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And don't forget that Biden is against Net Neutrality too!

Do Obama and the Democrats deserve a lift in the polls as a result of the financial and mortgage problems? The answer from history is a clear NO. Here's the lead of a New York Times story on September 30, 1999:

"Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending" [link below]. That's 1999 folks. Clinton Administration, I believe.

Here's the lead of a New York Times story on Sept. 11, 2003:

"The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. "[see link below] The Democrats killed the reforms.

McCain said in co-sponsoring the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190:

"If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole. The Democrats killed the Bill.

What was Barney Frank and fellow Democrats saying at the time of these attempted reforms? According to reports, Representative Barney Frank(D-MA) claimed of the thrifts :

"These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis, the more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."

Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) added of the reforms "I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing." [ See Community Reinvestment Act, link below ]

Even Bill Clinton points to Congressional Democrats failure to deal with Fannie and Freddie as a primary cause.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsynspIqAoE [youtube.com]

The link below contains a purported list of the top 25 in Congress who got contributions from the folks at Fannie and Freddie. Obama is listed third, after Dodd and Kerry, even though Obama is just a junior Senator. Obama is followed next by Clinton. Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi are on the list as well.

http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=16&artnum=1&issue=20080918 [investors.com]

Then there is the Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd who allegedly got special mortgage deals from Countrywide, who gave preferential rates to 'friends' of company's chairman.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25140560/ [msn.com]

For an interesting article purporting to detail the House Financial Services Committee Chairs long history with Fannie Mae, See:
http://www.businessandmedia.org/printer/2008/20080924145932.aspx [businessandmedia.org]

"House Financial Services Committee Chair promoted GSEs while former 'spouse' was Fannie Mae executive."

The link below describes how some in Congress tried to use the original version of the bailout bill to divert money eventually recovered to groups like ACORN, a group Obama has a long association with. See:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122247015469280723.html?mod=googlenews_wsj [wsj.com]

And then there is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who allegedly has directed nearly $100,000 from her political action committee to her husband's real estate and investment firm.

http://www.washt

Do Obama and the Democrats deserve a lift in the polls as a result of the financial and mortgage problems? The answer from history is a clear NO. Here's the lead of a New York Times story on September 30, 1999:

"Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending" [link below]. That's 1999 folks. Clinton Administration, I believe.

Here's the lead of a New York Times story on Sept. 11, 2003:

"The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. "[see link below] The Democrats killed the reforms.

McCain said in co-sponsoring the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190:

"If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole. The Democrats killed the Bill.

What was Barney Frank and fellow Democrats saying at the time of these attempted reforms? According to reports, Representative Barney Frank(D-MA) claimed of the thrifts :

"These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis, the more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."

Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) added of the reforms "I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing." [ See Community Reinvestment Act, link below ]

Even Bill Clinton points to Congressional Democrats failure to deal with Fannie and Freddie as a primary cause.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsynspIqAoE

The link below contains a purported list of the top 25 in Congress who got contributions from the folks at Fannie and Freddie. Obama is listed third, after Dodd and Kerry, even though Obama is just a junior Senator. Obama is followed next by Clinton. Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi are on the list as well.

http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=16&artnum=1&issue=20080918

Then there is the Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd who allegedly got special mortgage deals from Countrywide, who gave preferential rates to 'friends' of company's chairman.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25140560/

For an interesting article purporting to detail the House Financial Services Committee Chairs long history with Fannie Mae, See:
http://www.businessandmedia.org/printer/2008/20080924145932.aspx

"House Financial Services Committee Chair promoted GSEs while former 'spouse' was Fannie Mae executive."

The link below describes how some in Congress tried to use the original version of the bailout bill to divert money eventually recovered to groups like ACORN, a group Obama has a long association with. See:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122247015469280723.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

And then there is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who allegedly has directed nearly $100,000 from her political action committee to her husband's real estate and investment firm.

http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/oct/01/pelosis-pac-pays-bills-for-spouses-firm.

See also:

Do Obama and the Democrats deserve a lift in the polls as a result of the financial and mortgage problems? The answer from history is a clear NO. Here's the lead of a New York Times story on September 30, 1999:

"Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending" [link below]. That's 1999 folks. Clinton Administration, I believe.

Here's the lead of a New York Times story on Sept. 11, 2003:

"The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. "[see link below] The Democrats killed the reforms.

McCain said in co-sponsoring the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190:

"If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole. The Democrats killed the Bill.

What was Barney Frank and fellow Democrats saying at the time of these attempted reforms? According to reports, Representative Barney Frank(D-MA) claimed of the thrifts :

"These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis, the more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."

Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) added of the reforms "I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing." [ See Community Reinvestment Act, link below ]

Even Bill Clinton points to Congressional Democrats failure to deal with Fannie and Freddie as a primary cause.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsynspIqAoE

The link below contains a purported list of the top 25 in Congress who got contributions from the folks at Fannie and Freddie. Obama is listed third, after Dodd and Kerry, even though Obama is just a junior Senator. Obama is followed next by Clinton. Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi are on the list as well.

http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=16&artnum=1&issue=20080918

Then there is the Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd who allegedly got special mortgage deals from Countrywide, who gave preferential rates to 'friends' of company's chairman.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25140560/

For an interesting article purporting to detail the House Financial Services Committee Chairs long history with Fannie Mae, See:
http://www.businessandmedia.org/printer/2008/20080924145932.aspx

"House Financial Services Committee Chair promoted GSEs while former 'spouse' was Fannie Mae executive."

The link below describes how some in Congress tried to use the original version of the bailout bill to divert money eventually recovered to groups like ACORN, a group Obama has a long association with. See:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122247015469280723.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

And then there is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who allegedly has directed nearly $100,000 from her political action committee to her husband's real estate and investment firm.

http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/oct/01/pelosis-pac-pays-bills-for-spouses-firm.

See also:

Obama will will double capital gains tax, raise Social Security taxes, income taxes, and most likely tons of other taxes (gasoline?) which affect everyone, (especially the poor) not just the rich.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hv559EfDVQDOVDVYhGxB2xcwCveQD92ORLP00

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/11/11/obama-i-deserve-a-tax-increase/

http://www.standardspeaker.com/articles/2008/08/24/editorial/hz_standspeak.20080824.c.pg2.hz21let_skuba_s1.1892436_edi.txt

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301848.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article4597395.ece

http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=16&issue=20080822

Enough news sources for you, or should I go to the second page of google results? Obama simply believes in the old-fashioned "tax the rich" nonsense.

According to a study [...] published by the Ponemon Institute and Dell Computer, about 12,000 laptops are lost in airports each week. Only 30 percent of travelers ever recover the lost devices. Nearly half of the travelers say their laptops contain customer data or confidential business information.

In what I'm sure is completely unrelated news, the release of this report coincides with Dell releasing a new service - Dell Mobility Services Aim To Protect Notebook Data, and New Dell Services Help Users Hunt Down Missing Laptops.

Someone should let Bill know about this.
from: Gates: Keyboard use will decline

Chairman Bill Gates predicted computer users will increasing use voice-recognition technology and touch screens rather than keyboards. The software maker is betting big on that trend, Gates told a crowd at Carnegie Mellon Univ. In 5 years, he predicted, more Internet searches will be done through speech than through typing on a keyboard.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates says people will interact with computers mainly through speech and touch screens instead of keyboards.

Oh, I don't know, maybe the huge funding advantage to pro-AGW researchers; if you're not studying a pro-AGW view, you don't get funded.

Or the billions and trillions that a carbon credit industry may be worth?

The AGW supporters are led by those at least as economically driven by those "evil" oil companies. That much is indisputable. Even the prophet of AGW, Al Gore, makes millions in pushing his AGW viewpoint. This level of hypocrisy and insider trading would be shouted from the rooftops if it was a "denier" so linked. But for the prophet, hardly a hiccup, especially among his acolytes...

I'm not for communism, but health-care is the one thing Cubans do better than the US administration, way I see it.

97 Reasons Democrats Are Weak On Defense And Can't Be Trusted To Govern In Wartime

http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialconten t.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=244423511626964

There was an article back when Apple announced the switch that Apple was responsible for 13% of IBM processor sales and like 1% of IBM's total sales. A customer lost is a customer lost but Apple was not a large customer for them by any means. IBM can now also direct its resources to the game consoles as well.
Intel in a heated battle with AMD needed the boost, mainly to get the news and hype of Intel processors back in the news.

http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journali d=28073174&brk=1

http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp ?artsec=20&artnum=1&issue=20060622

What the CIA revealed is alarming:

• Since 2003 Coalition forces have found about 500 weapons armed with mustard or sarin nerve agents -- that is, WMD.
• More WMD are likely to be found.
• Pre-Gulf War chemical weapons could be sold on the black market, and might be used outside of Iraq.
• It's likely that missiles containing both sarin -- so potent, one drop can kill a human -- and mustard gas remain.
• Though "degraded," the weapons that were found "remain hazardous and potentially lethal."
• Terrorists and Iraqi insurgent groups want to acquire and use chemical weapons.

