No, it's called capitalism and it is motivated by profit. Suck it up buttercup. Don't like it? Vote for leaders who put people before the profit motive and enact some kind of social democracy.
Bullshit. It is, as you well know, quite possible to discuss the "problem" of outsourcing without having the discussion descend into a fest of Indian-bashing, yet that is rarely what happens on this site. Most of the posts on these topics are disgusting in their blatant xenophobia and racism.
Mandrake, French publisher of the Linux distribution of the same name, was ordered by the Commercial Court of Paris to pay euro 70,000 to US companies Hearst Holdings and King Feature Syndicate, owners of the trademark "Mandrake the Magician" and editors of the comic strip of the same name.
These companies filed suit in France for "brand dilution". The commercial court forbade the French company the use of its name and pressed Mandrake to transfer their domain names to the US companies. This judgement could prove to be a fatal blow for the French distributor, as its commercial income is earned solely from the distribution of the same name.
Mandrake immediately filed an appeal causing the judgement to be suspended and allowing it to continue use of the brand and domain names.
A previous court decision concerning the logo also ruled in favour of the two US companies. As a result the French company had to revise its logo.
Java's major consumer right now is large-scale contractors. Particularly government contractors. You know, the folks who care about CMM3 and similar such stuff. Those folks couldn't care less about open source or closed source. The only thing that worries them about Java is sun's stock price -- an indicator that Sun may not be around much longer.
Not entirely true. In my experience, the vast majority of large-scale users in the metro St. Louis area (which has plenty of government and defense contractors) are public and private companies such as Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Anheuser-Busch, Charter Communications, AG Edwards, Edward Jones, Mastercard, Bunge North America, etc. Not a government contractor in there.
You neither speak for me nor share my opinions. I agree with the poster and has language serves only to express the full force of his anger and frustration. I wasn't in the slightest bit offended.
Take a class in economics. This is very simple stuff to understand. Why does the cost of living differ between NYC and, say, St. Louis? Same thing, less extreme.
No, no Quartz Extreme -- this is a two-year old iBook with a weak little 8MB Rage chipset. OTOH, I don't do much graphics-intensive work at all -- mostly just development using Eclipse. I'm getting a 17" Powerbook G4 in a week or so, so I will see the difference then. I did try YDL on the iBook shortly after I got it -- but reverted to OS X because, well, I just liked it better. Linux was definitely more responsive, but the arrival of Panther has narrowed the gap quite a bit.
I have the same model iBook with 640MB RAM and OS X Panther flies on it. Just two weeks ago I upgraded the HDD to a 5400RPM 60GB drive and that gave another nice bump over the Apple-supplied 20GB 4200RPM drive. I'm not sure why you're seeing OS X perform so sluggishly on that machine...
Refund? Obviously not. Let me explain Apple's business to you. When you purchase a Mac, you purchase the complete platform, hardware and software, from a single supplier. You are paying for that complete package, not model X computer, oh and I'll take OS X too. If you want a refund, return the whole package within the allowed time and go buy yourself other hardware, Intel-based or whatever.
Private healthcare is much less expensive in Europe that you seem to think. I've paid for it in both Ireland (VHI, or voluntary health insurance) and Germany, and the costs were far less than the US. Now, that is not to say that the cost is negligable, but it is certainly not "paying through the nose". You really should clarify which European country you are referring to. How would you like it if I made the blanket statement that "healthcare in Asia is awful" when I base that statement on second-hand experience of one country?
I'm Irish too, and I would sooner face my chances with the Irish system than with the NHS in Britain. The NHS seems to be falling apart, unfortunately. Join VHI at low rates and you will get excellent service in the Irish system. Hell, even without VHI it isn't that bad (not that great, either). My brother lives in London and was recently misdiagnosed with AIDS. You read that right... misdiagnosed with AIDS. Imagine the terror, the havoc wreaked on his marriage, etc.
Which European country are you referring to? Public health is run very differently in each country. In Ireland, France, Germany (and maybe others but these are the ones I have experience with) you may choose your physician and specialists. In addition, most of the doctors at large hospitals in Ireland are Indian, so, you know... what does that do to your argument? I haven't found them to be either better or worse than Irish doctors in terms of bedside manner.
The US would do well to stay away from a UK-style NHS -- it's collapsing, and cannot cope with the number of patients on the waiting lists, as you note. The French system seems to work very, very well though.
A very valid point. Americans see the EU as an homogenous mass, when it is in fact a grouping of nation-states cooperating or competing in a common market (current federalist thrusts notwithstanding). Irish unemployment ~4.5%. French ~9%, German ~10%. It varies wildly.
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No, it's called capitalism and it is motivated by profit. Suck it up buttercup. Don't like it? Vote for leaders who put people before the profit motive and enact some kind of social democracy.
