Don't be dim. Most of the major inventions were based on pure science which is often, best?, pusued for the love of the pursuit. Given the science, people then go on to use it to solve a problem.
Sony and IBM have a new processor (commonly called 'cell'). Could be they are porting Cobalt to that processor and so waiting for that to be done to release new PDAs. As I recall, the cell processor was designed for multi-media.
Corporations can easily measure their costs and must report them every quarter. When costs go down, profits go up and the quarterly numbers look better. Thus Corporations feel pressure to outsource and reduce the cost of their IT.
Well run corps understand that it is hard to measure the value produced by IT and don't just look at the cost.
To fix this you change the way stock transactions are taxed (more capital gains tax the shorter the stock is held) and thus move the markets away from Quarterly numbers. This takes the pressure off and better decisions are made.
Yes, I am presuming that a well educated IT worker in India with 2 years of experience does not produce as high a quality result as an IT worker with 20 years of experience.
One addition: radiant barriers are cool!:-) We have something called TechShield in our house. Basically perferated aluminum foil applied to the inside of the roof decking. Stops the heat getting in.
When the house was framed and the roof up, you could feel the difference (in August in Central Texas)
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Large, complex projects won by the lowest bidder are doomed from the start.
Don't be dim. Most of the major inventions were based on pure science which is often, best?, pusued for the love of the pursuit. Given the science, people then go on to use it to solve a problem.
Both drives are in play and both are required.
Sony and IBM have a new processor (commonly called 'cell'). Could be they are porting Cobalt to that processor and so waiting for that to be done to release new PDAs. As I recall, the cell processor was designed for multi-media.
Corporations can easily measure their costs and must report them every quarter. When costs go down, profits go up and the quarterly numbers look better. Thus Corporations feel pressure to outsource and reduce the cost of their IT.
Well run corps understand that it is hard to measure the value produced by IT and don't just look at the cost.
To fix this you change the way stock transactions are taxed (more capital gains tax the shorter the stock is held) and thus move the markets away from Quarterly numbers. This takes the pressure off and better decisions are made.
Yes, I am presuming that a well educated IT worker in India with 2 years of experience does not produce as high a quality result as an IT worker with 20 years of experience.
One addition: radiant barriers are cool! :-)
We have something called TechShield in our house. Basically perferated aluminum foil applied to the inside of the roof decking. Stops the heat getting in.
When the house was framed and the roof up, you could feel the difference (in August in Central Texas)
they can hire and fire the cable company
and the ISP.
Local control!