... as long as the giants don't get exclusive ownership of the code.
And if the the code was developed with their funding and remains in the public domain, it is they who are getting "exploited".
They are under pressure to open up the.doc format. At some future point it might even become an anti-trust/monopoly case.
So, they come out with a totally new format, open it up, probably have support for it in MSOffice (or maybe not) and continue to maintain and increase the stranglehold on their dominant format with no fear of having to open it up anymore.
And, in order to have a sales office your employees must be Indian, unless you can show that no Indian exists in the country
That's also the US rule for H1 visas. Why is the Indian one wrong? And how does it prevent competition?
An American/Japanese/whatever company can set up shop in India, sell their products in India, repatriate profits back to their country, employee foreigners to oversee the operations (or as workers). Its happening, and legally. Our protectionism (or the lack of it) is nothing more or less than what anybody else has implemented.
India is a perfect example of a country willing to take advantage of our laws (an Indian company bidding on state contracts gets a minority owned business score enhancement) while preventing any US company from doing the same in their country
What are you talking about?
Software: Microsoft, Sun, RedHat, etc
Automobiles: GM, Ford, Toyota, Suzuki, Honda, Hyundai, etc
Fast food: McDonalds, KFC, Pizza hut, Smoking Joes, etc
I could go on with the list of companies that have set up shop here. Note that I am talking about sales offices, not ODCs.
>> Not only does their population have access to the latest and greatest technology
That's because they make their tecnology for the benefit of their population. I find it ironic that while one slashdot article spoke of Japan making robots to help their elderly, another article a short while later spoke of the USA creating robots with guns to make the killing process more effecient.
How do you know the US does not currently have a better class of robots than these already? Maybe there are, except maybe they are not being used for uncool things like helping elderly folks cross the road...
From the MSDN article here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/randz/protocol/royalty_free_protoco l_license_agreement.asp
"Implementation of these Protocols and, to the extent Microsoft is not the owner or sole owner of the Technical Documentation for these Protocols, use of this Technical Documentation may require securing additional rights from third parties. Licensee is responsible for contacting such third parties directly to discuss licensing details."
I think this story is someone overreacting, that's all.
If you this Act is benign now, maybe it is. But what do you suppose is going to happen when all the other countries in the world have been bullied or bombed into submission, and you are left with a powerful military and a powerful corporate lobby, backed by an aggressive government that does not respect the citizen's rights?
Where will you be?
The most effective demonstration I give is to hold a thin white cotton cloth over the filter and take a puff through it.
With the stronger cigs, the cloth turns near-black; and that's the crap that's lining your lungs with every drag you take.
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imagine hibernating through surgery, or in the case of something incurable, being put into hibernation (thus, persumably, greatly slowing the process of the disease) until a cure is found.
Not trying to troll but seriously... what's wrong with death when the time comes?
Ummm... IE shows you the actual URL you will be sent to, while Opera and others don't, so we have a security hole in IE? I must be missing something here...
How about if an all new protocol is defined, that has checks built in to handle spam? In any case everyone who wants to avoid spam are jumping thru a lot of hoops trying to fix and patch the existing systems we have in place, so they may find it easier to adopt this new protocol...
Ok, so they use iris scanners to reduce the randomness in their verification process. Instead of picking people at random or intuitively, they can now concentrate on the 7% or 5% who don't make it past the scanner. Greater degree of freedom and convenience for those who did.
Do you folks *have* to crib about everything?
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Comp Sci is the science that makes the art of programming possible.
... any of the Agile project management methods? I am using Scrum and it works perfectly for this kind of situations.
... about who the 'My' actually refers to. It will henceforth be called "Bill's Computer"
... as long as the giants don't get exclusive ownership of the code. And if the the code was developed with their funding and remains in the public domain, it is they who are getting "exploited".
Believed they were kidnapped by said aliens.
They are under pressure to open up the .doc format. At some future point it might even become an anti-trust/monopoly case.
So, they come out with a totally new format, open it up, probably have support for it in MSOffice (or maybe not) and continue to maintain and increase the stranglehold on their dominant format with no fear of having to open it up anymore.
Eat lots of Mexican...
... to give you a list of the child porn sites that they want you to report access to.
It will keep them very busy.
Automobiles: GM, Ford, Toyota, Suzuki, Honda, Hyundai, etc
Fast food: McDonalds, KFC, Pizza hut, Smoking Joes, etc
I could go on with the list of companies that have set up shop here. Note that I am talking about sales offices, not ODCs.
>> Not only does their population have access to the latest and greatest technology That's because they make their tecnology for the benefit of their population. I find it ironic that while one slashdot article spoke of Japan making robots to help their elderly, another article a short while later spoke of the USA creating robots with guns to make the killing process more effecient. How do you know the US does not currently have a better class of robots than these already? Maybe there are, except maybe they are not being used for uncool things like helping elderly folks cross the road...
The dotcom boom went down 3+ years ago.
If you this Act is benign now, maybe it is. But what do you suppose is going to happen when all the other countries in the world have been bullied or bombed into submission, and you are left with a powerful military and a powerful corporate lobby, backed by an aggressive government that does not respect the citizen's rights? Where will you be?
The most effective demonstration I give is to hold a thin white cotton cloth over the filter and take a puff through it. With the stronger cigs, the cloth turns near-black; and that's the crap that's lining your lungs with every drag you take.
No, for faster access speed I suggest you download the whole internet locally.
Ummm... IE shows you the actual URL you will be sent to, while Opera and others don't, so we have a security hole in IE? I must be missing something here...
Oh that was probably just your wife/GF who left those there....
How about if an all new protocol is defined, that has checks built in to handle spam? In any case everyone who wants to avoid spam are jumping thru a lot of hoops trying to fix and patch the existing systems we have in place, so they may find it easier to adopt this new protocol...
Ok, so they use iris scanners to reduce the randomness in their verification process. Instead of picking people at random or intuitively, they can now concentrate on the 7% or 5% who don't make it past the scanner. Greater degree of freedom and convenience for those who did. Do you folks *have* to crib about everything?
...hotspots find you.
A Swahili "spell" checker? Its a joke, laugh.