Bullshit. It is, as you well know, quite possible to discuss the "problem" of outsourcing without having the discussion descend into a fest of Indian-bashing, yet that is rarely what happens on this site. Most of the posts on these topics are disgusting in their blatant xenophobia and racism.
Too cool! Who are you? Who's next?
Yes, and you can rename yourself obese, insular, rude cheeseburger inhaler.
I think Suse (umlaut over the u) actually means "sweet" in German.
Mandrake, French publisher of the Linux distribution of the same name, was ordered by the Commercial Court of Paris to pay euro 70,000 to US companies Hearst Holdings and King Feature Syndicate, owners of the trademark "Mandrake the Magician" and editors of the comic strip of the same name.
These companies filed suit in France for "brand dilution". The commercial court forbade the French company the use of its name and pressed Mandrake to transfer their domain names to the US companies. This judgement could prove to be a fatal blow for the French distributor, as its commercial income is earned solely from the distribution of the same name.
Mandrake immediately filed an appeal causing the judgement to be suspended and allowing it to continue use of the brand and domain names.
A previous court decision concerning the logo also ruled in favour of the two US companies. As a result the French company had to revise its logo.
You neither speak for me nor share my opinions. I agree with the poster and has language serves only to express the full force of his anger and frustration. I wasn't in the slightest bit offended.
Take a class in economics. This is very simple stuff to understand. Why does the cost of living differ between NYC and, say, St. Louis? Same thing, less extreme.
That's so funny! Because they wouldn't understand the difference in accents, right? Ha ha ha! You're funny!
Pat, you caught the Apple bug! (Ray from AGE here)... getting one of those 17" PBs next week, having used my trusty iBook for 2 years.
No, no Quartz Extreme -- this is a two-year old iBook with a weak little 8MB Rage chipset. OTOH, I don't do much graphics-intensive work at all -- mostly just development using Eclipse. I'm getting a 17" Powerbook G4 in a week or so, so I will see the difference then. I did try YDL on the iBook shortly after I got it -- but reverted to OS X because, well, I just liked it better. Linux was definitely more responsive, but the arrival of Panther has narrowed the gap quite a bit.
Apple has 5% market share. Big difference. In any case, personally, I don't care either way.
I have the same model iBook with 640MB RAM and OS X Panther flies on it. Just two weeks ago I upgraded the HDD to a 5400RPM 60GB drive and that gave another nice bump over the Apple-supplied 20GB 4200RPM drive. I'm not sure why you're seeing OS X perform so sluggishly on that machine...
Refund? Obviously not. Let me explain Apple's business to you. When you purchase a Mac, you purchase the complete platform, hardware and software, from a single supplier. You are paying for that complete package, not model X computer, oh and I'll take OS X too. If you want a refund, return the whole package within the allowed time and go buy yourself other hardware, Intel-based or whatever.
I had this problem earlier today on a Panther iBook in Safari, if that helps...
Private healthcare is much less expensive in Europe that you seem to think. I've paid for it in both Ireland (VHI, or voluntary health insurance) and Germany, and the costs were far less than the US. Now, that is not to say that the cost is negligable, but it is certainly not "paying through the nose". You really should clarify which European country you are referring to. How would you like it if I made the blanket statement that "healthcare in Asia is awful" when I base that statement on second-hand experience of one country?
I'm Irish too, and I would sooner face my chances with the Irish system than with the NHS in Britain. The NHS seems to be falling apart, unfortunately. Join VHI at low rates and you will get excellent service in the Irish system. Hell, even without VHI it isn't that bad (not that great, either). My brother lives in London and was recently misdiagnosed with AIDS. You read that right... misdiagnosed with AIDS. Imagine the terror, the havoc wreaked on his marriage, etc.
Which European country are you referring to? Public health is run very differently in each country. In Ireland, France, Germany (and maybe others but these are the ones I have experience with) you may choose your physician and specialists. In addition, most of the doctors at large hospitals in Ireland are Indian, so, you know... what does that do to your argument? I haven't found them to be either better or worse than Irish doctors in terms of bedside manner.
Given the performance of those in the US "capitol", sending it to India would be a public service. Sending US capital there, however, is not so good.
The US would do well to stay away from a UK-style NHS -- it's collapsing, and cannot cope with the number of patients on the waiting lists, as you note. The French system seems to work very, very well though.
Your sig is incomprehensible.
would that possibly benefit Sun? Drop the hippie pipe dreams.
But Australia, IIRC, has a population of less than 25 million people, so that comparison is utterly meaningless. Australia is doing much, much better.
A very valid point. Americans see the EU as an homogenous mass, when it is in fact a grouping of nation-states cooperating or competing in a common market (current federalist thrusts notwithstanding). Irish unemployment ~4.5%. French ~9%, German ~10%. It varies wildly.