Obviously, the recent spate of suicides shows us that working conditions at Foxconn in China are not optimal. But you also have to consider why people would take such jobs - it's clear they don't have any better alternatives. What becomes of these 800,000 who lose their jobs?
Also, I'm not sure I see an advantage to Foxconn, either. If they're going to be moving their operations to countries with better working conditions with a higher overhead for labor, what are they gaining? Wouldn't it make more sense to improve working conditions for their employees in China, which they could probably do while still realizing a significant savings in labor costs?
Eric Schmidt must have a short memory. Wasn't he still at Sun when they tried the "eat your own dog food" approach with Solaris there?
Whatever the technical virtues of Solaris, it turned out to be a miserable environment for the kind of productivity apps your typical office droid needed to have access to. We'll see how long it takes Google to start frantically doing the back-stroke.
I got the same score, and I haven't been a student for nearly 30 years... maybe that score has been consistently normal for longer than the researchers are willing to admit. Something tells me somebody's got their thumb on the scale here.
It's worse still; 99% of humanity is dumber than the top 1%. Guess who has the majority vote.
And a good thing, that! If in 1930, a constitutional amendment had been passed requiring a Ph.D to be eligible for voting, today Soviet America would be picking itself out of the same mess the countries that comprised the late Soviet Union are.
Highly intelligent does not necessarily correlate to political astuteness. In fact, the correlation would seem to be negative.
If Microsoft wanted a Linux distro, they could've had one a long, long time ago. At this late date, I don't think Novell has much to offer Microsoft. Every market where Novell competes with Microsoft, Microsoft is kicking their asses.
Interesting idea, but I'm not seeing a business argument for it.
All you're doing is restating the fundamental political question faced by all societies - will upsetting the current order bring a more favorable situation than continuing to tolerate it? And I have seen no evidence the Chinese people have decided that question in favor of revolution, any more than the US has.
Less so, actually. If you consider the results of this poll, it appears the Chinese are a lot more contented with their situation than citizens in most western nations are with theirs.
And once they get to an economic level that is closer to what the rest of us enjoy in the Western world, they will start caring. When you are hungry, you only want bread. When you are homeless, you only want shelter. When you have plenty to eat and a decent place to live, you want freedom.
Didn't Windows 3.x have Alt+Tab? I distinctly remember using it. Worked like charm, and even today the best way to move between two programs, no matter what OS you prefer to use.
Indeed it did, and it is. And that probably remains the one useful innovation Microsoft has contributed to the world of computing.
Aren't scientists the people that brought us wonderful innovations like eugenics and lobotomies? Seems to me I recall the consensus of scientific experts of the time thought those were a pretty good idea, too.
I first used Mandrake 7.3, which I was really impressed with. But subsequent releases were a lot less tight, and eventually after they merged with Conectiva their releases became a total loss.
I eventually got fed up with having to switch distros every couple of years, from SLS to Slackware to Caldera to RedHat to Mandrake, every time the premier vendor went down the crapper, and just got a Mac.
I beginning to think SCO is trying for the Guinness Book of World Records under "Worlds Longest Running Soap Opera". How much longer do they have to go to get the title?
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Isn't it odd that these days, more and more, Americans have to find out what their government is doing from foreign newspapers?
Actually, this sound like this is going to be Google's implementation of Microsoft's RDC. Nothing wrong with that. But nothing revolutionary, either.
Obviously, the recent spate of suicides shows us that working conditions at Foxconn in China are not optimal. But you also have to consider why people would take such jobs - it's clear they don't have any better alternatives. What becomes of these 800,000 who lose their jobs?
Also, I'm not sure I see an advantage to Foxconn, either. If they're going to be moving their operations to countries with better working conditions with a higher overhead for labor, what are they gaining? Wouldn't it make more sense to improve working conditions for their employees in China, which they could probably do while still realizing a significant savings in labor costs?
True. But they opened the first can of worms by collecting it in the first place.
