I agree completely.
We had a production issue one day, and the team was spread all over the country at the time. We decided Wave would be perfect for collaboration. Signing up was easy enough, but every conversation got threaded in weird ways, we couldn't figure out how to tell what had been read or not. It was a total mess. After an hour or so we gave up and just used a chat room.
I'm not saying it wouldn't have worked for us, but we could not figure it out.
The second is the more important part. Foxconn uses China as a source for cheap labour, but focusses on exporting their products. The fact that this is a failing business model is interesting, since it shows that China needs the west a lot less than you might have thought - companies that make things in China and sell in the USA are failing relative to companies that make things in China and sell them in China.
Or it could be because of a thousand other reasons, or more likely a combination of a lot of factors.
I know I'm being overly optimistic, but wouldn't it be nice if we could get an OSX version if IE9? I have to run XP in Parallels just to test in IE. Dropping Windows for good would be so nice.
There are some fundamental problems with Facebook that would prevent major-brand advertisements from purchasing ads there, namely, that it's a viewer-driven site - content comes from the viewers, which is a big no-no among advertisers.
Why would a major advertiser, like Calvin Klein, place their high-end ad right next to some picture of a college kids barf? They would much rather have their ads placed next to a picture of Lara Stone.
THIS is why Facebook only pulls in a few cents CPM, whereas an ad in Vogue goes for $150 CPM.
The more democratic you get, the less interesting you are to advertisers.
My wife is an internet advertising buyer for a very large advertising company (you'd have heard of it). She buys ad space for very, very large clients (think global brands). I know that she buys a lot of ad space from Facebook. Heck, I've been out to dinner with their ad sales people. Companies buy ad space where their demographic's eyes are. It's really that simple.
My advice: start your own company. I started my own a few years ago and I can and do bring my dogs to work. This the great secret that employers don't want you to know: no corporate perk comes anywhere close being your own boss!
Factorials were someone's attempt to make math LOOK exciting.