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Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?

Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?Sorry HarryYou're in the wrong place if you expect reasonable discussion based on facts. The majority of responders here start from ideology, not facts.Nuclear fission, of course, is still the same ideology that got us here in the first place. Use a scarce, incredibly...

Tags: ideology, car, bus system

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs

The genius of Steve Jobs is to be valued highly. But so is that of the team around Linus Torvalds. What should matter, in the end, is the quality of the finished product, its usefulness, its value. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: John Galt, Team Management, Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Ideology, Linus Torvalds, Linus, Galt, Open Source

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night

Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night.....Our arrogance is our own demise. It's that simple. ]:)We already have a crippled two-level systemIt's called Medicare/Medicaid.And once again the author shows his ignorance of economics. In a truly private, competitive health care system, if universal electronic records provided increased profits,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Strategy, health care, ideology, ideological night, enormous innovation, surcharge, innovation

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

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: Eolas Technologies Inc., ideology, IP, IP Innovation, Nothing, patent

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

Additional Resources

Reid promises 60 on Saturday

promises, promises, promisesHe will not get his 60 on Saturday. There are enough senators with the backbone to avoid what will be an economic catastrophe for our nation.Obama created phantom jobsSomeone did bother looking into the jobs Obama claimed to save / create and found this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1t3zZBhJ7wBlog not about Obama or...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Reid

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Don't cry for me Joe Lieberman

the patriots are rising against the socialist billThe Obamacare is gasping for air while the liberals are preparing to be booted out of the congress in 2010.The real Americans have risen again and upheld the values of the founding fathers against dangerous foreign socialist ideeas.End Socialism Now!Enough with the Commissar's...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Obamacare, patriot, socialist, socialism, reconciliation, Joe Lieberman

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Will OpenSolaris survive Oracle?

We can only hope so! It would make a much better back end than what linux has to offer. Solaris has always been a solid performer and is a real UNIX, not some hacked up clone like linux. The best option for Oracle would be to ditch linux...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., OpenSolaris, Open Solaris

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Mac ZFS is dead: RIP.

fortunatelywhile zfs is cool, there are enough other file systems, so we users won't miss it muchHow about EXT4 and BTRFS?What do you think of EXT4 and it's destined successor, BTRFS?NTFSActualy has similar features to most of these but maybe its not implemented as well.Apple picks NetApp WAFL over...

Tags: Storage, Mac ZFS, Actualy, Robin, Apple Macintosh, NetApp Inc., ZFS, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Windows 7's latest fan: Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds, pictured at an unidentified Yodobashi store in Tokyo, Japan. Source: Chris Schlaeger click to enlarge I was determined to not write about Windows 7 today, because any analysis I wrote would get buried in all the other news. I...

Tags: Linus Torvalds, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-22

On the future of Open Source thought leadership

It's time we recognized the advantages of bothIMHO it's time to recognize the advantages in both, and not to do silly things like pretend that somehow software is a moral agent.I can certainly see the advantage of software being open source. It helps the educational community, and gives tools to...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Free Software, leadership, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, open source, proprietary software, Microsoft Corp., hardware, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

On the future of Open Source thought leadership

After over a decade of being in the shadow of the Free Software movement and 30 years of its inflexible dogmatic principles, disruptive new Open Source thought leadership is emerging that is truly able to compromise with the realistic needs of business and end-users without carrying...

Tags: Software, Leadership, Richard Stallman, Open Source, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-08