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SCO Code to be Protected in Closed Court
An anonymous reader writes "SCO public relations director Blake Stowell today said that the company had secured permission to present the code alleged to have found its way into Linux to a closed court. Once again SCO is refusing to tell Linux users just what code they claim is infringing on their IP rights, while still threatening to sue corporations running Linux."
Mod that up.
What about Bush's DUI? Wasn't there something weird with the records being "routinely destroyed"? Or were those the records of his desertion?
Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves.
ARMONK, New York (AP) -- IBM Corp. plans to move up to several thousand skilled software jobs from the United States to India, China and other countries, which could amount to one of the biggest such actions yet in the technology industry.
IBM documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal said about 4,700 programming jobs could be shifted overseas to save costs, a growing high-tech industry trend known as "offshoring."
More than 900 people are already scheduled to be told of the move in the first half of 2004, while another 3,700 jobs have been identified as having the "potential to move offshore," the Journal said. IBM already has hired 500 engineers in India to take on some of the work that will be moved, the Journal reported.
The division affected is IBM's Application Management Services group, part of Big Blue's huge technology services division. The IBM facilities where workers could be replaced include offices in Dallas, Southbury, Connecticut, Poughkeepsie, New York, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Boulder, Colorado.
IBM spokesman James Sciales said he would not comment on "internal presentations" but noted that most of IBM's work force, which now totals 315,000, has been overseas for years. Sciales also released a statement saying IBM expects hiring in the United States next year will match or exceed 2003 levels.
While companies long ago began moving manufacturing jobs and other blue-collar work to Asia, big business is now increasingly shifting skilled work there as well. According to International Data Corp., foreign workers performed about 5 percent of information technology services for American companies this year, but by 2007, that share will grow to 23 percent.
Often, the American workers being replaced are called upon to train their overseas replacements. The same will be expected of IBM employees whose jobs are being transferred, according to the Journal.
IBM shares were up 76 cents at $93.47 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
ARMONK, New York (AP) -- IBM Corp. plans to move up to several thousand skilled software jobs from the United States to India, China and other countries, which could amount to one of the biggest such actions yet in the technology industry.
IBM documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal said about 4,700 programming jobs could be shifted overseas to save costs, a growing high-tech industry trend known as "offshoring."
More than 900 people are already scheduled to be told of the move in the first half of 2004, while another 3,700 jobs have been identified as having the "potential to move offshore," the Journal said. IBM already has hired 500 engineers in India to take on some of the work that will be moved, the Journal reported.
The division affected is IBM's Application Management Services group, part of Big Blue's huge technology services division. The IBM facilities where workers could be replaced include offices in Dallas, Southbury, Connecticut, Poughkeepsie, New York, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Boulder, Colorado.
IBM spokesman James Sciales said he would not comment on "internal presentations" but noted that most of IBM's work force, which now totals 315,000, has been overseas for years. Sciales also released a statement saying IBM expects hiring in the United States next year will match or exceed 2003 levels.
While companies long ago began moving manufacturing jobs and other blue-collar work to Asia, big business is now increasingly shifting skilled work there as well. According to International Data Corp., foreign workers performed about 5 percent of information technology services for American companies this year, but by 2007, that share will grow to 23 percent.
Often, the American workers being replaced are called upon to train their overseas replacements. The same will be expected of IBM employees whose jobs are being transferred, according to the Journal.
IBM shares were up 76 cents at $93.47 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Steve Mills, Senior Vice President and Group Executive
IBM Corporation
I never said it equated to the legal term of murder, now did I AC? Second, I never said he committed the legal term of homicide... Third, I don't have any evidence to contribute to the case, and I never said I did...So why would I call the FBI and waste their time, knowing that Kennedy already got this all locked up tight? Finally... Her death was the direct result of actions on his part. If I hold a pistol to your head while I drink vodka until I pass out and "accidentally" pull the trigger, would you not consider that murder? Regardless of how you want to spin it and say that he "contributed" to her death and that it wasn't considered murder for some reason... That doesn't suddenly make it *okay*. In any case, my original point was to show how the cases are completely different.. Do I think either of them should be sealed? Not really, but in a case where someone died and everyone got off pretty much without consequence, I want answers.