But Mr McNealy, who was one of four co-founders of the company in 1982 and became chief executive at the age of 29, insisted on a complete, proprietary Sun "solution" based around Sun's own processor chips (called Sparc) and operating-system software (called Solaris).
Such ligand-based computational models in turn could then be used for searching additional libraries of compounds (e.g. pharma companies might even implement this on their complete proprietary screening collections and share the results).
It buzzes with 35 full-time staff members — Wharton's online efforts, by comparison, employ one-half of one staffer, Mr. Ulrich said — who are scrambling to complete a proprietary platform that, after this summer's limited go-round, could support much larger enrollments.
To address that problem, a team of lawyers associated with the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums in Manhattan recently completed work on a model proprietary lease form that can be used as a template for co-ops that may want to amend or replace their existing leases.
Today, with some proprietary purchasing software, the same procedure can be completed within two hours.
The data includes answers to the impact surveys completed on the B Lab and GIIRS sites, minus all identifying and proprietary information.
Two projects using proprietary technology are on track: The first, in Qatar, will be completed in 2005.
Strategic and proprietary programming will be done in house after a beta version is completed.
Calling its testing proprietary, ConAgra told the food agency in a Feb. 27, 2007, letter: "Once F.D.A. has completed its review of the documents, please return them to ConAgra Foods or shred".
This collection of annual reports, which includes the annual costs of the lymphedema treatment mandate in Virginia, constitutes the most complete, non-proprietary population-based data set known to the author that documents the actual cost of lymphedema treatment.
