolic tone, is spot on. Licensing and copyright probably make my eyes glaze over faster than Dan Sugalski talking about the innards of the VMS kernel. There's nothing like getting an email from RMS over your morning coffee trying to stir the pot about licenses and the lack thereof on CPAN. It's not a great way to kick of your morning but, in the end, licenses and copyright in a litigation happy society do matter quite a lot, even if you think that there's no possible way to enforce them.

In an age where quite a few open source projects have made a profitable business out of offering service, support, consulting and training for their software, TypePad made, and still makes, a lot of sense in the 'everybody has got to eat' mantra that seems to be the most popular defense of the MT announcement. There is also corporate licensing of the software. I doubt anyone is actually going to starve at 6A, especially in America, so that's a bit of a red herring. So, too, is the argument that we're all a bunch of freeloaders. A lot of us are involved in open source in one form or another and have given our time freely to projects without compensation in the form of cash. Many of us are not zealots in the service of RMS or the FSF and actually buy software and shareware on a regular basis. We're a bunch of people who liked the software enough at one point to use it, continue to use it, donate a little money and now find all that good will replaced by a positively awful license and a fee schedule that seems all about screwing the very people who put them on the map to begin with.

In the end, it's just software that we can choose to use or not use, this is the one true shining light in the sea of words spawned by this whole debacle. However, it's rather galling when some call the reaction 'childish'. A lot of the opinions defending 6A against the onslaught sound eerily like the 'you're either with us or against us' anti-terrorism chant. We're not against them, but people tend to react negetively when they feel like they're being given only one option, one that is radically different than the one expected. I started using MT because Nat Torkington said he liked it and because the server I have my blog on also hosts a number of CPAN websites which already had mod_perl[obviously :)] but I didn't really want to wedge mod_php into it. Sure, I read the license and I lived with the 'free enough' attitude since it was reasonable to assume that they'd go the same way as a few of our friends have who are making 6 figures a year by selling training and support for their perl products. It comes down to a few sticking points that lead a thinking person to believe that there are parts to this story that we're still missing.

• What happened to the 2.6X source code? If we're all still welcome to continue using it for free, where is it? A new user who wants to install MT today will be forced to use MT3 which is still a development version.
• More than a few developers and coders on the beta test of MT3 have quietly registered a feeling of betrayal since they weren't informed of the license update any sooner than the rest of us. I don't know whether to think of that as an implication of sneaky doings behind the scenes or just a continuing pattern of infrequent communication.
• Aside from minor improvements in spam management, MT3's only new feature would appear to be the license which, after more than a year of promising the addition of some of the typepad features, is a huge disappointment.

These 3 things are primarily what is driving a lot of the discontent which put 6A into a reactive instead of proactive stance. Perhaps we should think that they do need the money to eat since I'd really like to believe that the license wasn't written by or checked by a practising copyright lawyer. But how could a company of smart people bungle this so incredibly badly? I mean, the Aw shucks, gee whiz kind of explanation is endearing like a fuzzy bunny, but if we're going to cough up $150 for a bit of software shouldn't we expect something a lot more polished and professional? When you ask people for $150 for your software and give them a license it's no longer about friends and fuzzy bunnies, it's a binding contract that deserves a lot more care and respect than it seems to be getting. It's a tough way to learn that it's essential to hire business professionals. Programmers always like to think they can be sysadmins, too. Well, at least until the system melts down at 4am and they've no clue what to do. Programmers always like to learn things the hard way I think.

Watching and waiting to see what happens is a good plan, but the WordPress application is really generating a lot of enthusiasm. There have been dozens more well done posts around the net about transitioning to another software package, PhotoMatt seems to be doing a fine job of rounding up many of them, including an amazing WordPress blog in Hindi. There's also a nicely done Blog software breakdown for people wanting to comparison shop. I'm going to wait another week or three and see what problems other people encounter and then move to WordPress, even if it is PHP. If it turns out that I wind up using WP, I'll even donate $150 to the project just on principle.

Lilly Said to Know of Prozac Risk in
'80s (AP)

Lilly Said to Know of Prozac Risk in
'80s (AP) 12/31/2004 08:43 PM
AP - A British medical journal said Friday it had given U.S. regulators confidential drug company documents suggesting a link between the popular anti-depressant Prozac and a heightened risk of suicide attempts and violence.

vichaar.org - Thought-provoking insights
on India - - A list of relief efforts in
India for tidal wave relief

vichaar.org - Thought-provoking insights
on India - - A list of relief efforts in
India for tidal wave relief 12/28/2004 01:18 PM
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Schaeffer's Daily Market Blog Features
Hot Topic, General Electric, General
Motors, Eli Lilly, Apple Computer

Schaeffer's Daily Market Blog Features
Hot Topic, General Electric, General
Motors, Eli Lilly, Apple Computer 04/15/2005 06:51 PM
Business Wire UK Apr 15 2005 11:04PM GMT

The Pitch

The Pitch 09/19/2004 08:03 AM
I got a msg from the Bush campaign (I'm a member of GOP TeamLeader) touting an HBO movie, 9 Innings from Ground Zero. The msg links to a clip about Bush throwing out the first pitch. In it, W lets us know the pressure on him not to "bounce" it. I can see why the Republicans are circulating it. It's a good piece of tape, in a patriotic-cum-Riefenstahl sense. And, on the other hand, it's maybe the most absurd reduction of a serious issue I have ever seen. You want to see American political cynicism at its worst? This is...

