I guess I'm a hypocrite.
I like iTunes because I don't have to fight the dumb red-necks at WalMart to buy a CD and I don't have to buy the whole CD for one song that doesn't suck.
I don't like DRM because it is annoying, gets in the way of everything, requires me to buy something I don't want (iPod), and I paid for it damn it now let me have it. Do you think I want DRM on my car keys when I buy a new car? Just how much "civil disobediance" do you think that would create?
If you don't mind DRM, good for you. I still don't like it.
Why continue to argue about it, just don't do business with companies that outsource to India. If you have a choice and it isn't completely un-reasonable, make it.
If you have to work with someone that outsources, write their corporate offices and tell them you will work with them until any alternative appears. If you can't do it because of the way your company works, let your boss know you disagree with it on moral grounds.
Review your 401(k) or retirement plans and make sure you aren't invested in any one that outsources to India. All the little men on the street with a 401(k) or retirement plan makes up alot more money than all the freaky capitalist/financiers.
This isn't rocket science. I see messages about the rich getting richer and blah blah blah, but the fact of the matter is that if you send the money to companies that outsource to India, then you loose your job having done nothing about it, you can't really complain.
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I guess I'm a hypocrite. I like iTunes because I don't have to fight the dumb red-necks at WalMart to buy a CD and I don't have to buy the whole CD for one song that doesn't suck. I don't like DRM because it is annoying, gets in the way of everything, requires me to buy something I don't want (iPod), and I paid for it damn it now let me have it. Do you think I want DRM on my car keys when I buy a new car? Just how much "civil disobediance" do you think that would create? If you don't mind DRM, good for you. I still don't like it.
Shiny brown? Uhhh. What kinda data do you store in "shiny brown" medium?
Why continue to argue about it, just don't do business with companies that outsource to India. If you have a choice and it isn't completely un-reasonable, make it.
If you have to work with someone that outsources, write their corporate offices and tell them you will work with them until any alternative appears. If you can't do it because of the way your company works, let your boss know you disagree with it on moral grounds.
Review your 401(k) or retirement plans and make sure you aren't invested in any one that outsources to India. All the little men on the street with a 401(k) or retirement plan makes up alot more money than all the freaky capitalist/financiers.
This isn't rocket science. I see messages about the rich getting richer and blah blah blah, but the fact of the matter is that if you send the money to companies that outsource to India, then you loose your job having done nothing about it, you can't really complain.
Of course, your business has to be comfortable with supporting the mass outsourcing of jobs to India.
As a matter of personal desire to remain employed in the US, I will no longer recommend Dell systems.
(Oh, and I won't purchase them either. Let your $$$ vote.)