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CIOs under pressure to produce

CIOs under pressure to producePressure?The pressure hasn't changed; the liability has. Information Technology needs to focus more on 'informing' and the non-byte aspects of technology. CIOs need to fill the shoes they've been wearing for some time. They need to diversify their staff (intellectually rather than culturally), and better understand...

Tags: capitalist, tangent

Discussion threads 2007-04-03

Report: Debate's over--act now on global warming

Report: Debate's over--act now on global warmingReport: Debate's over--act now on global warmingI hope in light of all this global warming that solar panels become more efficient.Debate's over. Windows is better than Linux. Stop using Linux.See how easy that is? I don't actually NEED to prove my point. All...

Tags: capitalist, global warming

Discussion threads 2007-02-28

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster: Delightfully communist

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster: Delightfully communistWhy?Why should Craigslist force ads on people when there are more than enough ads in the world already. Justifying it by saying it could be given to charity is stupid - let people donate to the charities they like rather than have someone else...

Tags: eBay Inc., Anarchy, Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist, Communist, Communism, communist, capitalist, capitalism

Discussion threads 2006-12-07

Sun: Open source is about self-interest

Sun: Open source is about self-interest$un does not get it!"The open-source community needed to look to the lessons of capitalism and capitalists, said Phipps."If $un's goal is to squeze people of money using OSS, than screw them!We should not become a tool for aiding another M$ wana be.For a refreshing...

Tags: Government, OSS, open source, Phipps, capitalist, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-06-28

Documenting human capital: The next wave of economic development

Documenting human capital: The next wave of economic developmentMessage has been deleted.Human & Financial CapitalIf we accept Peter Drucker's thesis that knowledge workers (people who think for a living) own the means of production through the collectiveexpression of their human capital, what do financial capitalists or shareholders really own? Legally,...

Tags: Financial accounting, human capital, financial, human capitalist, financial capitalist, capitalist, intangible asset

Discussion threads 2006-02-23

Intel targets notebook users in China

Intel targets notebook users in ChinaChina Pipe Dream"The chipmaker, like many tech companies, has a keen interest in the potentially huge Chinese market."What they all fail to realize, being blinded by greed and all, is that China is run by a burtal dictatorship that really doesn't like the rest of...

Tags: capitalist, CHINA IS, Chinese Government, Intel Corp., notebook

Discussion threads 2005-04-14

Is open source communist?

Is open source communist?Korea loves LinusThat's South Korea http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/29/0322248 The anti-Communist one.Can this get ANY more ridiculous?Only in a GW run administration could such BS even be considered.Let's analyse this a little furtherThe central tenet of Marxism is that capitalists accumulate capital by charging more for products than the actual...

Tags: Marx, Central Control, open source, communist, communism, labour, GPL, capitalist

Discussion threads 2005-03-29

Additional Resources

The Obama Party and the Googlization of politics

The Obama Party and the Googlization of politicsTheres that loophole again........that doesn't exist. I dislike the idea of the ASP loophole. Its not a loophole. Its a change in principle thats causing the problem if you ask me. The idea of FOSS was software you could do whatever you want...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, software, F/OSS, Obama Party

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

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

Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?

Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?Yes butThis is a constant refrain. The short termism we see dominates the way tech companies behave.. It's dark side is what happens when companies get over awed eg i2. I'm glad so many of the newbies are not looking for exits...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, sway, technology sector, shareholder, stock

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?

Every technology company has three main constituencies: Employees, customers and shareholders. Does that last category overwhelm the first two? Should it? These questions are worth asking--at least when it comes to putting technology companies in context. Vinnie Mirchandani and I had this back and forth about Wall...

Tags: Shareholder, Technology Company, Wall, Vinnie, Construction, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-09

House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act

House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP ActMega CapitalismThe snake eating its own tail. Or put another way, living off of itself.The reality though, is more like it survives from eating off the minions within reach. It's like a dragon in a cave full of jewels ....Do our brave adventurers (capitalist...

Tags: Pro IP Act, gluttonou, House Committee

Discussion threads 2008-05-01

Will eBay's Craigslist gambit backfire in the court of public opinion?

Updated: EBay has gone public with the details of its lawsuit against Craigslist and its two shareholders Craig Newmark and James Buckmaster. While suit details alleged self-dealing by Newmark and Buckmaster and a rift over eBay's Kijiji unit, which competes with Craigslist, it's worth pondering the motives--and perceptions--here. ...

Tags: Craigslist, eBay Inc., Newmark, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Telecom transforms downtown Los Angeles

As noted last week, I'm in the midst of scrambling to complete work before I head across the Atlantic to London, and soon thereafter, Africa. That means I am having to do a few things I don't do in the normal course of a programming day. ...

Tags: Network Solutions Inc., Telecommunications, Sales Strategy, Servers, Sales, Hardware, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-05-01

What One Laptop Per Child lacks

An entrepreneur. (Read to the end for the story of this picture.) Nicholas Negroponte is a brilliant man, a futurist of high rank, an idealist, and an all-around nice guy. He is not an entrepreneur. Neither, for that matter, is Walter...

Tags: Entrepreneur, One Laptop Per Child Project, Tycho, Entrepreneurship, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Texas oilman strikes blow for wind, predicts ever higher oil prices

Texas oilman strikes blow for wind, predicts ever higher oil prices$5.00/gal!The Arabs will not stop until we are paying $5! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comMake Them Sick; Then Sell Them The MedicineIt seems suspicious that a "texas oilman" who has control of oil, and therefore is a beneficiary of high oil prices would want...

Tags: Gas Prices, oil, environmentalist

Discussion threads 2008-04-27

Microsoft's quarter, outlook mixed; Client revenue misses; Xbox shines

Microsoft's quarter, outlook mixed; Client revenue misses; Xbox shinesFor reference:This quarter was the one year anniversary of all those Vista coupons being cashed and the profits recorded. That's a reason the numbers were lower this year.Vista SP 1 was not released in time to produce a level of new...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Taxes, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-24

Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?

Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?That's what a Board of Directors is forLet them do their job. If they don't think the purchase is worth it, it will be shot down.RE: Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?No.Microsoft needs Gates to return (nt)(nt)Go big or go home!Initiating...

Tags: Portals, Web technology, SEARCH, lobotomy, Initiating Change, Steve Ballmer, Does Microsoft, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-24

Photos: Green buildings for the rest of us

To an architect or venture capitalist, "green buildings" means construction of fancy, new homes or office buildings. What about everybody who already lives somewhere? by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-04-21

Hybrid cars becoming ever more political

Hybrid cars becoming ever more politicalThey have printable solar cells nowShould be easy to cover cars with solar cells.RE: Hybrid cars becoming ever more politicalThe power the corps have over the government should be disconcerting to all of you. As for the alternatives, of course Detroit is hemming and hawing....

Tags: Engineering, Insurance, Hybrid-car, ever-more

Discussion threads 2008-04-03