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- More anti-file-sharing rhetoric in Washington
- More anti-file-sharing rhetoric in WashingtonFundingI don't suppose that this bill contains funding that will not result in other activities, ie: education, being cut during the process of trying to convert colleges and universities to selective law enforcement agencies?Do they know who has control?I find it so funny when people talk...
- Tags: rhetoric, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- The political meaning of open
- Open source is not a political issue, but it sometimes plays one on TV. There are times when both sides in open source debates use what sounds like political rhetoric to demonize the other side. Here are some examples, Shai Agassi's "IP Socialism" gaffe, which followed Bill Gates' earlier comment...
- Tags: rhetoric, open source, OPENXML
- Blog posts 2005-11-22
- Rhetoric vs. Reality at SAP
- Shai Agassi says he was misquoted. Assuming this is true, I made a mistake. But none of that really matters. What matters in technology, as in business and as in politics, is not what you say, but what you do.What has SAP done for open source? Has it contributed code...
- Tags: open source, Shai Agassi, SAP AG
- Blog posts 2005-11-14
- Who is threatened by open source now? SAP
- Getting in front of open source and defying it is like getting in front of a freight train. But SAP has little choice.Battered by a growing open source threat (mySQL, Ingres) on the one hand and an emboldened Oracle buying PeopleSoft and Seibel on the other, executives like Shai Agassi...
- Tags: rhetoric, open source, SAP AG
- Blog posts 2005-11-10
- OASIS patent policy sparks boycott
- OASIS patent policy sparks boycottI'm not sure of the specificsBut if those guys are advocating the action - that's good enough for me. I refuse to implement OASIS . . .I thought one of the big plusses of OSS..was standards compliance.Guess not.selective boycottFrom the OASIS speaker, there are a dozen...
- Tags: Quality, rhetoric, OASIS, F/OSS, boycott, FOSS community, standards, open source
- Discussion threads 2005-02-22
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- Empirical evidence: Arctic ice sheets thinner and softer
- I see the counter-offensive ("Anglia" anyone?) is in full swing.And.. yeah sure Harry, we're going to 'believe' your scientists.Like in the Apple ad: "Trust me, this time is different".:)Indeed. It's just pre-Copenhagen PR.And Copenhagen is about:- blaming the west- wealth distribution from the west to lazy and corrupt countries.Fair questionsAs...
- Tags: Arctic, climate change
- Discussion threads 2009-11-28
- British scientists call for action in Copenhagen
- RE: British scientists call for action in CopenhagenThe exposed emails sure tell the truth about this whole GW movement.If you don't trust science...Then give up its benefits. That includes just about every piece of tech discussed here.If you don't believe in climate change, can I suggest you join the...
- Tags: climate change
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Google goes all-in with an open source cloud
- RE: Google goes all-in with an open source cloudGoogle is redifing the marketplace each day with calculated innovation to set the table for their advancement and domination in the future. I can't for the fight that is coming with MS Office next year and Google docs.another nail in M$...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Chrome, Windows 7 market share, Google Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Is Apple being too precious about the App Store?
- If by precious you mean fascistthen yes they are...great...Get ready for the Jobs cultist starting another holywar because you "tarnished" their cyber-religion.Precious.The marketplace is what it is because of ownership. Apple owns the store they built and has the identical right that Disney or The Atlantic or Toyota does to...
- Tags: Public relations, Microsoft Windows NT, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Resistance to change: The real Enterprise 2.0 barrier
- Vive Le Resistance!Michael - Resistance to Change, Immunity to Change - there is a lot of activity on the "real work" beyond tech and into enacting and leveraging change agents of Enterprise 2.0 lately... great that we're all surfacing these issues in increasingly large forums.For a bit more flavor on...
- Tags: Enterprise 2.0, transparency, worker
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- House due for its health reform vote tomorrow
- the American patriots will rise againand defeat the socialist bill.All real Americans are outraged about ObamaCare and the Congress should listen to them.Only the GOP healthcare bill is the one we can afford and will improve the healthcare.Not going to passPeople do not want this socialist fiasco.RE: House due for...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, WTF, health care, insurance, patriot
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- What's the key to Apple's success?
- One word: QUALITYA concept absent from WindowslandTDSo sad to see how Apple destroyed the word "innovation"Apple has never, ever, done anything innovative. By applying the term to blatant rebadging of 5 year old technology, you devalue the meaning of the word and insult those who actually [b]do[/b] innovate. For shame.Oh,...
- Tags: Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Climate change denial: only in America? Then, there's global cooling...
- You don't want to know that the BBC,the most listened to source of news in the English language, is reporting on global cooling?There you go again, HarryYou almost made it - a whole week without enviro-whacko. But you didn't make it...Sad...Reading AssignmentPlease, take a look. Page 10 might enlighten...
- Tags: climate change, Climate Change Denial, global warming
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Has Chamber become a Chamber of Horrors for its members?
- It's their Right, but it's not ResponsibleGlobal warming alarmists want Americans to believe that humans are killing the planet. But Not Evil Just Wrong, a new documentary by Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, proves that the only threats to America and the rest of the world are the flawed science...
- Tags: Chamber
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- Flu shot controversy illustrates compliance problem
- I refuse the flu shot every year...and definately will be refusing the H1N1. As a young adult with a healthy immune system I see no point. Sure I may get the sniffles - but diet, exercise, and such take care of most of it. Who knows what is ACTUALLY in...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SECURITY, compliance, flu shot, flu
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- CTIA: Genachowski taps wireless industry to help foster growth, innovation
- Right DirectionI think I won't be the only one to say, long on rhetoric, short on details, so far.But, the indications are that the mindset of this current FCC administration is clearly in the right direction. That is, on the side of the mass of consumers.Which is most of ZDNET's...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, Leadership, Genachowski, wireless industry, CTIA, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- America backs away from the Internet with a whimper
- Just like how the EU workswhen they do not agree on something, the bargining, voting, referendums, treaties, et cetera begin.And nothing gets done. I guess the internet will now become another thing to be bargin, bantered, discussed, and not agreed apon.Yes, the future looks so bright for it. I wonder,...
- Tags: Mediterranean, Internet, parody, Dana
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Google's response to AT&T's charges on Google Voice
- How about fixing the first articleso we know what you are talking about.Torn...I can certainly appreciate the arguments being trotted out by Google. They seem, however, to want to have the best of both worlds...acting as a de-facto "common carrier" while not actually being one. Given this, I...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Darkmane, ATT, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., carrier, network
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms 1.2.1 (Mobile)
- The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides succinct and often witty explanations of almost twelve hundred terms, covering everything from the ancient dithyramb to the contemporary dub poetry, from the popular bodice-ripper to the aristocratic masque, and from the social realism of Stalin's era to the magic realism of Gabriel...
- Tags: Mobile, Term, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-09-28
- The problem with health care is costs and you
- I think my head is going to explode.Is anyone else confused and frustrated about this topic??? Some people are crying "Social Medicine Go Away but don't touch Medicare or Medicaid" Some people are saying "Capitalism should dominate Health care" Other people are blaming the patients for being sick. Other people...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, New Taxes, Ins, Compassion, health care, insurance
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
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