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??? is pronounced hmmmm, Investors?

That's correct. Intel expert Steven Aftergood called this an attempt by the right wing to find "a retrospective justification for the war in Iraq." The bloggers have made some interesting finds, it's true, but so far the ONDI's warning that "amateur translators won't find any major surprises, such as proof Hussein hid stockpiles of chemical weapons" has turned out to be true. They have also given us some bizarre misinterpretation too, such as some bloggers' belief that one document (CMPC-2003-006430.pdf) is a manual for the Mukhabarat even though it is clearly a printout of a webpage by the Federation of American Scientists from 1997 (complete with FAS logo!). Another supposed "smoking gun" was a document that had pictures of Zarqawi, cited as "proof" that Saddam trained him -- when in fact the documents clearly show that the Saddam regime is on the lookout for Zarqawi and his group, and, according to Associated Press, "Attached were three responses in which agents said there was no evidence al-Zarqawi or the other man were in Iraq." There is a lot more misreading and jumping to conclusions from this document dump. It's interesting, and I think it is good to have these documents made public, for historical reasons mostly, but the idea that these documents are where we should look for justification of Bush's war effort just shows how desperate Pete Hoekstra and other Republicans who pushed forcefully for this move really are.

There's no bi-yearly upgrade cycle that everyone adheres to. Some people have upgraded, some haven't, and cpu sales cycles are actually quite smooth. Look at a graph of intel's or dells quarterly sales. Intel can bring out new tech whenever it wants, and if it is good, it will sell.

http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp ?artsec=17&issue=20060216

http://quicktake.morningstar.com/Stock/Income10.as p?Country=USA&Symbol=INTC&stocktab=finance&pgid=qt qnnavfinstate

Individual investors are ruled by emotion. Many stocks go down, even on high earnings, if their earnings are not as high as regular projects or "whisper" numbers. Smart investors capitalize on this very fact. Google has a lot of institutional (Huge amounts of money controlled by very experienced and rational investors) investor support, which is exactly why it didn't take a 30%+ hit - institutional support. If you look at the IBD chart (sorry, have to subscribe), you'll find that Google didn't even close under its 50 day moving average - a very, very good sign.

If you want to learn more, I suggest at least doing a trial of IBD. I've recently listened to an audio book that was quite helpful as well: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnIn quiry.asp?userid=xD6wFbUCot&isbn=0760750106&itm=1

"BUt online play is especially important at the beginning as MOST people do not have a HDTV, and while it would be nice MOST are not going to shell out the 2000-4000 dollars to get one."

Just wait until February, when consumer electronics prices drop. Especially this year in the US, since there is expected to be a pretty stiff drop in consumer spending around that time... in addition to the annual post-holiday season lull, there are also all the bills for heating coming due, which will cost the typical homeowner several hundred dollars more than last year.

Here's an interesting article from investors.com on 10/18 about projected HDTV price, mfgring cost, and demand: http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp ?artsec=17&artnum=1&issue=20051018

We tried that, but all these people with funny headwear (cowboy hats, towels) keep getting in the way.

I assume you mean the Saudis and Bush. The Saudis, yes. Bush? Read this.

Huh.

Let's try this. You restrain the green hippie luddite idiots on the Left, which will let the guys in cowboy hats build more nuclear power plants (maybe even breeder reactors! GASP!), relieving us of having to use coal and oil for power production. Doesn't that sound a lot better than the silly ring thing?

http://appleintelfaq.com/

What did Apple announce at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 6, 2005?

Apple announced that it is transitioning from PowerPC processors provided by IBM and Freescale (formerly Motorola) to x86 architecture processors from Intel. The first Intel-based Macs will ship before mid-2006, and the transition will be complete by the end of 2007.

Where can I find out more official information about this announcement?

Apple press release

Intel press release

WWDC keynote address (Transcript)

Why did Apple make this change?

The following scenario likely contributed to this decision:

IBM has been unable to meet its performance commitments for the PowerPC 970 family (G5) processors. In mid-2003, IBM promised 3 GHz G5s to Apple by mid-2004. As of mid-2005, 3 GHz G5s are still not available, over two years after the initial announcement, and over one year after the promised delivery.[1]

Meanwhile, Microsoft has announced that IBM will make 3.2 GHz triple-core G5 derivatives available to Microsoft for Xbox 360.[2] IBM is also concentrating efforts on chips for Nintendo Revolution and Sony PlayStation 3.[3, 3.1] With IBM concentrating on expensive high-end server class processors and the console and embedded markets, and with Apple at less than 2%[4] of IBM's PowerPC business, it was clear IBM's priorities were focused elsewhere.