"Fever Pitch"

"Fever Pitch" 04/08/2005 09:28 AM
Jimmy Fallon and the ever-luminous Drew Barrymore bunt their way through this Farrelly brothers ode to baseball.

3D Pitch Deluxe 2.3

3D Pitch Deluxe 2.3 02/19/2004 12:00 AM
Pitch card game with Internet play, interactive on-screen opponents, voice control.

Understanding Dot Pitch

Understanding Dot Pitch 07/22/2004 08:14 PM
WebDevInfo Jul 22 2004 11:08PM GMT

Did Apple pitch a fit?

Did Apple pitch a fit? 03/17/2005 03:19 AM
GoogleX : Homage, lat e night idea or somethi ng more? (via a comment @ Mofi)

Offshoring where do we go next and my
run in with a pitch man

Offshoring where do we go next and my
run in with a pitch man 07/07/2004 07:21 PM

I felt really sorry for the guy that called the office last week. I get the holler from across the hallway hey some guy wants to talk to you about offshoring wanna take it? Hmmmmmmm those of you that have been reading here for awhile know my stance on offshoring. (When Hell freezes over) So I take the guys call. The least he could have done is called me via a real land-line instead I get the common static buzz of a net based call. We talk for about 30 minutes while I pick the guys brain nothing really brain shattering came out of the discussion.

He ask to send me some info and I say sure, I would be happy to look at their promotion material. A week later what finally shows up in my inbox, his pitch material curious read to say the least. Call me traditional, "Made in the USA" and "Support Stays in the USA". If any of you would like a copy of what they sent me drop me a line, I'll forward it to you. Companies are now weighing the backlash of their customers before offshoring some say it makes up at least 50% of the decision level process. [ZDNet]

MIDI-Pitch-0.3

MIDI-Pitch-0.3 04/10/2005 08:47 PM

MIDI-Pitch-0.2

MIDI-Pitch-0.2 04/10/2005 08:47 PM

how not to pitch a bl0gger

how not to pitch a bl0gger 08/27/2004 02:15 PM
i got these emails, and a couple more from the same list, and felt the same way

+8% pitch & tempo

+8% pitch & tempo 12/31/2003 02:39 AM
Morrissey is Debbie Harry at +8% pitch & tempo (MP3). More high-pitched artists here. More about Morrissey here)

Skip the pitch

Skip the pitch 12/28/2004 09:12 AM

Jim Grizanzio, OpenSolaris Community Manager: "I spent nine painful years pitching messages in PR. But I'm out now, and I have a different perspective. Why must everything be a pitch to deliver a message no one believes? And why pitch bloggers? Why perpetuate the bad PR that the PR industry so richly deserves? Why not simply read blogs to understand the issues and the communities trying to interact with a company. And why not simply blog right along with those communities and join the conversation? In other words, skip the pitch."

Jim is commenting on Fortune Magazine's recent article Why There's No Escaping The Blog.

Near-Perfect Pitch (Forbes.com)

Near-Perfect Pitch (Forbes.com) 06/30/2004 12:35 PM
Forbes.com - Victor Grillo Jr. has been selling gadgets on television for 15 years, though you probably couldn't pick him out of a lineup. If you watch late-night TV you certainly know the products he's introduced, including the Ginsu 2000 knife (20 million units sold, says the 38-year-old Bostonian), the Buttoneer, Liquid Leather and Triple Edge Wiper Blades. He also claims to have unveiled the first national prepaid cell phones. Grillo has been content to stay behind the camera, buying and tracking media, producing TV commercials and organizing fulfillment operations. "Too fat," he says. ...

Sun makes financial pitch

Sun makes financial pitch 09/21/2004 02:19 PM
The server maker plans to hold a series of technical workshops geared for developers that work at financial institutions.

