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US Government Begins Largest IT Consolidation in History
miller60 writes "Saying 1,100 data centers is too many, the federal government has begun what looms as the largest IT consolidation in history. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra has directed federal agencies to inventory their assets by April 30 and prepare a plan to reduce the number of servers and data centers, with a focus on slashing energy costs (full memo). Kundra says some applications may be shifted to cloud computing platforms customized for government use."
If people want transparency in government they need only look to the free market. If a company provides a good software solution for sovereign states, why should they be barred from participating in the marketplace? The most free solution will win, by definition, since it's a free market and everybody wins in free markets. Socializing our software will only lead to more holocausts.
Like I said, I don't even care about GW and Palin. I didn't and wouldn't vote for them. But it is patently false to call regional dialects "contrived populism." That may be a problem in our country, but the fact that you think someone who speaks differently from you is somehow inferior or contrived, is a bit unnerving. What is not "concise, careful, and wise" about speaking the way you were brought up to speak, the way those around you speak, and loving one's home place? Nothing. They are not mutually exclusive - that is a great fallacy in our nation. I'm proud to be a Missourian, proud to speak like a Missourian, and I have no problem evaluating the ideas people express regardless of how they speak. Looking down on people for the way the speak is elitism, plain and simple.
But it's impossible for people to end up in jail in a free market! Any time people might need something they don't have, whether it be stuff or emotional fulfillment, a market is created, and the invisible hand provides!
This incidentally is why in a free market nobody is killed by bullets - need to be saved -> market -> invisible hand deflects bullet.
For every problem, there is at least one solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.
That's not how it works - stop distorting the invisible hand.
In a true free market, you just pay the fine for killing poor people.