... and other internet distributed video is starting to standardize.
Once the Apple set-top box comes along and more companies jump into the competition with video-on-demand via internet services, everyone will be using lots of bandwidth.
But, if Time-Warner internet has caps, then those potential customers will look elsewhere for their video on demand--perhaps to that Time-Warner cable box they have.
I have to question Dvorak's masculinity.
He doesn't understand why a guy might rather download directions via Google Maps on his shiny new tech-gadget than call and ask for directions?!
It seems that the article is getting it's causation wrong. It mentions primarily workplace issues as the reason for the drop in percentage but then mentions:
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the percentage of women in the IT profession today has dropped to 26.1% from 28.9% in 2001. And the future looks even worse: According to the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT), just 21% of computer science degrees go to women today, compared with 37% in 1985.
-- which indicates that the drop-off is occurring in college or earlier, before women have a chance to experience and grow to loathe life in IT. Moreover, this explains why IT firms might have more of a locker room attitude -- since fewer female grads entering the workplace means the workplace becomes increasingly male.
Let's be more specific:
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Trustees:
Harold T. Shapiro, Chairman
President Emeritus and Professor of Economics
and Public Affairs
Princeton University
Stephen L. Brown, Retired Chairman and CEO
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
S. Parker Gilbert, Former Chairman
Morgan Stanley Group Inc.
Ralph E. Gomory, President
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
William E. Hoglund, Retired Executive Vice President
General Motors Corporation
Sandra O. Moose, President, Strategic Advisory Services
Former Senior Vice President
The Boston Consulting Group
Richard E. Salomon, President
Mecox Ventures, Inc.
Robert M. Solow, Institute Professor Emeritus
Department of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marta Tienda, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs
Office of Population Research
Princeton University
Dennis Weatherstone, Retired Chairman
J. P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated
Sheila E. Widnall, Institute Professor
Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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That's a bunch of bankers, professors, and a car manufacturer.
I don't quite see how being a banker or professor automatically makes you a mouthpiece for big oil. Even car manufacturers make money off hybrids and gas guzzlers alike, though, admittedly, American car makers would probably like more people to buy pickup trucks.
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... and other internet distributed video is starting to standardize.
Once the Apple set-top box comes along and more companies jump into the competition with video-on-demand via internet services, everyone will be using lots of bandwidth.
But, if Time-Warner internet has caps, then those potential customers will look elsewhere for their video on demand--perhaps to that Time-Warner cable box they have.
I have to question Dvorak's masculinity. He doesn't understand why a guy might rather download directions via Google Maps on his shiny new tech-gadget than call and ask for directions?!
Let's be more specific:
******
Trustees:
Harold T. Shapiro, Chairman President Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Princeton University
Stephen L. Brown, Retired Chairman and CEO John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
S. Parker Gilbert, Former Chairman Morgan Stanley Group Inc.
Ralph E. Gomory, President Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
William E. Hoglund, Retired Executive Vice President General Motors Corporation
Sandra O. Moose, President, Strategic Advisory Services Former Senior Vice President The Boston Consulting Group
Richard E. Salomon, President Mecox Ventures, Inc.
Robert M. Solow, Institute Professor Emeritus Department of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marta Tienda, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs Office of Population Research Princeton University
Dennis Weatherstone, Retired Chairman J. P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated
Sheila E. Widnall, Institute Professor Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology
******
That's a bunch of bankers, professors, and a car manufacturer.
I don't quite see how being a banker or professor automatically makes you a mouthpiece for big oil. Even car manufacturers make money off hybrids and gas guzzlers alike, though, admittedly, American car makers would probably like more people to buy pickup trucks.