Apple is also less than 3%[4] of Freescale's PowerPC business, with Freescale focusing on embedded, communications, and automotive markets. The priorities of IBM and Freescale do not coincide with performance and other needs of the traditional desktop and portable computing marketplace.

What has Apple done to prepare for this transition?

Apple has been publicly maintaining the core OS of Mac OS X, Darwin, for both PowerPC and x86 platforms since the release of Mac OS X. Internally, Apple has been secretly maintaining Mac OS X in its entirety and all Apple applications for both PowerPC and x86 for over 5 years, since before Mac OS X's public release.[5] Mac OS X's predecessors also ran on x86.

Apple has made available Xcode 2.1, which adds the capability of creating PowerPC/x86 universal binaries. Xcode 2.1 can be used on either PowerPC or x86 systems to create universal binaries. Application developers already using Xcode in most cases need only recompile their application with an additional checkbox adding x86 architecture support.

Apple has also licensed[6] QuickTransit from Transitive Corporation for Rosetta, a realtime binary translation system to support PowerPC binaries seamlessly on x86 hardware. The current performance of Rosetta

http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journali d=28066841&brk=1

Well hopefully software patents will soon be legislated out of existence in Europe and it takes a lot of cash to get, maintain, defend and prosecute patents anyway. They're also pretty useless against companies like Microsoft and IBM unless you don't produce any software yourself. If things go badly for us in Europe though, your idea is a good one and it should be easy to make a *lot* of money parasitising the proprietary software industry.

http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journali d=27910020&brk=1
http://www.intertrust.com/main/ip/patentportfolio. html

Not very ethical or good for innovation etc. but since there are already lots of "IP companies" like InterTrust appearing now who don't give a monkey's about FLOSS (or any kind of software), it may well be worth considering as a means to salvage something from the mess.

I don't subscribe to WSJ, but I do subscribe to Investors Business Daily. I switched to the online version as soon as it was available. Advantages and disadvantages are probably the same as online WSJ.

Benefits of online version:
0. Fewer dead trees.
1. No stack of old newspapers in my house.
2. I don't have to haul a stack of paper to the recycling center.
3. Available shortly after the markets close instead of the next morning.
4. I can read it with my breakfast without venturing outside in yucky weather.
5. If I miss a few days, the past week's editions are online.
6. I can download the PDF version to archive, view on my Palm, or whatever.

Disadvantages:
1. Dead tree version makes better kindling for the fireplace.

It seems that Microsoft is desperately digging up anything that makes its solutions seem better than OSS.

"IBM and Oracle -- two of Linux's biggest patrons -- have relished the effect the free software has had on Microsoft and other foes." Article here .

If you read the article (linked above), this seems to give good reason for Bill to issue such a statement.

Enlighten yourself.

Check your facts before you spew BS.

I think anyone who pays >$100 per share for a peice of Google is nuts. http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journali d=22356775&brk=1. They are #1 and only have direction to go.

History will repeat itself, remember when Web Crawler was king, then Yahoo tookover and looked to be "unstoppable".

Perhaps you didn't RTFA? There needs to be products to sell in order for the shareholders to benefit.

In fact most investors noticed this and the stock price has gone down in afterhours trading.

How does "money still go the the shareholders" if there is nothing to sell? While "getting as much of it as possible is still their #1 objective", delaying a product revision with no inventory in the pipeline does nothing to forward profits or consumer goodwill.

Not the same thing. People who write F/OSS do so of their own free will. Politics isn't about free will; it's about obtaining the power to force others to do your will.

Open Source: We create software and can therefore freely declare that "We're going to give things to you for the common good".

Politics: We create nothing and therefore have nothing to give. So "We're going to take things away from you for the common good."
- Hilary Clinton, 06/29/2004

I'll give Hilary this much: Hers are probably the first honest words spoken by any politician in my lifetime.

In answer to both questions: Apart from software that I write for my employer, I'm happy to give it away. I get something out of that, namely the joy of seeing my code being used.

As far as having my things taken away from me "for the common good" goes, I deeply resent it. Should I ever accumulate sufficient wealth to provide for my own needs (which is pretty fucking hard to do when much of what you earn is "taken away from you for the common good"), I'll stop producing value for my employer, for the sole reason that I'm sick and tired of feeding people who not only see me as nothing more than a milch cow, but who hate me for being a more productive milch cow than they are.

This isn't a right/left thing.

