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- Google to ramp up hiring in China
- Google to ramp up hiring in ChinaClash of ideologiesWill be interesting to see what happens ...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, hiring, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-20
- Protectionism never works
- Protectionism never worksNow if you can just convince...those in the unemployment line that have lost their jobs to outsourcing... Or the parents of kids who have been chewing on lead based painted toys from China.Totally free markets work only in perfect economic models. The true answer lies in the middle...
- Tags: Protectionism, Daimler AG, free trade
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- The sinking dollar and offshoring
- The sinking dollar and offshoringWon't make any differenceTo a well-run shop, the [u]cost[/u] of engineering services comes a very distant second to the value received: delays or low-quality work cost so much more than a salary that it's a sucker's bet.The problem is, most corporate management either has no idea...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, Protectionism, offshoring, salary, Chinese Government, Microsoft Corp., job
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- The next iPod will run OS X?
- The next iPod will run OS X?Microsoft should be punished for past behaviorI don't know how many of you have actually taken the time to read the transcripts from the Microsoft anti trust trial, but judging from the past comments from some of you sticking up for Microsoft, I'm sure...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Apple iPod, Apple Mac OS X, Protectionism, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-17
- Getting tough with China?
- Getting tough with China?The US government, Microsoft's best advocate.Of course, Microsoft and the business organizations to which it belongs will have little impact on Chinese government policies. Piracy and software protectionism are not essentially a problem; they're an increase in profits.But, because the Chinese policies are blatant protectionism, the...
- Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Miller, Chinese Government, Microsoft Corp., protectionism, Bush Administration
- Discussion threads 2005-05-20
- AMD expanding facilities in China
- AMD expanding facilities in ChinaJust our way of saying thanks to our US customers.What? You thought that buying our products and making us profitable was going to buy any sort of loyaty? Are you out of your mind???right on!["With one of the world's hottest chip markets, an abundant...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Investment, Protectionism, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-04-15
- What's the tech policy agenda for 2004?
- What's the tech policy agenda for 2004?Hidden agendasWhat the CSPP isn't telling anyone is that they are using outsourcing as a way of forcing wages down in this country. Even a highly-skilled, highly-experienced worker is going to be willing to work for less if he can't find anything else. By...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Outsourcing, Benefits, financial, Protectionism
- Discussion threads 2004-03-12
- Accenture on hiring spree in India
- Accenture on hiring spree in IndiaUS Citizens: Worried when your job goes?Contact your elected representatives today. The US needs a reasoned approach to this issue of disappearing jobs. I propose that we close the borders to corporations sending US jobs to countries that do not have the same array of...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Protectionism, job, Accenture Ltd., hiring, free trade
- Discussion threads 2003-12-04
Additional Resources
- The company people want Microsoft to be
- The company people want Microsoft to bewhat kind of compagny people want MS to beWell not very different that the one we have right now .... except no more fud ( if they have something again opensource just go to court and be done with it if linux...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Windows Vista just can't catch a break
- Windows Vista just can't catch a breakThat's unfair, not everybody loves to hate Vista... there's Penelope, Rupert, Ballmer, No_Ax, Loverock, Ye and friends ...Vista isn't the problem. Microsoft is...I don't hate Vista. I just strongly dislike Microsoft and their marketing strategies geared toward bilking consumers out of every possible dollar...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, Microsoft Corp., SKU, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Germany uses n-word to describe American policies
- Germany uses n-word to describe American policiesNeed a big SUV for personal transport because you ate too much?Yeah the psychology is just too much me-me-me. It'll take a generation or two to sort it out IF action is even taken. But then, who wants to take action if it doesn't...
- Tags: N-word, American Policy
- Discussion threads 2008-04-19
- Globalization's roots in the boom 90s
- Globalization's roots in the boom 90sJohn,If you think the first 70 pages are good, wait until you read the next 400 or so.I would differ on one thing though. I would say that rather than the ability of the American System to self correct, it is the fact that...
- Tags: globalization, boom-90s, regulation, outsourcing
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
- California Internet sales tax bill faces long odds
- California Internet sales tax bill faces long oddsThere goes the neighborhoodFolks,I realize many techies lean left, but please understand if this type of tax makes it through, internet commerce will suffer immeasurably. I'm reminded of the days of when there was no income tax. The US had unbridled...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, California Internet sales tax, government
- Discussion threads 2008-03-16
- Will it always be about Microsoft?
- Will it always be about Microsoft?Google to become the ogre?Nah, because they're not the Penelope and Rupert obsessed sh*theads that have made it their entire existence to keep people dumbed down with a going nowhere computing paradigm.Google make their money from advertising businesses, not from lies, control and dumbed down...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2008-03-09
- Do open source developers deserve a premium?
- Do open source developers deserve a premium?Just Ignorant or more MS-Sponsored Bull?Articles like these always the ignorance line so closely that I cannot really tell if they're genuine ignorance or influenced by parties with vested interest. However, Robert De-Niro gave the best advice for some of these ZDNet guys...
- Tags: Development tools, Closed-Source, open source, Open Source Developers, open-source community
- Discussion threads 2008-02-29
- Here's my problem with many rogue coders, hackers, Open Source cultists
- Here's my problem with many rogue coders, hackers, Open Source cultistsUnderstating the case[i]In the read world, it is more like give me Microsoft Office, Outlook Express, maybe iTunes, some games. Don’t give me hacks or alphabet soup utilities, remedies or solutions.[/i]No, in the real world it is more like, "let...
- Tags: Branding, Microsoft Office, elitism, rogue coder, open source, coder
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- China's cyberwar: Is it all that surprising?
- China's cyberwar: Is it all that surprising?Why blog about it?Who cares? As long as Americans continue to be in love with the "sell for less" concept that essentially equals buying products made in China because you can save a couple bucks, they are in no position to complain about what...
- Tags: irony, cyberwar, free trade, IS IT, Cuba
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- An OOXML thought experiment
- An OOXML thought experimentOf course notI realize this is just rhetorical, but it's obvious that it's only Microsoft's technology that is objected to, not the idea of multiple competing standards per se. If Microsoft were to drop OOXML tomorrow and adopt ODF, the same people would insist that MS is...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Adobe PDF, Venn, monoculture, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2007-08-17
- John Edwards, NAFTA and protectionism
- John Edwards, NAFTA and protectionismTunnel vision...because I work for Microsoft, everything I do MUST be done to justify their existence.It couldn't be that I have argued consistently for the past 10 years in favor of free markets.Read Your US History! Oh Multi-National Corporate EmployeeFirst, thanks for taking on the elephant...
- Tags: Free trade, American-made product, Lincoln, black slave, American Party, Microsoft Corp., NAFTA, John Edwards, slave
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- John Edwards, NAFTA and protectionism
- Though I was about as likely to vote for Daffy Duck as vote for John Edwards, his recent comments regarding the need for restrictions on foreign trade just sealed the deal. John Edwards and economic common sense simply cannot be mentioned in the same sentence.But, this blog wasn't written to...
- Tags: U.S., Job, America, NAFTA, Mexico, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
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