OT: Apple's New xServe - 1U Rackmount Server/off topic

[Robert Brandtjen]

On Wednesday 15 May 2002 11:55 pm, George Mogiljansky wrote:
> Why corporate America is reluctant...someone said a
> long time ago that most BODs and CEOs are not nerds,
> geeks or even university computer studies graduates.

for good reason, while some engineers have proven to be adept business me=
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most are not capable of seeing the "big" picture - i.e., recognizing mark=
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trends, bottom line semantics, etc - the last two years of tech sector=20
carnage illustrate this. That is my opinion based upon my observations, b=
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from affar and from personal experiences, as well as my morning cup of co=
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and the Wall Street Journal.

>If we live in a throw-away society and this economic
>policy is not changed from the ground up, anything
>free will continue to be looked upon with suspicion
>(especially by CEOs earning bonuses, stock options,
>etc.).

I may not be interpreting what you are saying here correctly, if not, par=
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me, however, I hear this sentiment frequently these days and usually find=
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the person voicing it has not the slightest conception of Economics - bot=
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macro and micro.

On a Micro scale - the US (which used to be called Macro) and it's econom=
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(read wealth here) are based upon mass consumption, with out which, none =
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us would be sitting where we are - Nigeria is an example of an economy NO=
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based upon mass consumption, as were the former soviet block countries.  =
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other words, if you wish to remain in the 19th century economically, then=
 by=20
all means curtail job growth by limiting demand/supply - I'll take Americ=
a as=20
is, thank-you.

On a Macro scale, the world depends on American consumption for it's surv=
ival=20
- not one exporting nation can survive without it - non, to be barred fro=
m=20
America's ports is to face economic death - just ask Fidel. If we stopped=
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buying cars from Europe, they would have to lay half their workers, if=20
stopped buying from Japan, they would have to lay off 2/3's of cars. The =
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is limitless - not even French vinyards are immune - in short, we are the=
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Romans of our day. All roads lead to America. Our wealth is not based upo=
n=20
greed per say (although Adam Smith wrote on the power of man's greed and =
it's=20
inate ability to raise all to higher level), it is based on fullfillment,=
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those who profit from providing that fullfillment.=20

When Linux can show corporate America that it is the answer - that succum=
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to MS marketing and literal buy out of companies is not, then it will ear=
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it's place in the world - asperin is a cheap drug, that if invented today=
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would be patented and sold for 100 times what it is now - but, it is not,=
 so=20
it is cheap, does the job and is accepted because it does do the job.=20
Economic hard times benifit the efficient, condemn the inefficient to=20
economic death - what would truly help Linux is an 8.5 % unemployment rat=
e -=20
no fat in a budget for $500.00/seat licenses.
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 Robert Brandtjen
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