Its not the best-qualified for the job, but best-qualified for the job AT THE LOWEST PRICE that companies are looking for.
Companies that seek to hire H1B's on the basis that they are significantly lower-cost than local labor are acting in their best intrest... but that interest runs counter to ours as the local labor.
An influx of cheaper labor can only drive down the cost of that labor ( supply / demand and all that ).
q: If there are the skills a company requires in the available (local) labor pool, why would they want to import labor via H1B?
a: To get that labor at a lower cost.
It's a race to the bottom for those of us who live here. It's not bigotry, it's economics.
We should, at the least, ensure that H1B's are paid the same prevailing wage as local labor. The idea of limiting H1B's to a 3 year stay also has merit, provided that there is a method easily available for the H1B holder to become a US citizen if they choose to.
Some of those chick flicks I get dragged to could use a good explosion or three (preferably when all the sensitive whiners are in the same space/time)... and I'd love to just cut to a sex scene whenever all the grrrrl-friends are sitting around bitching about guys.
Therein is the rub: I want end user software to pass the Mom test (got mine an imac) but I also don't want her to get a note from the FBI asking why her machine was involved in a DoS attack.
Ease of use is very important, but without security and reliability it's worthless.
I hope that Microsoft is serious about security this time... but seeing the same things over and over (M$ claims they care about security) and expecting different results (THIS time they're not lying?) is a form of insanity...
Very true. I've worked on (non-techie) friends PCs... installing drives, upgrading RAM, that sort of thing. Even after showing them the greater capacity, better performance, all they cared about was AOL.
If AOL does redo a users PC into a Linux-based information appliance, this could do great things for the Linux Game industry ( Lokisoft ) as well.
Users do care about games.
We all know there is a difference between the real world and what we see in meetings.
I tend to think Larry put this challenge out to get free security testing from the community. The engineers knew his announcement would be heard as "I fart in your general direction" and geared up the patch writers accordingly.
Yes, some sorry PHB will only remember the campaign, not the bugs. Yes, sales will increase. Perhaps that was the goal, not the free bug testing... but you can't ignore either benefit for Oracle.
When Phill Z. left NAI, the suits were quick to say there would be no back doors installed, even though the source was being closed.
Now NAI and the NSA are all but tickling each others tonsils. Is there anyone left who doesnt think PGP is broken?
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Its not the best-qualified for the job, but best-qualified for the job AT THE LOWEST PRICE that companies are looking for.
Companies that seek to hire H1B's on the basis that they are significantly lower-cost than local labor are acting in their best intrest... but that interest runs counter to ours as the local labor.
An influx of cheaper labor can only drive down the cost of that labor ( supply / demand and all that ).
q: If there are the skills a company requires in the available (local) labor pool, why would they want to import labor via H1B?
a: To get that labor at a lower cost.
It's a race to the bottom for those of us who live here. It's not bigotry, it's economics.
We should, at the least, ensure that H1B's are paid the same prevailing wage as local labor. The idea of limiting H1B's to a 3 year stay also has merit, provided that there is a method easily available for the H1B holder to become a US citizen if they choose to.
Christ, if SQL is kicking your ass, no wonder you think XML is a good idea.
According to news reports, the new smart gun requirement does not apply to Police.
Some of those chick flicks I get dragged to could use a good explosion or three (preferably when all the sensitive whiners are in the same space/time)... and I'd love to just cut to a sex scene whenever all the grrrrl-friends are sitting around bitching about guys.
Therein is the rub: I want end user software to pass the Mom test (got mine an imac) but I also don't want her to get a note from the FBI asking why her machine was involved in a DoS attack.
Ease of use is very important, but without security and reliability it's worthless.
I hope that Microsoft is serious about security this time... but seeing the same things over and over (M$ claims they care about security) and expecting different results (THIS time they're not lying?) is a form of insanity...
Even if it is Amazon, it's good to see the .com model does produce profit.
I just hope they didn't earn a profit from selling customer data, the infamous 1-click patent, and all the other dirty tricks.
Very true. I've worked on (non-techie) friends PCs... installing drives, upgrading RAM, that sort of thing. Even after showing them the greater capacity, better performance, all they cared about was AOL. If AOL does redo a users PC into a Linux-based information appliance, this could do great things for the Linux Game industry ( Lokisoft ) as well. Users do care about games.
We all know there is a difference between the real world and what we see in meetings.
I tend to think Larry put this challenge out to get free security testing from the community. The engineers knew his announcement would be heard as "I fart in your general direction" and geared up the patch writers accordingly.
Yes, some sorry PHB will only remember the campaign, not the bugs. Yes, sales will increase. Perhaps that was the goal, not the free bug testing... but you can't ignore either benefit for Oracle.
still favor the number Sagan.. as in "Billions and Billions"
When Phill Z. left NAI, the suits were quick to say there would be no back doors installed, even though the source was being closed. Now NAI and the NSA are all but tickling each others tonsils. Is there anyone left who doesnt think PGP is broken?