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To: Saturn V who wrote (176998)	2/11/2004 1:37:05 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

Saturn, Good post. On another note, here's something on Opteron and Sun keeping it in the family: "Sun to buy Opteron server maker, reclaim co-founder Last modified: February 10, 2004, 8:50 PM PST By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com update SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems has agreed to acquire Kealia, a start-up that designs servers with Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor and that employs Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim. news.com.com

To: Saturn V who wrote (176998)	2/11/2004 4:17:39 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

OT RE: "It is ironic that when the dot com bubble burst in 2000-2001 about 70,000 H-1 Indian Software Developers lost their jobs in Silicon Valley alone, and returned to India." --------- Biggest mistake the USA makes in its immigration policy is to not give grad students the ability to remain in the USA, until the economic air clears. In the old days, people would just wait it out, which made sense for everyone. But with 9/11, educated people didn't want to end up in jail. We get what we deserve, when we create bad government policy. Regards, Amy J

To: Saturn V who wrote (176998)	2/11/2004 8:15:09 AM
From: hueyone	Respond to of 186894

re: However I think that there is more to it (joblesss recovery) than partisan politics. Good post Saturn. Imo, the economic cycles and the points where we are in them are much bigger factors influencing job numbers than who has been in the White House. I don't think the job recovery at this point in the economic cycle would have really been any different under Gore, as we move through this labor arbitrage phase of economy globalization---which has been largely enabled by Silicon Valley innovation. Ultimately the development of overseas markets, especially China and India, should increase demand for our products moving forward, and hopefully create demand for new jobs here as well as over there in the future. JMO, Huey