That’s literally how think tanks work. Their paychecks come from Caltech not NASA. They answer to the board of governors not NASA. But you also seem to have forgotten the context of the original comment I was replying to.

How? My point was that management decisions regarding JPL don’t come from NASA. Misremembering the institution doesn’t negate the point I was making.

I misremembered, but my point still stands; the decision for layoffs, this being the third round in 18 months, didn’t come from the government it came from JPLs management which isn’t NASA.

If an app will work with both without needing to change its API then that counts even if it can’t use the new features.

AFAIK JPL is part of the University of California, not NASA and I’m pretty sure this isn’t the first round of layoffs at JPL in the last few years.

Edit: It’s Caltech. I misremembered.

Edit 2: People seem to not be understanding what I am saying so I will clarify: JPL - Founded in 1936. NASA - Founded in 1958.

While NASA is the primary sponsor of JPL today its management has always fallen to its original founder, Caltech. Both JPL and Caltech are considered Federal Contractors. The decision to lay people off was made by JPLs management and has nothing to do with the current government shutdown. This is the third round of layoffs at JPL in the last 18 months or so and is largely due to cuts and restructuring to planned missions like the Mars Sample Return.

In traditional versioning systems you only jump major versions if you break compatibility with previous versions. For instance Semantic Versioning.

If you are asking for real; Each side of the case has to give the other side access to what they plan to use as evidence during the case, as well as other documents that may be requested and deemed relevant by the court. This process is called ‘discovery’. The ‘material’ would be the physical data (digital or otherwise) being handed over.

This is what it’s really all about; everybody has rights, or no one does. There is no in between.

Honestly they seem to be carefully avoiding the places most likely to shoot back.

They already mentioned the slumber shitter 5000 how much easier do you want it than ‘not needed’???