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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (16858)	2/9/2004 8:51:53 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 306849

RE: "why on earth would you want to displace your highest skilled professions? Unless of course you are a CEO that only looks forward to the next income statement?" Barrett keeps saying there's a shortage of hardcore science engineers. I see it too. Maybe there's not a shortage of software engineers. RE: "Basically what is happening here, is that US taxpayers are funding all these new technologies which get incubated at universities." Innovation is the USA's trump card for higher wages. RE: "These are the internet, GPS, various software methodologies. Next, in a post 2000 world, the CEOs are picking up these new inventions, again funded by taxpayers, and transferring the intellectual property to india, the "cheapest producer"." Again, you are posting inaccurate statements. The government does not allow the exportation of GPS software - it's a security risk. Next time you look at Garmin, check out their license agreement - it clearly states, "only for the USA." RE: "just about everybody is a cheaper producer than the USA, and this is going to be true forever as long as we are the #1 economy." Didn't see you complaining about this for the auto assembly workers impacted years ago. When the USA worker does something no one else can do (think new innovation), then the job always goes to the USA worker. RE: "So does this mean no worker will ever benefit from taxpayer funded initiatives again, and everyone needs to become a CEO? " No, it means you aren't plugged into what the universities are doing to realize there's new innovation coming out of there. This innovation translates into higher margins and higher wages for folks here. But you seem to prefer the mature database industry. Regards, Amy J