Eric Schmidt must have a short memory. Wasn't he still at Sun when they tried the "eat your own dog food" approach with Solaris there?
Whatever the technical virtues of Solaris, it turned out to be a miserable environment for the kind of productivity apps your typical office droid needed to have access to. We'll see how long it takes Google to start frantically doing the back-stroke.
I got the same score, and I haven't been a student for nearly 30 years... maybe that score has been consistently normal for longer than the researchers are willing to admit. Something tells me somebody's got their thumb on the scale here.
You're getting closer to the truth. See Robert Putnam.
It's worse still; 99% of humanity is dumber than the top 1%. Guess who has the majority vote.
And a good thing, that! If in 1930, a constitutional amendment had been passed requiring a Ph.D to be eligible for voting, today Soviet America would be picking itself out of the same mess the countries that comprised the late Soviet Union are.
Highly intelligent does not necessarily correlate to political astuteness. In fact, the correlation would seem to be negative.
Who said anything about using the local IT workers? More than likely they'll all be supported offshore.
It probably won't make any difference. The smart money says they'll all be supported from Bangalore, anyway.
Good for real estate developers, yes. Good for the local IT industry - probably not.
True enough. Just because you're free to say anything you want, doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea to spout off without discretion.
If Microsoft wanted a Linux distro, they could've had one a long, long time ago. At this late date, I don't think Novell has much to offer Microsoft. Every market where Novell competes with Microsoft, Microsoft is kicking their asses.
Interesting idea, but I'm not seeing a business argument for it.
That doesn't mean they aren't primed for revolution. It just means that revolution isn't worth it for them... yet.
The problem is, that statement is just as true for the United States, and not a few other western nations.
All you're doing is restating the fundamental political question faced by all societies - will upsetting the current order bring a more favorable situation than continuing to tolerate it? And I have seen no evidence the Chinese people have decided that question in favor of revolution, any more than the US has.
Less so, actually. If you consider the results of this poll, it appears the Chinese are a lot more contented with their situation than citizens in most western nations are with theirs.
And once they get to an economic level that is closer to what the rest of us enjoy in the Western world, they will start caring. When you are hungry, you only want bread. When you are homeless, you only want shelter. When you have plenty to eat and a decent place to live, you want freedom.
Well, that's always been the assumption, anyway. But apparently things are playing out a little differently in China.
Didn't Windows 3.x have Alt+Tab? I distinctly remember using it. Worked like charm, and even today the best way to move between two programs, no matter what OS you prefer to use.
Indeed it did, and it is. And that probably remains the one useful innovation Microsoft has contributed to the world of computing.
Aren't scientists the people that brought us wonderful innovations like eugenics and lobotomies? Seems to me I recall the consensus of scientific experts of the time thought those were a pretty good idea, too.
Well, not necessarily.
Violence is like duct tape. If it didn't fix the problem, you didn't use enough of it!
These actions speak louder than words, and I hope the voters are listening this November.
You don't have to wait until November. Bennet already lost his party's nomination.
Yeah, well... after you, Kimosabe!
I first used Mandrake 7.3, which I was really impressed with. But subsequent releases were a lot less tight, and eventually after they merged with Conectiva their releases became a total loss.
I eventually got fed up with having to switch distros every couple of years, from SLS to Slackware to Caldera to RedHat to Mandrake, every time the premier vendor went down the crapper, and just got a Mac.
3. The world moves on... and quickly.
Too bad the IBM deal didn't go through. IBM's fabrication capabilities applied to SPARC architecture: I had a fantasy of a 4 GHz T CPU.
More likely you'd have seen Solaris migrated to PPC, and eventually merged with AIX. I can't see IBM supporting another proprietary architecture.
Unfortunately my experience has been that shelling out the $2500 only buys you the convenience of having the Red Hat tech do the googling for you.
I beginning to think SCO is trying for the Guinness Book of World Records under "Worlds Longest Running Soap Opera". How much longer do they have to go to get the title?