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- Open source as industrial policy
- The industrial policy of open source is letting our trading partners stand on their own feet against the U.S., even compete effectively against the U.S. in other markets. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Policy, Ideology, Government, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Ideology and self interest won't win health care debate
- The knives have already come out in the fight against health care reform in 2009. On the one hand we have ideology, represented by former Rep. Dick Armey, who complains that some Republicans are getting weak-kneed in their rejection of any but the most "market-oriented" (i.e., tilted...
- Tags: Physician, Ideology, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Genetic non-discrimination bill will finally become law
- Genetic non-discrimination bill will finally become lawHe may indeed feel that wayRon Paul is an idealist. Another word for that is ideologue.I would suspect......that Mr. Paul is of the opinion that people and corporations have the right to discriminate on whatever basis they choose and would thus be opposed to...
- Tags: ideology
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- Tricare scandal shows value of VA system
- Why was the Tricare scandal hushed-up? Did it show the inconvenient truth that the government-run VA health system is more effective than the privately-run military insurance system? Tricare, for those who don't know, is the military's official health insurance system. It pays for routine and...
- Tags: Ideology, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- The state of play in patent reform
- The state of play in patent reformMore from the frontMedical device makers, represented by AdvaMed, are also against the current patent reform effort. One paid for a full-page ad in the NY Times detailing their "concerns."Techdirt fisked ithttp://techdirt.com/articles/20071010/183753.shtmlNo friends.This is a good observation:"Because this is an issue between industries you...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Nothing, Eolas Technologies Inc., IP Innovation, patent, IP
- Discussion threads 2007-10-13
- (Photos: New evidence of water on Mars)
- (Photos: New evidence of water on Mars)Who cares about WATER?WHERE'S THE LIQUOR?This is whyrobotic exploration will always be inferior. We get some new insight when a probe breaks and does something no one thought of programming into it ahead of time.With people on site, some geologist says: Hey, let's scoop...
- Tags: photograph, global warming, Bible, ideology
- Discussion threads 2007-05-23
- What I learned in Washington
- What I learned in WashingtonDidn't you ask for business plans..... that would show how open source could make money? The answer for proprietary companies is easy.If you were to forget ideology and think about the best way to create the largest possible profits for the software industry which approach...
- Tags: open source, YES IT WORKS, ideology
- Discussion threads 2006-04-05
- What I learned in Washington
- Open source and the Internet are the most important business advances of our time.Both prove that, when it comes to the knowledge economy, the commons works best. By pooling code, letting every user see it, customize it, fix it and modify it, open source cuts costs and boosts productivity. By...
- Tags: ideology
- Blog posts 2006-04-05
- IT Commandment: Leave the ideology to someone else
- Here is my contribution to the Rules for IT series: Leave the ideology to someone else. Charles Bukowski, the dead poet, is the subject of a fascinating film, Bukowski—Born Into This, that I had on last night while I was working the beta release of our new product. It...
- Tags: formalist, Bukowski
- Blog posts 2006-03-31
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- U.S. health care not getting better
- U.S. health care not getting betterThe study has predetermined the result[Michael Cannon, the Cato Institute's director of health policy studies, summed up what's wrong with the study: "The report does nothing more than reveal which nation does the worst job of satisfying the subjective preferences of the people who conducted...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, U.S. Health, medical care, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Europe seeks to brand open source quality
- Europe seeks to brand open source qualitySounds more like a effort at securing EU funding, not exclusionLooks like a reasonable idea. It does not seem like a very active project though. Their www.sqo-oss.eu site has not had any news for a year.To me it seems to be claiming it is...
- Tags: Branding, Ohloh, open source, brand open-source quality, open-source quality, software, brand
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4
- Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Global warming is a security issue say American spies
- Global warming is a security issue say American spiesDead on[i]If global warming is real and it's consequences are as serious as some say which I doubt it will case major instability across the globe[/i]I think we've seen it repeated many times in history: Everyone's content and willing to lend a...
- Tags: security, global warming
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Carriers delay Google Android launch
- Carriers delay Google Android launchGovernment would be even worseActually, we would still have all the above problems you mentioned plus the delays caused by these added layers:1. Political posturing by a bunch of lawmakers who know little about technology2. Lobbyist working for big business who are going to do anything...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Vertical industries, WIRELESS, Google Android launch, Google Inc., Google Android, Dana, government, IEEE 802.11, carrier
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Cell phone as desktop computer
- Cell phone as desktop computerGood stuffThat is a really good idea and if Microsoft doesn't implement it, someone will like meS. Jobs said something similar not too long agoIn a WSJ interview he said that he thought we'd see most big advances come from "devices" rather than normal computers.The conversation...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Desktops, phone, computer, cell phone, desktop, desktop computer, docking station, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Chinese antitrust and Microsoft
- Chinese antitrust and MicrosoftTo the previous poster...Truer words have never been spoken posted this at the wrong levelIrony...Chinese Government is the biggest monopoly of all.RE: Chinese antitrust and Microsoftwhy would China care about the retail price of microsoft products in light of such cheery articles as these: "only 244...
- Tags: Corporate law, Regulations, Microsoft Corp., Chinese antitrust, antitrust, Chinese Government
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Pondering Apple in a post-Jobs world
- Before all of you start sending nastygrams my way about how tasteless and premature this blog post is, let me just say upfront I agonized about whether or not it should even be written in the first place, and my industry colleagues I consulted about it told me that the...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Strategy, Corporate Governance, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Lessons from American university education
- Lessons from American university educationCorrectionsYou wrote: Not only are graduates easy pickings for companies who want the best and brightest in the world (or rather, would be, if our own government wasn’t so intent on sending them back to their home countries), but they create opportunities for private money to...
- Tags: college system, private college, education, American University
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Health care debate not really about costs
- Health care debate not really about costsThis is where you lostall your credibility and turned into nothing more than a propagandist:"And they are paying for this lack of coverage, sometimes, with their lives."People die every day in your socialist utopia nations while waiting for needed health services. In the good...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, government, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- Does business really oppose universal coverage?
- Does business really oppose universal coverage?Oh please. Not another government bureaucracy..run with the efficiency of the Post Office. Far better, in my view, to leave health care in the hands of the consumer. But do it in a way that encourages competition, not the way it is...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
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