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Oracle to raise India headcount by 1,400

Oracle to raise India headcount by 1,400where are all the protectionists gone?What? No lunatic protectionist anti-India rantings yet? I'm disappointed.FYI: Market has improvedSince that happend who the heck are you expecting to complain?Read stats on unemployment in the USA so you will know why and where they are.Now I do...

Tags: Outsourcing, protectionist, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-01-10

Study: Government data limited on offshoring

Study: Government data limited on offshoringoffshoring is gonna hurt this countrya lot more before the gov takes any actionsoftmoney has givin them a closed ear to the issuewe have laws for minoritiesyou have to hire so many, well, americans are becoming a minority now, we needs some new laws to...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, job, offshoring, protectionist

Discussion threads 2004-09-23

Mandrake in contract to boost Linux security

Mandrake in contract to boost Linux securityFrench protectionist economic policies at work.It's no suprise that the contract benifits a French company. They are big time protectionist there and it is screwing their economy. Compete or die.Great to see people all over the world helping out.It is great to...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Mandrake, Microsoft Corp., software, protectionist, French company, French Government, security, Airbus, Linux

Discussion threads 2004-09-23

Additional Resources

Economic crisis as a technology change agent

Economic crisis as a technology change agentProtect AmericaWe are witnessing the evacuation of the best jobs as they continue to move offshore all in the name of Corporate profits and the so-called Free Trade Economy.Free Trade isn't free if there are inequities and trade imbalances.America can and will return to...

Tags: Real estate, Regulations, Outsourcing, Financial services, Microsoft Ecosystem, technology change agent, free trade, agent

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Can Google not do evil?

Can Google not do evil?So happy"We are so, so happy with Google Chrome," mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. "That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on this statement." - http://notnews.today.com/?p=57RE: Can Google not do evil?Your vision of Microsoft being the dark side and...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Free trade, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot

Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross PerotIf you dont care for perot, his charts, or want another source... how aboutthe comptroller general?A movie released last goes over the same type of stuff. We have a massive defecit, one that will eat our country whole if its not dealt with....

Tags: Free trade, Perot, Ross Perot, Magna Charta, Welcome Back, Magna

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to close

Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeArticle CorrectionMr. Berman is a Democrat, not a Republican.RE: Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeFixed. thanks.RE: Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeLovely. So the RIAA prop up successfully bought a judgment that...

Tags: Pandora, SoundExchange, Webcaster

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Canadian court shutters torrent tracker

Canadian court shutters torrent trackerJust Walk AwayI realize that most of the people on the internet are content junkies but the best way to deal with a for profit company that relies on sales to survive is to not buy their product. Don't download illegally and don't buy physical content....

Tags: E-books, INTERNET, Intellectual property, Well Let, tracker, e-book, music

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

Searching for definition

Searching for definitionThe stage 1 levellerThe development that is seeding right now is predicted by many to be a growth phase of around 10 years. Why ten years I'm not sure, probably it links to the cycles inherent in our financial systems.Enterprise must adapt very quickly. Whilst they can grow...

Tags: Searching

Discussion threads 2008-06-15

Are all (Microsoft and Apple) sync services created equal?

Are all Microsoft and Apple sync services created equal?Obviously it's relative.If you lost your home and still commute 100 miles per day, it's downright cheap relative to the cost of gas.What idiotcommutes 100 miles a day when they've lost their house. MOVE CLOSER TO WORK. It's not like you have...

Tags: Obviously IT, Sync Framework, Live Mesh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., emperor

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

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

Is it time to dump the term "outsourcing"?

Is it time to dump the term "outsourcing"?There is no such thing!Outsourcing is a protectionist phrase come up with by disgruntled ex-employees!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

Tags: outsourcing, IS IT

Discussion threads 2008-04-27

Microhoo careens toward closure: Assessing the moving parts

Microhoo careens toward closure: Assessing the moving partsBEN the RAT : Rush-ins we are in a one hundred million lockout in China"This is a bad situation for Yang he has an American Constituancy that will never get through Congressinal Approval. NEW! Yahoo is not a chance.All I can say is...

Tags: Portals, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Microhoo, closure

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

Report: Mozilla enterprise browser share hits 18 percent

Report: Mozilla enterprise browser share hits 18 percentUmm>>>I use IE 7 more than I do Firefox 2.0 — primarily because the many Microsoft sites I visit daily as part of my job, not too surprisingly, look and work better in IE than they do in Firefox.

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 6

Discussion threads 2008-03-31

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

Damn I'm glad I don't live in the UK

Damn I'm glad I don't live in the UKYou can't have it both waysDo ZDNet's bloggers bother to read what they write? How can you say you favor prosecuting downloaders but not the government knowing what's in an ISP's pipe? Follow the logic here: If downloaders can be prosecuted, that...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Microsoft Corp., Internet Service Provider, government, accomplice

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

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

3Com-Huawei deal 'in trouble' over China connection

3Com-Huawei deal 'in trouble' over China connectionAnother test to show US's resistence to monkeyThe question is which matters, the greed of shareholders or the national security?Why can't this be a threat to China's security?Any time there's a deal between a US company and a China company, we always hear loud...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, national security, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., 3Com Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

Technology innovation and policy: The power of "we"

"The future is all about the power of "we" and how to collaborate with Web 2.0," said Cisco CEO John Chambers, reprising his gospel of broadband connnectedness. He was speaking at the Technology Innovation Summit held at the University of California, Berkeley. The event was hosted by Charlie...

Tags: Innovation, China, John Chambers, IM, Government, Leadership, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Web 2.0, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-11

Europe's new 'monopoly' tariff on Microsoft bypasses WTO

Europe's new 'monopoly' tariff on Microsoft bypasses WTOSOX applies to all companies, not just targeted at Europe"Stick to the subjects you actually have knowledge about."I'll tell you what: We won't censor you and you don't get to silence me. You're getting a lot nastier these days behind the anonymity...

Tags: Free trade, Regulations, Now Let, Adobe PDF, World Trade Organization, tariff, Microsoft Corp., Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Discussion threads 2007-09-26