Open up to the financial pages of any newspaper this week and start adding up the financial scams from some of the most respected financial institutions in America. Add that to the Enron and all the other incidents that were suppose to reform the business world.
I posted this in the ealier article about the power crisis. This thread didn't exist then, but it seams more appropriate here.
I live in British Columbia, west coast of Canada, and we have a publicly owned power company called BC Hydro. However our provincial government, which is very pro business, has been making moves to privatize this public utility by selling off portions to private companies. The most recent branch to be sold off was to Accenture, a Bahamas based (i.e. tax shelter) spin off of Enron. If you don't remember Enron, here are some highlights: one of the biggest bankruptcies in US history, massive corporate crime, a major contributor to the California energy crisis due to power brokering, a major political contributor to one George W. Bush's election campaign and one of the script writers of Bush's current US Energy policy. One of the major arguments of our provincial government's privatization campaigns is that companies can run these utilities far better and at lower cost to the consumer than can public institutions. Well, I'm wondering, how many of you the east cost have seen your power bills going down. Don't every one raise there hands at once. Now the reason I point this out is I see a direct coloration between the movement to have Open Source Software being deployed in public infrastructure Vs. Closed Source, and Public run utilities, such as water and electricity, Vs. Private Market Driven Operation. I think most people who frequent Slashdot don't need an explanation in why an OSS solution should be the only standard for a democratic government. Just as I think they can see the rationale for publicly accountable organization running the fundamental utilities that support society, consisting of both Business and the People. However I think no one really understands the extent that Business now has in dictating government policy, and shifting that policy from serving the people to creating profit at the expense of the People, You and Me, whether we are American, Canadian or any other nationality. Health care is a prime example. The Struggle between Linux and Microsoft in India is another.
Some of you fellow Slashdot'ers might find this interesting.
I live in British Columbia, west coast of Canada, and we have a publicly owned power company called BC Hydro. However our provincial government, which is very pro business, has been making moves to privatize this public utility by selling off portions to private companies. The most recent branch to be sold off was to Accenture, a Bahamas based (i.e. tax shelter) spin off of Enron. If you don't remember Enron, here are some highlights: one of the biggest bankruptcies in US history, massive corporate crime, a major contributor to the California energy crisis due to power brokering, a major political contributor to one George W. Bush's election campaign and one of the script writers of Bush's current US Energy policy. One of the major arguments of our provincial government's privatization campaigns is that companies can run these utilities far better and at lower cost to the consumer than can public institutions. Well, I'm wondering, how many of you the east cost have seen your power bills going down. Don't every one raise there hands at once. Now the reason I point this out is I see a direct coloration between the movement to have Open Source Software being deployed in public infrastructure Vs. Closed Source, and Public run utilities, such as water and electricity, Vs. Private Market Driven Operation. I think most people who frequent Slashdot don't need an explanation in why an OSS solution should be the only standard for a democratic government. Just as I think they can see the rationale for publicly accountable organization running the fundamental utilities that support society, consisting of both Business and the People. However I think no one really understands the extent that Business now has in dictating government policy, and shifting that policy from serving the people to creating profit at the expense of the People, You and Me, whether we are American, Canadian or any other nationality. Health care is a prime example. The Struggle between Linux and Microsoft in India is another.
I'm a watered down geek. I wish I was a full blood Uber Geek, I wish I really was.
I might find this article interesting, if I didn't find it so sad. I think linux is great, for back end stuff, don't get me wrong, but for the every day Joe Six-Pack it is no wonder Linux hasn't made any inroads into the consumer desktop space, and the mentioned article illustrates the typical reasons why.
I've loaded Linux on a Pentium 166 MX with 32 megs of ram, avec KDE and Gnome and it ran, but the experience wasn't really suitable for any one. I certainly wouldn't wish this on any one in a developing nation. I was blown away by BeOS though. I'm sure the Uber Geeks have convinced themselves to turn their noses up at it, but as far as usability small size and speed in a GUI... I'm sorry Linux doesn't really have a chance in the Joe Six Pack market. I know Be Inc in toast. But one can only hope the boys and girls over at openbeos.org are successful in their endeavors, so one day Open Source Stuff finds its way on the consumer desktop, undermining the foundation on the M$ monopoly.
Take out that foundation and the rest won't stand.
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Open up to the financial pages of any newspaper this week and start adding up the financial scams from some of the most respected financial institutions in America. Add that to the Enron and all the other incidents that were suppose to reform the business world.
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid= 8131
Firstenergy is going to walk, deregulation is going to continue. Bush isn't going to bite the hand that feeds.
