I think they took the full story off youtube. But, you can get from iTunes for $1.99. It's worth watch, if you want to know the truth about the situation.
This is a somewhat long, but very powerful, article. I think it's worth a quick look. You can leave a comment on the site.
What Obama is saying comes from a manufactured myth that there is a shortage of skilled workers, and that a supposed “skill-gap” is hurting our economy. Like the fraudulent assertion that illegal aliens take jobs that Americans won’t do, this is a ploy to displace American workers with cheap foreign labor.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), last year the United States lost 19,740 computer jobs, 107,200 engineering jobs, and 243,870 science jobs. In spite of massive job losses, some 3 million guest workers were brought into the country, including about 100,000 engineers.
In California, a state that has disposed of tens of thousands of teachers, over 12,000 visas have been issued to supposedly meet the high demand for educators. It is incredulous to suggest that we have a labor shortage in the middle of a great depression.
What is truly amazing is that the majority of engineers and scientists working in the U.S. today are here on “temporary” visas; and the result has been a disaster, as over 70% of today’s development projects fail.
The only people who suffer are those of us looking to purchase products as all these legal fees go back into the bottom line price.
As I understand it, Apple made about $14 billion last quarter, and Apple's legal fees were about $100 million. And Samsung is a bigger company than Apple.
For Apple, legal fees spent on bogus lawsuits are a great investment. Are you kidding? Banning the competition for about what they spend making, and airing, one TV commercial?
These types of articles are written by have never worked in IT one day of their lives. These people can't spell "I.T." And yet we are supposed to believe they are experts.
From the article:
So which skills are becoming more valuable, gaining the pay premiums IT pros seek? Certified skills that jumped by 15 percent or more included EC-Council certified security analyst, certified wireless network administrator, CompTIA Server+, and HP accredited platform specialist. (Notice how these are broader skills sets than those losing value?)
CompTIA Server+ !? Oh yeah that's just one smokin' cert right now. Why not go to a job board and take a look at how many employers are demanding that valuable certification.
Seriously, search for yourself. Many of the google smears, that slashdot loves so much, come from extremely dubioius sources (anti-google bloggers); but slashdot publishes them anyway, as if they were real news.
Sorry if slashdot does not smear google enough for you, but really I think enough is enough.
Your right, it's not all about market share. It's about being able to control the market, and abusing that control.
I certainly have a choice to not use google maps, or google search. I can easily switch from google maps, to yahoo maps, or to mapquest; it takes seconds. Absoluty nothing ties me to google.
This is not true with OSes. If I switch from windows, to linux, I will not be able to run my applications. OS makers have much more potential than search engines, to abuse their monopoly positions.
I don't get it. Most IT shops won't touch Apple, and those shops are doing fine. I have worked in IT for over 30 years. I have never seen Apple having much clout in enterprize level IT, and I still don't.
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Me too. I can usually find a good bundle on newegg for about $250. These days, a PC goes together in about 20 minutes.
Maybe the guy in France was buying a laptop? I don't see a lot of laptops sold without an OS.
I think Oracle, IBM, and HP, do the same. When you buy a Solarix, AIX, or HP/UX box.
Apple, IBM, and Oracle, all bundle hw/sw.
And google is not hosting the content.
Why should a US company have to fight, for India, against a third party?
Why doesn't India take down the content themselves, or file a lawsuit against who created the content.
What is the difference between a religion, and a cult?
Back when Jesus, susposedly, walked the earth; he, and his disciples would probably fit every deffinition of a cult.
How is it any more ridiculous than other religion?
Protecting intellectual property vs censoring free expression of religion ideas, seems to a different sort of thing to me.
Yahoo, Bing, Ask, etc?
That is what I have heard. Does that sound about right to you?
Worth noting, these attacks are usually part of an organized movement, not just random crimminal behavior.
Did google create the content? Google is just a search engine. Why not blame the person that created the content?
Here is a short preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfJopZsNe3U
I think they took the full story off youtube. But, you can get from iTunes for $1.99. It's worth watch, if you want to know the truth about the situation.
