divisions

GE, for example, has locomotive making divisions sharing a finance structure with MRI software divisions.

Except for the very top performers who end up protected, these are usually projects / divisions / etc.

That's multiple weight divisions, a huge difference in division based sports like most martial arts.

Is it really that different from the performance parts divisions of the major auto makers?

I don't see any terribly compelling reason why similar divisions couldn't be worked out for the copyright issue.

Old aristocracy managed to continue to exist in some form in some countries (the UK is great example of that) and the class divisions didn't disappear, but turned into something slightly different.

Using your own software for development is one thing, but building a production SaaS by mooching off other divisions probably isn't sustainable.

National divisions are silly when seen in the context of the vastness of space.

But Sony is in trouble because all their divisions are losing money and right now the PlayStation division is the least worst.

Not to shoot the messenger, but it annoys me when these things are viewed through the lens of artificial divisions such as nations.

It might be fine for a while, but that one mistake could lead to compounding errors in future cell divisions, eventually leading to cancer.

The one that was bought by Nokia A lot of divisions sold and/or shutdown I'm not googling it for you though.

Except that it is expressly illegal and finance is required by law to maintain "glass wall" between certain divisions and control the flow of information.

I.e., the CEO could say "what if X happens", run the global system, and he would see the combined impact of X across ALL divisions.

I've seen those "abs(fp_number)<some_tiny_value" in front of divisions, because people fear that the division will "blow up" in some way if a zero or sufficiently small number is passed to it.

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