Feisty and combative, Mr. Gates says he finds I.B.M.'s software unimpressive -- a patchwork of programming projects, not as coherent or as integrated as Microsoft's competing offerings.
For now, a patchwork of local fund-raising projects is seeking to replace some of the lost federal money.
Employers are increasingly relying on a patchwork of contractors, freelancers, and project-based workers.
St. Peter's, in Chelsea, ministers to a neighborhood with what has been called a patchwork of town houses, tenements, factories, and housing projects.
And in California, one of a few states that has had investment under PACE, observers say, a patchwork of rules across cities has discouraged investors from financing projects statewide.
DETAILS The Riviera Nayarit area north of Puerto Vallarta has been booming in recent years, as numerous resort and residential projects turn stretches of the coastline into a patchwork of golf courses, resort towers and luxury villas.
This led to endless legal battles, created a patchwork of state rules and, more ominously, opened the way for new logging projects in several states.
Aiming to substitute for a patchwork of business applications – like Salesforce, ACT! and Quickbooks – the platform includes modules for CRM, sales, projects, purchasing, inventory and accounting.
A patchwork of plastic bags balloons in Austria for the latest iteration of Tomás Saraceno's Becoming Aerosolar project.
We're a patchwork of small towns".