Actually, the hole in the ozone layer is on course to become the Biggest ever
The Califonia Power Crisis certainly wasn't do to a real power shortage, but a cerated one
l yn ch.pdf
http://www.senate.gov/~commerce/hearings/051502
I posted this in the ealier article about the power crisis. This thread didn't exist then, but it seams more appropriate here.
I live in British Columbia, west coast of Canada, and we have a publicly owned power company called BC Hydro. However our provincial government, which is very pro business, has been making moves to privatize this public utility by selling off portions to private companies.
The most recent branch to be sold off was to Accenture, a Bahamas based (i.e. tax shelter) spin off of Enron. If you don't remember Enron, here are some highlights: one of the biggest bankruptcies in US history, massive corporate crime, a major contributor to the California energy crisis due to power brokering, a major political contributor to one George W. Bush's election campaign and one of the script writers of Bush's current US Energy policy.
One of the major arguments of our provincial government's privatization campaigns is that companies can run these utilities far better and at lower cost to the consumer than can public institutions.
Well, I'm wondering, how many of you the east cost have seen your power bills going down. Don't every one raise there hands at once.
Now the reason I point this out is I see a direct coloration between the movement to have Open Source Software being deployed in public infrastructure Vs. Closed Source, and Public run utilities, such as water and electricity, Vs. Private Market Driven Operation.
I think most people who frequent Slashdot don't need an explanation in why an OSS solution should be the only standard for a democratic government. Just as I think they can see the rationale for publicly accountable organization running the fundamental utilities that support society, consisting of both Business and the People. However I think no one really understands the extent that Business now has in dictating government policy, and shifting that policy from serving the people to creating profit at the expense of the People, You and Me, whether we are American, Canadian or any other nationality. Health care is a prime example. The Struggle between Linux and Microsoft in India is another.
Some of you fellow Slashdot'ers might find this interesting.
I live in British Columbia, west coast of Canada, and we have a publicly owned power company called BC Hydro. However our provincial government, which is very pro business, has been making moves to privatize this public utility by selling off portions to private companies.
The most recent branch to be sold off was to Accenture, a Bahamas based (i.e. tax shelter) spin off of Enron. If you don't remember Enron, here are some highlights: one of the biggest bankruptcies in US history, massive corporate crime, a major contributor to the California energy crisis due to power brokering, a major political contributor to one George W. Bush's election campaign and one of the script writers of Bush's current US Energy policy.
One of the major arguments of our provincial government's privatization campaigns is that companies can run these utilities far better and at lower cost to the consumer than can public institutions.
Well, I'm wondering, how many of you the east cost have seen your power bills going down. Don't every one raise there hands at once.
Now the reason I point this out is I see a direct coloration between the movement to have Open Source Software being deployed in public infrastructure Vs. Closed Source, and Public run utilities, such as water and electricity, Vs. Private Market Driven Operation.
I think most people who frequent Slashdot don't need an explanation in why an OSS solution should be the only standard for a democratic government. Just as I think they can see the rationale for publicly accountable organization running the fundamental utilities that support society, consisting of both Business and the People. However I think no one really understands the extent that Business now has in dictating government policy, and shifting that policy from serving the people to creating profit at the expense of the People, You and Me, whether we are American, Canadian or any other nationality. Health care is a prime example. The Struggle between Linux and Microsoft in India is another.
There is a good article here
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http://www.snwonline.com/whats_new/sas_and_sata
The article states that the SAS drives won't work on a SATA channel, but SATA drive will on the SAS.
I wonder if mobo makers like ASUS, ABIT, MSI and the likes will choose to have SAS ships on the mobo instead of SATA, as a performance feature?
Lets hope so it would sure open a lot of option for upgrading a PC over time.
I'm a watered down geek. I wish I was a full blood Uber Geek, I wish I really was.
... I'm sorry Linux doesn't really have a chance in the Joe Six Pack market. I know Be Inc in toast. But one can only hope the boys and girls over at openbeos.org are successful in their endeavors, so one day Open Source Stuff finds its way on the consumer desktop, undermining the foundation on the M$ monopoly.
I might find this article interesting, if I didn't find it so sad. I think linux is great, for back end stuff, don't get me wrong, but for the every day Joe Six-Pack it is no wonder Linux hasn't made any inroads into the consumer desktop space, and the mentioned article illustrates the typical reasons why.
I've loaded Linux on a Pentium 166 MX with 32 megs of ram, avec KDE and Gnome and it ran, but the experience wasn't really suitable for any one. I certainly wouldn't wish this on any one in a developing nation. I was blown away by BeOS though. I'm sure the Uber Geeks have convinced themselves to turn their noses up at it, but as far as usability small size and speed in a GUI
Take out that foundation and the rest won't stand.