There is no reason why the Government can't do both (maintain communal harmony and continue conservation efforts). You argument is along the lines of saying that India should not have a space program when it still can't feed its citizens. Yes, resources are required for each of these efforts - but the problem here is not lack of resources, it's the proper utilisation of the same.
Well, we've had it here in India since mid-2004 atleast -- it's not very popular though. In fact most people probably haven't even heard of it. But then cell-to-cell rates in India are as low as 50 paise per minute (that's about 1 cent per minute).
Also, service providers offer a 'Friends & Family' type plan where you can make absolutely free calls within a group of users (and those are proper duplex calls, unlike PoC ones)
"Hey - the 90s called. They want your concerns back..."
I have been using Nokias (and other mobile phones) for over 10 years here in India. While some of the earlier models did have issues in these areas, in my experience, NONE of the current models do...
The problems that they do suffer from are mainly usability issues such as sluggishness of software, bad layout of keys and so on.
So although every time a cam-phone is mentioned on Slashdot someone brings up the 'mic and antenna' issue and how a 'phone should be just a phone', I really don't think these newer phones have a problem in that area any more.
[DISCLAIMER: This is of course based on my own experiences with several cam / non-cam phones I have used. Your mileage may vary...]
This will never catch on at a lot of organizations who will never agree to document content being uploaded to / created at a third-party site over the internet (yes -- even if it is 'can-do-nothing-wrong' Google).
As a company I would be worried about [1] customer information [2] my own intellectual property (process methodologies, templates, whatever) [3] confidential information (strategies, minutes), being processed on some third-party site.
NOTE: Some of the above content does flow unencrypted over internet e-mail when sent to external domains. But then mailing such documents to an external domain is unusual and is (or can be) monitored.
When people decide to work for a company, they do it to earn *money*...
When people put in capital into a company, they do it for *money*...
In both cases, there is a risk involved -- and the rewards should ideally be commensurate with it. Working for someone generally has a lesser risk attached to it (basically, you do 'x' units of work and make 'y' units of money, there!). Now, if the former set of people (employees) feel a sense of entitlement or have expectations from a company then so should the latter (owners) who infact own the company!
So while I do not know whether these particular job cuts are justified or not -- I don't think we should just bad-mouth the investors or the execs because they want to make money too...
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There is no reason why the Government can't do both (maintain communal harmony and continue conservation efforts). You argument is along the lines of saying that India should not have a space program when it still can't feed its citizens. Yes, resources are required for each of these efforts - but the problem here is not lack of resources, it's the proper utilisation of the same.
Finally I can make that P4 Beowulf cluster... w00t!
And run Linux on it...
Regards,
YoGiX
Well, we've had it here in India since mid-2004 atleast -- it's not very popular though. In fact most people probably haven't even heard of it. But then cell-to-cell rates in India are as low as 50 paise per minute (that's about 1 cent per minute).
Also, service providers offer a 'Friends & Family' type plan where you can make absolutely free calls within a group of users (and those are proper duplex calls, unlike PoC ones)
-YoGiX
"Hey - the 90s called. They want your concerns back..."
I have been using Nokias (and other mobile phones) for over 10 years here in India. While some of the earlier models did have issues in these areas, in my experience, NONE of the current models do...
The problems that they do suffer from are mainly usability issues such as sluggishness of software, bad layout of keys and so on.
So although every time a cam-phone is mentioned on Slashdot someone brings up the 'mic and antenna' issue and how a 'phone should be just a phone', I really don't think these newer phones have a problem in that area any more.
[DISCLAIMER: This is of course based on my own experiences with several cam / non-cam phones I have used. Your mileage may vary...]
-YoGiX
... venting frustration over seeing their office business go down the drain!
:-)
-Yogix
This will never catch on at a lot of organizations who will never agree to document content being uploaded to / created at a third-party site over the internet (yes -- even if it is 'can-do-nothing-wrong' Google).
As a company I would be worried about [1] customer information [2] my own intellectual property (process methodologies, templates, whatever) [3] confidential information (strategies, minutes), being processed on some third-party site.
NOTE: Some of the above content does flow unencrypted over internet e-mail when sent to external domains. But then mailing such documents to an external domain is unusual and is (or can be) monitored.
- YoGiX
- RMS
... IE7 will support 'extended' RSS. So there!
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Regards, Yogix
Err... they are not getting out of the "film business" -- they will stop their film-based cameras.
I guess they have decided to concentrate on their core business - making film for cameras! Regards, YoGiX
'Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.'
-- Henry Spencer
When people decide to work for a company, they do it to earn *money*...
When people put in capital into a company, they do it for *money*...
In both cases, there is a risk involved -- and the rewards should ideally be commensurate with it. Working for someone generally has a lesser risk attached to it (basically, you do 'x' units of work and make 'y' units of money, there!). Now, if the former set of people (employees) feel a sense of entitlement or have expectations from a company then so should the latter (owners) who infact own the company!
So while I do not know whether these particular job cuts are justified or not -- I don't think we should just bad-mouth the investors or the execs because they want to make money too...