This is a somewhat long, but very powerful, article. I think it's worth a quick look. You can leave a comment on the site.
What Obama is saying comes from a manufactured myth that there is a shortage of skilled workers, and that a supposed “skill-gap” is hurting our economy. Like the fraudulent assertion that illegal aliens take jobs that Americans won’t do, this is a ploy to displace American workers with cheap foreign labor.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), last year the United States lost 19,740 computer jobs, 107,200 engineering jobs, and 243,870 science jobs. In spite of massive job losses, some 3 million guest workers were brought into the country, including about 100,000 engineers.
In California, a state that has disposed of tens of thousands of teachers, over 12,000 visas have been issued to supposedly meet the high demand for educators. It is incredulous to suggest that we have a labor shortage in the middle of a great depression.
What is truly amazing is that the majority of engineers and scientists working in the U.S. today are here on “temporary” visas; and the result has been a disaster, as over 70% of today’s development projects fail.
http://www.rightsidenews.com/2012020415533/us/politics-and-economics/obama-and-cheap-foreign-labor-the-real-story.html
Apple earns about $14B in a quarter, and only spends about $100M on legal fees.
Banning the competition with bogus lawsuits is huge bargain for Apple.
As I understand it, Apple earned about $14B last quarter, and only spent about $100 million on lawyer fees.
Forcing the competition out of the market for $100M is a huge bargain. Apple won.
The only people who suffer are those of us looking to purchase products as all these legal fees go back into the bottom line price.
As I understand it, Apple made about $14 billion last quarter, and Apple's legal fees were about $100 million. And Samsung is a bigger company than Apple.
For Apple, legal fees spent on bogus lawsuits are a great investment. Are you kidding? Banning the competition for about what they spend making, and airing, one TV commercial?
Apple and Samsung both are making a mess in the marketplace by trying to sue one another
Bullshit.
If a guy gets mugged by three other guys, and the victim of the mugging tries to fight back, would you blame the victim and muggers equally?
I don't think it's a coincidence that MS, Oracle, and Apple, all attacked Android at the same time, in the same way, and for the same reason.
These types of articles are written by have never worked in IT one day of their lives. These people can't spell "I.T." And yet we are supposed to believe they are experts.
From the article:
So which skills are becoming more valuable, gaining the pay premiums IT pros seek? Certified skills that jumped by 15 percent or more included EC-Council certified security analyst, certified wireless network administrator, CompTIA Server+, and HP accredited platform specialist. (Notice how these are broader skills sets than those losing value?)
CompTIA Server+ !? Oh yeah that's just one smokin' cert right now. Why not go to a job board and take a look at how many employers are demanding that valuable certification.
I think you know that. But you are clearly an MS shill, so I won't try to argue with you.
Other free map services were around for years before google maps. Why weren't they monopolies?
Google may be dominate, but that does tie anybody to google. I can easily switch to another free map service.
If something is supported by advertisements, is it "free?"
Seriously, search for yourself. Many of the google smears, that slashdot loves so much, come from extremely dubioius sources (anti-google bloggers); but slashdot publishes them anyway, as if they were real news.
Sorry if slashdot does not smear google enough for you, but really I think enough is enough.
Your right, it's not all about market share. It's about being able to control the market, and abusing that control.
I certainly have a choice to not use google maps, or google search. I can easily switch from google maps, to yahoo maps, or to mapquest; it takes seconds. Absoluty nothing ties me to google.
This is not true with OSes. If I switch from windows, to linux, I will not be able to run my applications. OS makers have much more potential than search engines, to abuse their monopoly positions.
If so, why wasn't mapquest a monolopy? I think yahoo maps were also around before google maps? Why wasn't yahoo fined?
I don't get it. Most IT shops won't touch Apple, and those shops are doing fine. I have worked in IT for over 30 years. I have never seen Apple having much clout in enterprize level IT, and I still don't.
What is a tablet supposed to look like? A tire iron? I can easilly tell the difference between a galaxy, and an ipad, with my eyes closed.
Furthermore, Apple did not "invent" rectangles, icons, or rounded corners.