It makes sense. Both UPN and The WB were occupying the same niche from a programming perspective. If you take on the best shows from each, they could have a powerful network.

Our perspective is that competition should be allowed to flourish in a free market, and the issue of programming will take care of itself. In a competitive market, providers are going to listen to consumer wants and provide for them.

That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.

Companies try to be mean and tight from a staffing perspective,

When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks, they just planted grass. The next year, they came back and put the sidewalks where the trails were in the grass. Perl is just that kind of language. It is not designed from first principles. Perl is those sidewalks in the grass.

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