It seems like DMOZ (where people actually go and check the usefulness of a given site) may be the only way forward.
Search engines should be able to harness the collective willigness of people to create useful resources, otherwise we are condemned to be flooded by spam.
I don't hate big corporations, I actually work for one, And I have seen the damage to our profits that MS software has caused. Our reputation has not been damaged just out of sheer luck, other companies on the same field have benn bitten very badly for one or tow bad decisions (amongst them to deploy MS serversfor any mission critical applications).
What I hate is corporations that behave in an unethical, or like MS, even illegal manner.
I don't understand why some folks would avoid convicted criminals as their first choice to do business but are all so happy to submiss themselves to a company known to abuse his business partners and costumers.
I don't care if they make the greatest products in the universe, I have ethical standards and MS does not come even close to match them.
Only if they think the public is stupid.
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Lonely Planet is devoted to publish travel guides and related products and services.
Lonely PLanets is a book (one) devoted to scientific divulgation.
But if the company in question is in a completely different line of business and software is just an infrastructure resource, then they could not care less about software innovation, they care about getting a tailored product ready to solve a particular internal need.
The same happens when you are employed by a serious company: they will train you because it is useful for them, but this carries the double edged sword of you being able to move easily elsewhere.
If what you are suggesting is that US based companies wrap themselves in the US flag and become staunch defenders of an inefficient econonmy, then, well, you would deserve the recession you would get while other countries take advantage of the obvious benefits of saving money by means of outsourcing.
There is no business in which you don't transfer some kind of expertise to your partners, this in some situations may enable them to compete against you in the future. Well, big deal, that is the nature of the game so I don't see exactly what the problem is.
I can't believe there is still people out there that believe these stereotypes.
I have worked with load of USians and the confrontational style just makes for bad design. A sizeable amount of US developpers confront every design decision, that is great when they are correct, it is a terrible PITA when they are incorrect. Normally this balances out and in reality a confrontational work ethic brings absolutely nothing to the table.
In the other hand a less confrontational, more collaborative approach, tends to wipe out very quickly bad options since with more eyeballs basic errors and misconceptions during design are more readily spotted.
The outstanding development teams I have met during the years (US teams included) normally had a highly integrated team in which confrontation is seen as an obstacle not a bonus.
Of course when you evaluate a solution as a team you have to defend your ideas, but to represent some position in a coherent way you don't have to scenify a Mexican stand off in which one person guns down another.
I have been learning new stuff that can't be outsourced: music appreciation, plumbing, gardening, German, French, carpentry and for good measure I am getting a MSc in Software Development.
I know my current job will be outsourced to a cheaper place. It is not if, it is when.
If it does not happen, well, it is a big bonus to my daily worries, otherwise, I am ready. I am not going to ignore reality just because I don't like it.
I used to ask questions like that on the mailing list (I am no longer subscribed since I realized I have become more experienced than the norm) and in place of somebody complaining about me the n00b, I would receeive an answer with a wuick explanation of the basics and suggestions of where to learn more.
What is the level of preparation the students (irrespective of their origins) acquire?
In all honestly I could not care less about the problems a social system like that brings. That is up to Indians to sort out.
The only thing relevant is if and Indian company has the expertise to provide for the services contracted. If the company can I could not care less about how those people obtained their education.
The particular example you gave would not be patentable in the EU.
I have no idea what you are talking about, but there is nothing in the new software patents that would kill Knoppix or any other EU Linux distribution.
Once you reach the logical conclussion you'll see why it is nonsense and a waste of time to talk about Evolution constrained to the artificial construct of human "races".
This are not taboos. Is unadultered tosh.
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Just quickly because I don't want to waste much time:
-Men and women should be equal under the law. Nobody pretends that women have male organs or that men can give birth. Don't be dense.
-Define race.
-Refer to both above. If your method to generalize is louse you should be rightly ridiculed (and in extreme cases banned) to sprouting nonsense.
Quickies:
-You don't know enough black people, I know many and most of them are crap when it comes to dancing.
-Sports: could it be that the facilities required for athletics are less expensive than for swimming? (thus allowing more black people to participate) And why many countries from Africa never had a sprinter of any relevance?
-It is valid to segregate male and female because the evident physical differences in muscular mass would make it unfair for females to compete against males. This is not a tendency, this is a bloddy fact. Now, based on what would you choose to segragate based on so called "race". Again, give me your definition for such and you may have a point.
-Statistics are very useful: your experience is a fscking statistic anomally. -You could have complained to the police all the same, I can't believe you would have not been taken seriously.
That is way I use OSS and pay for services not for the software itself.
Software companies are a daft idea from the point of view of the consumer, sadly it is taking far too long to realise this for entities requireing software.
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... the Riders of Armaggedon rode the Earth and we will be judged for our sins.
Give me a brake, The US economy is in mild recovery, unemplyment is low and people are still whining.
Argh....
R-A-I-D should read B-E-O-W-U-L-F.
The word cluster also goes somewhere there.
It seems like DMOZ (where people actually go and check the usefulness of a given site) may be the only way forward.
Search engines should be able to harness the collective willigness of people to create useful resources, otherwise we are condemned to be flooded by spam.
The day car makers use the DMCA to forbif you fixing your own car you are going to be saying the same nonsense as above again.
Some people just don't deserve freedom...
Please let us know the name here, don't be so egoistic.
