Anything is possible, but at least it is GPL and currently there is a good community supporting OpenJDK. Killing Java doesn't make much sense, since I am betting a good number of Oracle DB clients have their software written in Java and killing Java would mean pissing off those people in larger numbers.

Tomcat may just be a Java based web server, but once you have Spring or delegating service implementations to other servers, much of what application servers provide become overkill, at least from what I have seen.

I have seen a number of projects using Spring and Tomcat. Once you have that combination much of what application servers provided become redundant.

There are already a few home automation hubs (if I understand what he is suggesting correctly), such as Pytomation.

The main challenge is as far as I can see there is yet a single protocol to bind them all, and even then it would be yet another protocol. For this reason, there have been attempts to create protocol exchanges (not sure the right term), that act as central system that can speak to different sensors and control systems using the specific protocols.

Its not clear what he is offering that existing solutions fail at? It doesn't help that the site doesn't sum things up in one paragraph and instead requires us to parse the whole presentation before understanding what he really is proposing.

Certainly, but a LED based TV offers a 60% savings in energy costs, while switched on. One available chart is here:

http://www.rtings.com/info/lcd-vs-led-vs-plasma/power-consumption-and-electricity-cost

Also, if you are using your plasma TV in the summer, in an air conditioned space, then you are likely to find an even better energy savings with the LED TV. Sure you can argue that in the winter the plasma TV is doubling as a space heater, but it is easier to provide a more efficient heating unit, than it is trying to compensate for the heat in a cooled space. Additionally, a focus on LED based TVs will probably help focus innovation on improving the blacks in that technology.

In Europe and Asia energy costs are high, so using an energy hungry TV makes little sense. Once these markets start shifting, a portion of the US market is no longer a sufficient reason to keep a manufacturing line open

While change doesn't necessarily come from one person, a single person making a public stand can be sufficient for others to gain courage to do the same. Even it doesn't, it can be enough to get people talking in public and that is a good thing

Yeah its odd. Christians being the religion and the Catholic Church being just one governing body, just like the various protestant and orthodox branches.

Here in Canada you can already split the bill The waiters will allocate according to the person who ordered and anything that is shared can be split between the indicated people at the table. The order system already know how to indicate who ordered what and produce the bill accordingly. I am still not seeing too much novelty in what Google is providing?

The alternative to doing what they did would be being barred from the Chinese market, so the users lose out anyhow. Apple chose to tow the line instead of trying to make a political stand - I doubt they are the only company who would take this approach.

Maybe some, but the users should see they had one of two choices (both bad for them): no Apple in China because not towing the line or no app. In both cases they would lose access to the app.

The real answer would be to make the application available in English and then put it on the USA app store. Sure it would require a US credit card, but if you are going to try to circumvent the system, you might as well accept that it isn't always going to be convenient. The alternative would be no circumvention tool, as the case now.

Maybe it is a case of MBAs hiring more if their own, because they believe anyone else isn't worth shit? Then again it may be a symptom of a sector where sick people are considered customers, and hospital businesses, before they are considered patients. In most other countries I believe they are still thought as patients only?

You have been eaten by a grue - uh, sorry wrong game. ;)

And Bush said the war in Iraq was won.

My cynical side says its politicians doing what politicians do, no matter what their political background is. They all want to paint themselves as being great leaders, yet it is history that ultimately decides.

I would argue that the customer shouldn't have to dig to find out who is responsible. From the customer's point of view Apple sold him the content and was the point where the text was presented. Now whether it is Apple or the publishers behind, is for Apple to decide whether they pass the buck.

In the example of Best Buy the relationship between the box and the store is a bit clearer, but if Best Buy has an advert saying something that incorrect and it has the Best Buy logo on it, then it is Best Buy's responsibility, even it was the publisher behind changing the offering.