| Progress? What's missing in this piece is that the economy has already been severally hurt by anti-tech policies. It doesn't mention that cell phones and wifi in asian countries have out-paced the U.S.
The idea of choosing between phones intentionally disabled in varying ways for varying different reasons put me off from replacing my cell phone for over 4 years. I still can't use the bluetooth with my computer - by design.
Meanwhile congress (and most state governors) are claiming that more skilled IT workers are needed and are pushing HARD to bring foreign workers. They claim the economy is stalled because there aren't enough IT workers.
What work? If I were going to start the next major corporation, it would NOT be in the U.S. and that has nothing to do with taxes.
Large companies pounce on any start-up that takes off too quickly, has too good of an idea, that introduces competition they weren't prepared for (RIAA, MPAA, Sony) including frivolous patent and trademark suits that would bankrupt a small company. I doubt if the pc could have been 'invented' against IBM with these laws now.
Pharma got their way patenting biologicals so that now instead of 2,000 researchers trying to cure a virus, there's maybe 5 that can afford the patents involved. Progress? |
