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Should software be patented? This site would like the practice stopped: A new website entitled End Software Patents is attempting to galvanize public support to accomplish that goal. Here's the core of their argument: Patents differ from copyright in one key manner: independent invention is a valid defense against claims of copyright...; Tags: Software, Bureaucracy, Software Patent, Tools & Techniques, Management, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-29
What is stalling open source in healthcare?: As you may know, I launched a second ZDNet blog yesterday, on healthcare.In preparing for the launch I wrote a bit about what open source can teach healthcare and about what open source offers.Here I want to ask a related question, namely what is stopping open source in healthcare?Two forces are...; Tags: Strategy, Standards, marketing, management, Infrastructure, identity, Government, General, Development, business models; Blog posts 2007-08-02
Huge new report recommends a new privacy bureaucracy: After seven years, the National Research Council has issued a new 400-page report, entitled "Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age," which calls for a European-style bureaucracy and if you think American bureaucracy is bad you really need to spend some time on the continent to monitor governmental...; Tags: Privacy, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-04
Saving business from itself: Saving business from itselfAfter 15 years in IT consultingI can only say "Amen". In a majority of big companies I work with the biggest problem is frequently dictating the solution. Always wondered if it would be possible to build a company composed entirely of independent contractors flying in...; Tags: Sales strategy, bureaucracy; Discussion threads 2004-06-03

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Health care debate is a neverending story: Health care debate is a neverending storySupply and demandOf course there's a way to balance the two. It's called the Market. Get third-party pay out of the equation, and demand and supply laws will come into effect.The reason demand is so high is because prices are artificially low. Whenever you...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care; Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?: Here's a bit from a Washington Post report dated Dec 22/07 and headlined "FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics": CLARKSBURG, W. Va. -- The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would...; Tags: Database, Information Technology, FBI, Ballot, Catalist, Federal Government, Government, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Whispers will not kill fair use: Whispers will not kill fair useDon't discount the power of briberyThe amount of money and influence poured into Congressional coffers by the media cartel is huge. Add to that the fact that both elected officials and bureaucrats suffer from "star worship" as the general populace. Just look at the Hilary...; Tags: Government, GWB, fair use, international law, epitome, indifference; Discussion threads 2008-04-10
WOA may soon eclipse SOA as most impactful business transformation agent: In a recent blog post I questioned whether services oriented architecture SOA was driving substantive transformation inside of enterprise IT. My conclusion is that something is not quite right in SOA-ville. The uptake of general-purpose service enablement is by no means a hockey stick trend line. The...; Tags: Web, Agent, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-04-04
Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit hospitals: Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit hospitalsYou mean spread the deaths out evenly?from what I see, you are saying that those who wish to work hard should have the same substandard healthcare as those that do not wish to work at all? Strange indeedRE: Burden of uninsured now closing non-profit...; Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Taxes, health care, non-profit hospital, hospital, insurance, tax, government; Discussion threads 2008-04-03
Canadian university faces off with digital generation: Canadian university faces off with digital generationHow pathetically short-sighted...Like the article quoted, at least the students were being transparent by doing it as a forum. Doesn't the school, and even that technology director realize that, if the students wanted to cheat, all they'd have to do is set up...; Tags: Canadian University, Ryerson, digital generation, Chris Avenir; Discussion threads 2008-03-21
White House taps Wiki entrepreneur to fight cyberattacks: Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rod A. Beckstrom has been tapped to join the Bush Administration to help secure federal networks against attack, the Post reported today. Beckstrom most recently founded Twiki.net, an enterprise Wiki support company, and previously created CATS Software and Mergent Systems. He's also coauthor of a...; Tags: White House, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Cyberattack, Post Story, Hacking, Wiki, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-03-20
Flickr: Too late to the video party to matter?: Flickr is likely to add video next month, but will it really matter given that the photo sharing site is so late to the game. TechCrunch's Michael Arrington and News.com's Dan Farber both note that Flickr video is coming. This intelligence Techmeme--an extension of a long running...; Tags: TechCrunch, Flickr, Video, Dan, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-16
Big Day for Big Oil, and Way to Future Profits Seems Well-lubed: Big Day for Big Oil, and Way to Future Profits Seems Well-lubedFusionYes, the sad thing is that the only technology that could solve the energy question forever is getting little attention. In the past few years, the entire world (US, Europe, Japan,...) came up with a mere $15 billion total...; Tags: Investment, OIL PRICES, Nuclear-Fusion, Big Oil, Big Day, Future Profits Seems Well-lubed, oil company, profit margin; Discussion threads 2008-03-12
13 reasons IT hates metrics: 13 reasons IT hates metricsYou Missed the Most Important Point...Management likes metrics because numbers on paper or PowerPointless makes it appear that they know what they're talking about, are meeting "goals" and showing "improvement". Unfortunately, IT metrics don't really measure anything meaningful. Take "Lines of Code" for example. On the...; Tags: Strategy, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-03-10
Creeping totalitarianism: The NSA, personal data and you: Creeping totalitarianism: The NSA, personal data and youThe question iswhy shouldn't the NSA have the same access to information Google has? The gathering of information is vital to National Defense. It must be controlled with checks and balances to prevent abuse.The United against a common enemy States of...; Tags: Databases, SECURITY, NSA, totalitarianism, personal data; Discussion threads 2008-03-10
Time to regulate drug prices?: Time to regulate drug prices?Some time ....ago I read an interesting article that gave the facts on this.I stated:The people in the US PAY the MOST for drugs effectively underwriting the cost of the R&D and obscene profits for ALL global drug manufactures. While In the rest of the world,...; Tags: Research & Development, Branding, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Benefits, R&D; Discussion threads 2008-03-05
DROD Journey To Rooted Hold (exe): Swordplay and puzzles combine in this thinking man's dungeon crawl. It's simple to learn, with just a handful of commands to master. But the unique gameplay provides an amazing depth. A detailed overhead view shows monsters, obstacles, and other game elements. You have as much time as you like to...; Tags: Caravel Games, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-03-05
businessfirst: Ideas to help small companies retain their successful entrepreneurial spirit: Innovation and enterprise is almost universally associated with small businesses. Typically, 95% of all innovations occur in businesses with less than 100 employees. When companies grow past this point the innovation is stifled by processes and bureaucracy.Download this white paper to read case studies of how larger organisations have rekindled...; Tags: Innovation, Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Management; White papers 2008-02-26
For+Shuttleworth+it+all+comes+down+to+trust: For+Shuttleworth+it+all+comes+down+to+trustForking vs "moving on"If someone's ideas are not being accepted in a project quickly enough or completely enough, is he more likely to fork the software or to lose interest. Mr. Blankenhorn has praised forks as saving projects while Mr. Shuttleworth believes potential contributors go elsewhere.There are obviously examples...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Proprietary Software, long tail, software, developer; Discussion threads 2008-02-25
The real difference between Microsoft and Google: Microsoft can shuffle the deck chairs all it wants. It can buy Yahoo or YooHoo. It can trot out Steve Ballmer in Spandex and a cape. Microsoft's problem in competing with Google is far more basic. It's organizational. ...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Productivity, Stock Options, Internet, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-15