MS tried to buy VMware and did not succeed. They intended to halt support for Vmware on linux. Instead they bought Connectix and plan to bundle "virtual PC" capability into Windows server in order to kill off the VMware market.
Flat out, too many folks are consolodating wintel servers into VMware sessions running on top of Linux and MS does not like it.
Its very simple. Most windows users, close to 85%, have dialup internet access. These users are NOT going to download 100+MB of patches no matter how important. Most of these users never even moved to WinXP.
The solution is to take every registered user (hey, a real use for product activation) and ship them regular update CDs. Of course that also implies that MS will actually FIX THEIR CODE. A big if.
How on earth did Jobs get on the list? His last cutting edge moment involved NeXTstep (which failed and had minimal influence). Apple today? Again, minimal or no influence.
I think Torvalds should be number 1 or 2 as his work is radically destabilizing the industry. Bill Gates should be 1 or 2 (depending on where Torvalds is ranked) based on his ongoing influence and the repurcussions of Microsoft's battle with Linux.
Of course outsource code can be good, just as insource code can be bad. That is not really the issue.
My main concern is as follows: Currently 100ish million US citizens have employment of some sort. Over the next 10 years 78 million will leave. That leaves 30 million + new workers coming online. This number will be lower than 78 million because the US, like Europe has an aging, non-reproducing population. So lets say the workforce drops to 70 million.
That is a 30% drop in tax revenue. Add in off shore outsourcing for another 10-20% drop. That is a huge decrease in revenue to fund government social programs, R&D, etc etc. When that happens expect the populations of the G7 nations to go berserk. Smoot-Hawley will seem tame. Also expect to see all foreign aid to developing nations DRY UP. Nada.
G7 nations are already having a hard time maintaining the level of social spending they currently support. It won't take much to get the populations to turn totally protectionist.
Assume that G7 nations totally outsource manufacturing, white collar technical positions, low to mid level management and most low end support positions. Assume that those jobs begin a nomadic migration from one developing nation to the next based on cost.
Who on earth is supposed to pay the taxes the G7 nations require to maintain their massive social spending (or social and defense spending in the US)?
Second, who will actually be able to pay for these companies products? The fact is the G7 consumes most of the world's GDP. If their work force disappears, who can afford to remain a consumer?
Wouldn't it be more usefull to have nicotine in a carcinogen or tobacco free cigarette rather than a nicotine free cigarette that still gives you cancer?
I thought the point of smoking was to get the "zing" from the nicotine.
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I have an 800Mhz 512MB TiBook and 10.2 seems fast enough for my uses. Web, email, text editing, photo manipulation, and small compiles do fine.
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MS tried to buy VMware and did not succeed. They intended to halt support for Vmware on linux. Instead they bought Connectix and plan to bundle "virtual PC" capability into Windows server in order to kill off the VMware market. Flat out, too many folks are consolodating wintel servers into VMware sessions running on top of Linux and MS does not like it.
Its very simple. Most windows users, close to 85%, have dialup internet access. These users are NOT going to download 100+MB of patches no matter how important. Most of these users never even moved to WinXP. The solution is to take every registered user (hey, a real use for product activation) and ship them regular update CDs. Of course that also implies that MS will actually FIX THEIR CODE. A big if.
How on earth did Jobs get on the list? His last cutting edge moment involved NeXTstep (which failed and had minimal influence). Apple today? Again, minimal or no influence. I think Torvalds should be number 1 or 2 as his work is radically destabilizing the industry. Bill Gates should be 1 or 2 (depending on where Torvalds is ranked) based on his ongoing influence and the repurcussions of Microsoft's battle with Linux.
Of course outsource code can be good, just as insource code can be bad. That is not really the issue.
My main concern is as follows: Currently 100ish million US citizens have employment of some sort. Over the next 10 years 78 million will leave. That leaves 30 million + new workers coming online. This number will be lower than 78 million because the US, like Europe has an aging, non-reproducing population. So lets say the workforce drops to 70 million.
That is a 30% drop in tax revenue. Add in off shore outsourcing for another 10-20% drop. That is a huge decrease in revenue to fund government social programs, R&D, etc etc. When that happens expect the populations of the G7 nations to go berserk. Smoot-Hawley will seem tame. Also expect to see all foreign aid to developing nations DRY UP. Nada.
G7 nations are already having a hard time maintaining the level of social spending they currently support. It won't take much to get the populations to turn totally protectionist.
Assume that G7 nations totally outsource manufacturing, white collar technical positions, low to mid level management and most low end support positions. Assume that those jobs begin a nomadic migration from one developing nation to the next based on cost. Who on earth is supposed to pay the taxes the G7 nations require to maintain their massive social spending (or social and defense spending in the US)? Second, who will actually be able to pay for these companies products? The fact is the G7 consumes most of the world's GDP. If their work force disappears, who can afford to remain a consumer?
Wouldn't it be more usefull to have nicotine in a carcinogen or tobacco free cigarette rather than a nicotine free cigarette that still gives you cancer? I thought the point of smoking was to get the "zing" from the nicotine.
I have an 800Mhz 512MB TiBook and 10.2 seems fast enough for my uses. Web, email, text editing, photo manipulation, and small compiles do fine.