xzvf - Slashdot User

Submission + - SCO shill has remorse.

Submitted by xzvf on Thursday September 20, 2007 @10:59AM

xzvf writes: SCO shill Dan Lyons of Forbes has remorse for backing doomed company. To quote "The truth, as is often the case, is far less exciting than the conspiracy theorists would like to believe. It is simply this: I got it wrong. The nerds got it right." http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/09/19/software-linux-lawsuits-tech-oped-cx_dl_0919lyons.html Judge for yourself if the retraction is genuine.

Submission + - BusinessWeek Advocates Microsoft Piracy (businessweek.com)

Submitted by xzvf on Thursday July 26, 2007 @09:28AM

xzvf writes: BusinessWeek advocates allowing users in China and India to pirate Microsoft software so it can obtain the same level of market share there as it has in the US and Europe. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jul20 07/id20070725_504325.htm?campaign_id=yhoo

Submission + - Citizenship for all holders of adv, degrees (businessweek.com)

Submitted by xzvf on Thursday June 21, 2007 @02:54PM

xzvf writes: Should the United States offer citizenship to all people that get advanced degrees from accredited US institutions? BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/conten t/jun2007/db20070620_915353.htm?chan=top+news_top+ news+index_top+story proposed it and I tend to agree even through it might add competition for the jobs for which I apply.

Submission + - Server Sales Crashing!!!

Submitted by xzvf on Thursday May 17, 2007 @10:05AM

xzvf writes: Virtualization: Real Trouble for Servers? Technology to help companies make more efficient use of computers is crimping demand for some machines, forcing strategy shifts for IT giants http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may 2007/tc20070517_763059.htm?campaign_id=yhoo

Submission + - Crackdown on Indian Outsourcing Firms

Submitted by xzvf on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @04:48PM

xzvf writes: Businessweek reports two senators are probing how Indian outsourcing firms use U.S. work visas, with an eye on new restrictions http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/conten t/may2007/db20070515_218119.htm?chan=top+news_top+ news+index_businessweek+exclusives

Submission + - The Myth of High Tech Outsourcing

Submitted by xzvf on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @01:48AM

xzvf writes: BusinessWeek summerizes a new report from the American Electronics Association (now known as AeA) that they think mitigates the effect of outsourcing on IT employment. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr 2007/tc20070424_967747.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+ index_top+story

Submission + - Microsoft does the Apprentance

Submitted by xzvf on Wednesday November 29, 2006 @03:25PM

xzvf writes: Microsoft is sponsoring an Apprentance like activity (using one of Trumps ex-cronys) trying to find the next small business, big idea. $100,000 Dollars, free rent Manhatten store front, and MS business software. Submit your ideas before 1/31/2007. http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/11/29/microsoft.conte st.reut/index.html

Submission + - H1B Restrictions Top 10 US Economic Blunder

Submitted by xzvf on Thursday November 09, 2006 @08:01AM

xzvf writes: BusinessWeek is claiming that restricting H1B visas is a top 10 US economic blunder.

From the slide show:
Under congressional legislation, the cap on H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers fell by two-thirds, to just 65,000 a year, leaving companies starved for talent at a time when Congress was refusing to supply enough green cards to meet the demand for both skilled and unskilled workers.

Slide Show: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/11/1109_econo my/index_01.htm
Parent Article: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/conten t/nov2006/db20061109_866126.htm?chan=top+news_top+ news+index_top+story

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