I happen to lean to the right and resent my money being taken from me by force and sent to millions of unproductive food tubes in both the bureaucracy and the underclass.

If you lean to the left, ought you not to be just as resentful that your money is being taken from you by force and sent to defense contractors, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and soldiers?

See other posts... Google's IPO is going to be Dutch Auction style, not "buddies of the investment bank" style. This will be done on the internet, and anyone can particpate.

More details are here

-Zipwow

Investor's Business Daily (body-cavity search required) said on Jan 15, 2004 that "... Nielsen has been tracking TiVo use since August 2002, but it hasn't released any findings publicly."

USAToday is featuring TiVo popularity information in their television listings: "On Wednesday January 28 USA TODAY unveils an enhanced package of television ratings coverage in the LIFE section, including a monthly listing of the Top 10 most rated programs based on an analysis of anonymous, aggregate data from 20,000 TiVo households."

And you can read more about Nielsen partnering with TiVo from a while back.

TiVo reporting aggregate TV viewing habits is no different from cable companies being able to tell what channels you're choosing to watch on your digital cable box, from websites gathering referrer and browser information from visitors, or movie studios talking about what the largest grossing movies were over the weekend.

I welcome TiVo's use of aggregate (*not personalized*) gathering of data for reporting to the networks. With luck, this could result in the networks deciding to keep certain shows that have high record/replay/time-shift value instead of cancelling them because nobody wants to watch those shows exactly when the networks choose to air them. If my TiVo usage can help dictate the types of shows that the networks will (or won't) air, then this is a win for all of us.

Our brainy heroine and penguin loving paralegal babe, PJ at Groklaw, posted an article covering some New Year's trend spotting. Some of the goodies:

1. Invester's Business Daily makes up its Top 10 Tech Stories of the year without mentioning Microsoft in any context.

2. A speculation comes from Chris Gulker in an IT Managers Journal article that Microsoft will introduce an MSLinux when Longhorn turns out to be unsellable. (Good thing or bad thing? I think good, if it happened.)

3. The example of Smart Displays, where per-user licensing inhibits even Microsoft's innovation, as cited in a Register article:

"The final nail in its coffin was Microsoft's absurd decision to kow-tow to the tin god of its licensing agreements. If you took your smart display downstairs, nobody in the den with the computer could use it. Single user licence, repeated Microsoft marketing droids. 'We can't compromise our standard licensing policy."

4. From the counter example of what can be, in the MagicBike project of the Parsons School of Design, PJ muses: "The idea is, when everyone gets to play, innovation is the result. Innovation doesn't come from money or walled-in projects, although money can help implement ideas. Innovation comes from people, and as George Bernard Shaw once pointed out, talent can show up simply anywhere, where you least expect it. The lower the barrier to entry, the more likely you are to get wonderful ideas. It's one reason I keep it possible to leave anonymous comments on Groklaw, despite the down side to that."

5. Vince Cerf's vision of the ubiquitous net is cited, reaching even to other planets.

PJ concludes: "Yes, [Microsoft] must adapt in order to be part of the future. I think it's a given that no one wants a wireless product that can only legally connect to one PC predetermined during setup. Not after somebody sent the mayor an email from a bike in Union Square station in NYC. Or even read about it. Once you have the concept and you see what is possible, you know what you know, and Brand X doesn't work for you after that. Like the song says, there's nothing like the real thing."

I know most of these points have been previously featured on /., but I like the compilation of them as a converging threat to Microsoft's paradigms that may cause significant rethinking in 2004.

Besides, I think I have a crush on PJ... :-)

It could be. The Softbank venture is in partnership with Yahoo Japan Softbank holds >40% of Yahoo Japan and is deploying VOIP through Yahoo broadband (100% owned by Softbank)

If a company such as Yahoo (and NTT in competition soon?) can make a go of it in Japan they should hopefully be able to implement a similar business model in other countries too.

The correct IBD link.

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Presidential candidates may ignore investors, but they do so at their own peril, a new Investor's Business Daily poll shows. The new investor class, defined as those with $10,000 or more in stock market investments, will likely be in the majority when they vote this presidential election. The poll shows more than half of registered voters - 53% - are investors. Just 42% are non-investors. IBDaily, P. 1

Presidential candidates may ignore investors, but they do so at their own peril, a new Investor's Business Daily poll shows. The new investor class, defined as those with $10,000 or more in stock market investments, will likely be in the majority when they vote this presidential election. The poll shows more than half of registered voters - 53% - are investors. Just 42% are non-investors. IBDaily, P. 1