Waltz' infatuation with neo-realism does not serve him well when looking at Middle Eastern politics.
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He turns a blind eye to the India-Pakistan skirmish over Kashmir, neatly dismissing the idea that both nations have nuclear weapons. .
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He assumes that Iran would act rationally, and would not destroy Israel out of religious zealotry and the conviction that their actions and own inevitable mutually assured destruction would make them martyrs. A nuclear Iran would not remain nuclear at all. It's mullahs would fulfill their religous obligations as quickly as they possibly could. .
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He assumes that the Sunni nations, like Saudi Arabia would not feel threatened by a Shia nuclear superpower in their backyards and would not start up their own nuclear programs..

The US military presence in Germany and throughout the world is also a stabilizing force. European nations are not diverting financial resources to stand up their own armies and investing those savings to their economy. Also, the last time we left the Germans unsupervised, WW II began.

All geniuses are heretics, but all heretics are not necessarily geniuses. He made no significant contribution to his own area of specialization. His body of work is seen as pedantic and derivative when it is not universally dismissed as simply being wrong. Sometimes the guy talking to God can actually part the Red Sea...but most of the guys talking to voices in their own head are not saints.

Slashdot posters that live in their parents basement misrepresent Microsoft. Only the Metro version of IE10 will not support Flash. The standard version of IE10 will. It makes sense if you think about.

A products move from good to great is strongly based on its coupling and cohesion with other solutions. This is true for a software package, a hardware package, or a process. For example, Google Apps and Picassa have very little to no coupling and cohesion. Visual Studio and Azure have a very functional level of coupling and cohesion. Each is greater than the sum of their parts.

Google is being hypocritcal here. If they opensource their propietary technology maybe I will believe them. Now, it looks like crocodile tears.

MobileMe .Mac 17" Macbooks Pro with failing display monitors due to overheating iphone antennagate I took the iconic failures. Just like the author of the post took the iconic failures of MS.

You are making the case for Microsoft to get more directly involved in the manufacturing process, rather than rely on contract electronic manufactures like Flextronic that were used to manufacture those XBox's

"Microsoft isn't exactly known for its hardware prowess" When fans of Apple chime in, they never seem to mention the Newton, Lisa, or Pippin. Yet, any product failure on Microsoft is used as evidence for the "impending doom of Microsoft". Quite frankly, Microsoft's batting average is about as good or better than any other company.

Google has only been as open as necessary.

I sure hope that Groklaw keeps us informed about Apple's litiguous behavior. Next thing you know is that Apple will tell us is that Ivey never heard of the IBM Simon when coming up with the iphone touch interface.

That is like saying we need meatless burgers. Sure, Boca Burgers are definitely in the shape and approximate texture of beef, but it is anything but a burger.

Yes, and just like Sendmail prevented Microsoft from a $1 Billion a year messaging platform (Exchange) and Linux prevented Microsoft from a $15 Billion a year Server platform. *yawn* Nothing to see here, please move along.

So, you don't own a Macbook either?