User: mahadiga

Re:When did things change?

On: Layoffs at Microsoft, Intel, and IBM

and a company that failed due to poor management.

I think all listed companies
1. must give stock options to all its employees
2. must not accumulate market capitalization more than 2 times their quarterly revenue

To enhance entrepreneurship in America

On: Layoffs at Microsoft, Intel, and IBM

Microsoft has been hoarding cash instead of reinvesting it. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MSFT
I think it is time to regulate market capitalization (not more than 2 times quarterly revenue) of all listed companies.
I believe it will enhance entrepreneurship in America.

Wisdom of Crowds != Wisdom of Intellectuals

On: Google's PageRank Predicts Nobel Prize Winners

Google PageRank = Wisdom of Crowds
And Wisdom of Crowds != Wisdom of Intellectuals

Re:Fencing

On: An FBI Agent's 3 Years Undercover With Identity Thieves

I believe 2-Factor Authentication along with One Time Passwords are secure enough for Credit Card transactions.

Re:Look at the big picture

On: Microsoft Donates Code To Apache's "Stonehenge" Project

Create protocols/formats/standards/specifications which are not inherently inter-operable.

Excellent.
Interoperability without Open source is Oxymoron.

Satyam fiasco in India

On: Do Nice Engineers Finish Last In Tough Times?

where a technical person is managed by a non-technical person who has a limited at best understanding of what the techies do.

Have you guys seen Satyam fiasco in India? http://www.rediff.com/money/satyam.html?zcc=rl

Re:Microsoft is not "pretty much a de facto monopo

On: EU Antitrust Troubles Continue For Microsoft

From a ruling in 2001, they are certainly a monopoly, and have abused that status.

How would have software ecosystem fared had U.S. Court of Appeals split Microsoft?

Kernel Mode

On: EU Antitrust Troubles Continue For Microsoft

Management or Programmer or User or OEM or Courts, who should decide whether a piece of code to run in Kernel mode or User mode?

Re:It's a plant

On: Woman Claims Ubuntu Kept Her From Online Classes

It's a fake.

I think it's not fake. It is frustration.
Most of the company websites advertise "The site is best viewed in Internet Explorer." http://toastytech.com/evil/onlyie.html
Now please don't tell me install Wine + IE. It is a pain in the ass.

Re:It's not the first time, it won't be the last.

On: Taxpayer Data At IRS Remains Vulnerable

Democracy != Meritocracy

Re:Microsoft will NEVER let that happen

On: FOSS Development As Economic Stimulus

Microsoft is accumulating irrational cash every quarter ($19.71B MRQ) http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MSFT

If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.-- Reagon
Hence it is time to regulate Microsoft unless they invest significant portion of their cash reserves either in FOSS ecosystem or in economy

Re:Open Source is Socialism

On: FOSS Development As Economic Stimulus

Closed Source = Islam
Open Source = Buddhism

Re:Open Source

On: FOSS Development As Economic Stimulus

Of course if the APIs aren't open source, you have to rely on the documentation, if there is no documentation then you have to work on deduction.

Open Standards != Open Source
I believe interoperability without Open Source is Oxymoron.

Re:Bigger Problems Then Taxes

On: IRS Eyeballing Virtual World Tax Policies

If your generating enough income from "virtual worlds" that it needs to be taxed...

If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.-- Reagon

Quite simple

On: Personality Testing For Employment

critics claim that the tests instead reward cheaters.

Exactly.
After acquiring technical aka special skills in your field, learn how to manipulate and use people.

One word

On: How Microsoft Beats GNU/Linux In Schools

How Microsoft Beats GNU/Linux In Schools

Bribe.
I have seen M$ bribing gullible government officials in developing nations.

Unfair advantage

On: Dell Closes Ireland Plant; 2nd Largest Employer

Why doesn't China have any road-map for Democracy?

To prevent wars in future

On: Gaza Debate Goes Virtual

Governments must step-in and give incentives to Inter-Faith marriages between Jews and Arabs.

Re:That's fine

On: Dell Closes Ireland Plant; 2nd Largest Employer

the obvious remedy (which scales up) is to learn new skills.
I believe companies giving stock options to all its employees is the solution.

Re:willingness to relocate

On: Dell Closes Ireland Plant; 2nd Largest Employer

The trick is to take the inward investment and use it to build up your skills base so that ultimately you can stand on your own two feet, but that's a whole lot easier said than done.

China, Japan, and Korea have prospered following this strategy.

Re:willingness to relocate

On: Dell Closes Ireland Plant; 2nd Largest Employer

Globalization has already created a race to the bottom for labor and environmental standards. Will our freedoms and rights be next in line?

Government = Welfare of their Citizens
Businesses = Profit from the Citizens

Re:willingness to relocate

On: Dell Closes Ireland Plant; 2nd Largest Employer

If you get rid of the restrictions on people moving you destroy national sovereignty and identity. Patriotism is Oxymoron in Globalization.

Re:willingness to relocate

On: Dell Closes Ireland Plant; 2nd Largest Employer

Free Trade will only succeed when Wage Slavery (in Agriculture, Manufacturing & Services) is prevented in the developing nations.

Inter-faith marriages

On: Israel, Palestine Wage Web War

Israel and Palestine Governments must step-in and give incentives (for e.g. free health care, govt jobs, free public transportation etc ) to Inter-Faith marriages between Jews and Arabs.
I hope this will create win-win proposition for future generations of Israel and Palestine people.

Creation-evolution controversy

On: Are My Ideas Being Stolen? If So, What Then?

OP should study Creation-evolution controversy. This would enhance his horizon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation-evolution_controversy