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To: Amy J who wrote (176966)	2/9/2004 12:18:51 AM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 186894

My feeling is that all of these "credits" are not genuine. What do you expect to achieve with a credit? Credits just ensure the same old status quo stays intact, to support the same old model and companies. The better approach is to encourage new, more competitive business models for US technology companies, and open source is one of those more competitive models. It will level the playing field for US software, employ more US engineers, and foster worldwide innovation. Open source means the capital drain which currently goes one way to india will stop, because there will be less value in massive proprietary code farms. There is still money involved in software but for a flatter org as a US based service business. I would like to see a large US technology initiative funded with open source, to me that is more beneficial than a credit.

To: Amy J who wrote (176966)	2/9/2004 8:49:12 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 186894

Amy, I live in PA and watched as Bethlehem Steel went down the tubes. My father worked there for 22 years so I know full well how many people were hurt by this debacle. But I am also aware that the company was not helped by incompetent executives, greedy unions and the like. Once a company becomes a certain size, it seems to me as if it becomes a free-for-all among the executives, unions etc grabbing all they can in money and perks. I am seeing many of the same patterns today I saw 20 years ago. The common good of the company is being pushed aside for ST gains by a few. Offshoring may help prop up profitability in the ST, but what about quality, IP theft etc etc? These things are being ignored- I have seen it before and do not like the parallels. However, it should also be noted that IMO it is not a bad thing to have 50% of the workforce of a company overseas if the company derives 50 of its revenues there....but to do it in a knee-jerk kind of way and send all of your people there simply because others are is foolish beyond imagination. As a final note, health care costs must be brought in line if we are to seriously address this problem. Drug and health care costs cannot increase by 12% a year while the economy grows at 3%....the math simply does not add up. One industry which is grabbing all they can is the healthcare industry at the current moment.....but that is for another post:-) Regards, Brian