I don't hate big corporations, I actually work for one, And I have seen the damage to our profits that MS software has caused. Our reputation has not been damaged just out of sheer luck, other companies on the same field have benn bitten very badly for one or tow bad decisions (amongst them to deploy MS serversfor any mission critical applications).
What I hate is corporations that behave in an unethical, or like MS, even illegal manner.
I don't understand why some folks would avoid convicted criminals as their first choice to do business but are all so happy to submiss themselves to a company known to abuse his business partners and costumers.
I don't care if they make the greatest products in the universe, I have ethical standards and MS does not come even close to match them.
Lonely Planet is devoted to publish travel guides and related products and services.
Lonely PLanets is a book (one) devoted to scientific divulgation.
Confussed? Not me.
As somebody raised as a Catholic I can categorically say that if dogs dream or not is competely irrelevant to Catholic dogma.
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Frankly, I don't know where do US people get some ideas from
1% is low.
0.0001% is low.
But knowing there are billions of planets out there, this is of no importance.
I administer machines located in 3 different continents, remotely of course.
I can do this sitting on my living room while watching TV using my domestic broadband connection.
What latency are you dreaming about???
Your datacentre can be easily relocated elsewhere.
Be grateful that power supply in India is not that reliable yet.
But if the company in question is in a completely different line of business and software is just an infrastructure resource, then they could not care less about software innovation, they care about getting a tailored product ready to solve a particular internal need.
The same happens when you are employed by a serious company: they will train you because it is useful for them, but this carries the double edged sword of you being able to move easily elsewhere.
If what you are suggesting is that US based companies wrap themselves in the US flag and become staunch defenders of an inefficient econonmy, then, well, you would deserve the recession you would get while other countries take advantage of the obvious benefits of saving money by means of outsourcing.
There is no business in which you don't transfer some kind of expertise to your partners, this in some situations may enable them to compete against you in the future. Well, big deal, that is the nature of the game so I don't see exactly what the problem is.
I can't believe there is still people out there that believe these stereotypes.
I have worked with load of USians and the confrontational style just makes for bad design. A sizeable amount of US developpers confront every design decision, that is great when they are correct, it is a terrible PITA when they are incorrect. Normally this balances out and in reality a confrontational work ethic brings absolutely nothing to the table.
In the other hand a less confrontational, more collaborative approach, tends to wipe out very quickly bad options since with more eyeballs basic errors and misconceptions during design are more readily spotted.
The outstanding development teams I have met during the years (US teams included) normally had a highly integrated team in which confrontation is seen as an obstacle not a bonus.
Of course when you evaluate a solution as a team you have to defend your ideas, but to represent some position in a coherent way you don't have to scenify a Mexican stand off in which one person guns down another.
I have been learning new stuff that can't be outsourced: music appreciation, plumbing, gardening, German, French, carpentry and for good measure I am getting a MSc in Software Development.
I know my current job will be outsourced to a cheaper place. It is not if, it is when.
If it does not happen, well, it is a big bonus to my daily worries, otherwise, I am ready. I am not going to ignore reality just because I don't like it.
Read a bit of history, honest.
India can protect itself perfectly well.
Heck, it is actually a nuclear nation now, something the US seems to have in high regard nowadays.
I used to ask questions like that on the mailing list (I am no longer subscribed since I realized I have become more experienced than the norm) and in place of somebody complaining about me the n00b, I would receeive an answer with a wuick explanation of the basics and suggestions of where to learn more.
Where is the spirit of the old Internet gone?
How many exceptional students leave?
What is the level of preparation the students (irrespective of their origins) acquire?
In all honestly I could not care less about the problems a social system like that brings. That is up to Indians to sort out.
The only thing relevant is if and Indian company has the expertise to provide for the services contracted. If the company can I could not care less about how those people obtained their education.
The particular example you gave would not be patentable in the EU.
I have no idea what you are talking about, but there is nothing in the new software patents that would kill Knoppix or any other EU Linux distribution.
Let me introduce myself: I provide corporate training and start many business relationships with /.ers in dire need like yourself.
My portfolio of publications:
-Don't iron the irony.
-Humour for nerds, stuff that is funny.
-Extreme programming for people that don't get the joke.
Thanks
When was this individual provided the Corporate Retraining [tm] that using that communist software requires?
You have commited a crimental. Only Windows is user friendly!
Once you reach the logical conclussion you'll see why it is nonsense and a waste of time to talk about Evolution constrained to the artificial construct of human "races".
Just quickly because I don't want to waste much time:
-Men and women should be equal under the law. Nobody pretends that women have male organs or that men can give birth. Don't be dense.
-Define race.
-Refer to both above. If your method to generalize is louse you should be rightly ridiculed (and in extreme cases banned) to sprouting nonsense.
Quickies:
-You don't know enough black people, I know many and most of them are crap when it comes to dancing.
-Sports: could it be that the facilities required for athletics are less expensive than for swimming? (thus allowing more black people to participate) And why many countries from Africa never had a sprinter of any relevance?
-It is valid to segregate male and female because the evident physical differences in muscular mass would make it unfair for females to compete against males. This is not a tendency, this is a bloddy fact. Now, based on what would you choose to segragate based on so called "race". Again, give me your definition for such and you may have a point.
-Statistics are very useful: your experience is a fscking statistic anomally.
-You could have complained to the police all the same, I can't believe you would have not been taken seriously.
That is way I use OSS and pay for services not for the software itself.
Software companies are a daft idea from the point of view of the consumer, sadly it is taking far too long to realise this for entities requireing software.