Red Sox fan site has fresh pitch

Red Sox fan site has fresh pitch 04/11/2005 05:46 PM
ZDNet Apr 11 2005 9:53PM GMT

Sun's identity pitch

Sun's identity pitch 12/16/2003 12:30 PM
At SunNetwork 2003 back in September, Jonathan Schwartz made the case that the Java card is the most strategic piece of Sun's whole technology stack. Actually, I'd say per-employee pricing is the real strategic innovation. But I've always hoped to see movement on the identity card front, so this clip, in which Schwartz stresses something I've been harping on for years, got my attention:

Java card support will be built into the desktop that we offer. It is the fundamental way we will help people to understand that if there were a menu item in your mail app that said, 'Show only mail from people that have been strongly authenticated,' then spam would disappear. 'Show me only content that has been strongly authenticated,' viruses would disappear.

...

XTech, Time to Pitch In

XTech, Time to Pitch In 01/05/2005 02:04 PM
This is the big European summer XML event; the call for papers is closing in a couple days. Edd Dumbill, the chair, tells me that the submissions are excellent on the server side but there’s room on the client side, so all you XULoids and .NET-hacks and SVGers and XFormlings, get with it. Lauren and I are going to try to go (haven’t been to Amsterdam in ages); I’m particularly interested by the Open Data track, which sounds like something new in the world.

Father, Son Pitch No-Hitters on Same Day
(AP)

Father, Son Pitch No-Hitters on Same Day
(AP) 04/28/2004 07:27 AM
AP - It seemed all too familiar when Mike Rickert pitched a no-hitter for Bowler High School.

The Pitch Drop Experiment

The Pitch Drop Experiment 09/17/2004 12:58 AM
a page about a 72-year-old experiment on the fluidity of pitch .. one of the most viscous fluids known .. liquid .. MORE

physics.uq.edu.au/pitchdrop/pitchdrop.shtml
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Microsoft needs better sales pitch

Microsoft needs better sales pitch 07/08/2004 03:30 PM
osOpinion Jul 8 2004 7:55PM GMT

collaborated on a pitch to Paramount

collaborated on a pitch to Paramount 06/22/2004 04:37 AM
Sci Fi Wire .. don't do it .. details

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Are You Paying Attention To This Sales
Pitch?

Are You Paying Attention To This Sales
Pitch? 09/17/2004 08:13 PM
A good presenter knows how to adjust their presentation when the audience's body language shows they're not so interested in what's being pitched. However, with more and more people doing presentations over the internet, it's tougher to read that "body language." Webex thinks they have a solution. They're adding a feature to alert a presenter if a viewer isn't paying attention. So, if the person viewing the presentation has switched to another app (email? solitaire?) the presenter will know they better spice up the presentation quickly. This could be a pretty useful feature, though some might not think so if they're caught snoozing. A smart sales presenter, of course, wouldn't reveal that he or she knows the prospect's attention had shifted, but not everyone is that smart. Update: A reporter at InfoWorld notes one of the problems with this approach. As Webex demonstrated the system for her, she swit ched to a word processor to take notes -- immediately alerting Webex that she wasn't paying attention.

SportsLine Catches Viacom's Pitch

SportsLine Catches Viacom's Pitch 08/02/2004 03:55 PM
The two companies continue their successful relationship by agreeing to a $46 million deal.

Jamcracker refashions its software pitch

Jamcracker refashions its software pitch 07/23/2004 09:31 AM
Its dot-com glory days well behind it, the company is taking a new tack with its older message of software as a service.

Manugistics Poses New Pitch to IT Buyers

Manugistics Poses New Pitch to IT Buyers 04/18/2005 06:55 PM
With a new CEO in place since last July, the supply chain vendor has adopted a new approach geared to fending off ERP giants and niche competitors alike.

Cisco, Sprint Pitch IP Platform

Cisco, Sprint Pitch IP Platform 11/11/2003 06:58 AM
SiliconValley.Internet.com Nov 11 2003 6:29AM ET

Briefly: Sun makes financial pitch

Briefly: Sun makes financial pitch 09/21/2004 02:46 PM
roundup Plus: PeopleSoft-Oracle trial delayed...IBM, Boeing team up for defense work...TI touts combo chip with VoIP, Wi-Fi...ContextWeb nabs $3 million.

Locusts eat football pitch (Reuters)

Locusts eat football pitch (Reuters) 08/04/2004 08:40 PM
Reuters - A massive locust swarm swept into the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, devouring trees, bushes and parts of the city's main soccer pitch, residents say.

We're reaching fever pitch on Doom III

We're reaching fever pitch on Doom III 07/30/2004 10:42 PM

Macromedia expands J2EE pitch

Macromedia expands J2EE pitch 08/23/2004 02:46 AM
CNET News.com Aug 23 2004 7:00AM GMT

Bloggers Pitch Fits Over Glitches

Bloggers Pitch Fits Over Glitches 04/07/2005 05:02 AM
Technical troubles slam Google's blogging site. The problem is, Blogger is a lot like a public utility, and when it goes down, so does discourse on much of the blogosphere. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.
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