ComCast is already abusing their authority, to "obsolesce" their customer's own equipment so that the customer is forced to lease / buy ComCast's own equipment. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Technology] Reference
They used to call this "planned obsolesce" in the car business. From Wordnik.com. [John Mellencamp: On My Mind: The State of the Music Business] Reference
Ultimately, innovation is what allows an economy to grow quickly and create new jobs as old ones obsolesce and disappear. From Wordnik.com. [Terrance Heath: Chronic Unemployment: Crisis or "Correction"] Reference
Much of what we live with is made of materials that don't age; they just go on and on until they break or obsolesce or we get bored with them. From Wordnik.com. [WASN'T THE GRASS GREENER A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories]
A combination of encrypted identity-confederation services and escrow-based private contract-enforcement mechanisms will obsolesce government-based contract enforcement. From Wordnik.com. [Health and Taxes, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
And could you give a rough estimate of what the inventory obsolesce charge would have been in the fourth quarter, please?. From Wordnik.com. Reference
We got ahead of the weak trend in sales and did a good job aligning purchases with demand, which helped us avoid deep markdowns and obsolesce. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
It creates millions of dollars 'worth of obsolesce, write-downs and all sorts of inventory problems, because ERPs inherently are inefficient at doing that. From Wordnik.com. [SearchSAP: SAP news, tips and expert advice] Reference
Slide 13: Business Survival • To survive a business must produce items the public wants and needs • In order to prevent obsolesce (product no longer in use) a business must: - Take risks - Innovate - Adapt. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Do you have some reason to think though that the dollars spent today would go a heck of a lot further than the way you spent money way back then based on supposed yields and other methodologies that may be obsolesce. From Wordnik.com. [Biotech Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference
The vehicles don't hold up as well, not because they can't be designed to, but because "US car" companies spend too much time designing parts with planned obsolesce that is designed to last until the warranty expires. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Well inventory obsolesces reserve, I'll deal with that one first, that's a consistent accounting practice based on age and obsolesce of inventory so nothing really changed in this quarter against our historic patterns. From Wordnik.com. [Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference
Thereupon began a quarter-century of self-importance and earnestness, which has not ended even in the face of the profession becoming among the most unpopular in the nation and with many (if not most) of its outlets facing obsolesce and bankruptcy. From Wordnik.com. [the latest from teenvogue.com] Reference
Businesses choose hosted VoIP for many reasons: lower upfront fees, unlimited scalability up or down, mitigation of technology obsolesce, but for this article I want to focus on how hosted VoIP improves telecommunications continuity and brings profit opportunity to you, the channel partner. From Wordnik.com. [PHONE+ Site Wide Content Feed] Reference
And while consumer culture, planned obsolesce and design culture in general have benefited soundly from the creation, production and documentation of pretty things-the pursuit of pretty hasn't pushed the discipline of design into the tighter, less comfortable and ultimately more rigorous inquiries that outside forces (sustainability for example) are aligning to demand of us. From Wordnik.com. Reference
ComCast is already abusing their authority, to “obsolesce” their customer’s own equipment so that the customer is forced to lease/buy ComCast’s own equipment. From Wordnik.com. [Cable Industry to F.C.C.: Don’t Ask About Our Rates - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
What’s your answer to people who like having modules for their games, but may very shortly not be able to get them any longer because of WotC’s attempts to obsolesce the prior edition?. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Mearls Strangles Realism In D&D Like It’s An Unruly Hooker « Geek Related] Reference
Often they obsolesce before us. From Wordnik.com. [every poem wants something : Stephen Burt : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
Untangle's software-based approach also provides a superior defense to evolving Internet threats as it avoids obsolesce typically associated with hardware. ". From Wordnik.com. [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference
Therefore the government, PSUs and private players need to work together and interact in a more pragmatic and practical manner to achieve defence objectives, "he added. e further stressed on the need for the industry to brainstorm for technology identification in the backdrop of short shelf life and rapid obsolesce. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
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