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| salparadise Apr 25, 2006 7:40 AM EDT |
More likely would be the situation where Microsoft and various "interested parties" stifle all development and free thought. Innovation and creativity dies in America (as well as the UK and Europe if they get their way).
In the rest of the world it continues apace and one day you wake to find that the US now is entirely dependent on other countries to provide IT. With all the attendant worries about whether that code is clean and secure or is really handing your servers over on a plate. In a world where we tolerate Governments holding data about us on computers whose Operating Systems they don't own, whose code is encrypted and over which they have no rights, this scenario is developing as we speak. This is no surprise from a society that thinks it's OK to run social infrastructure on a "for profit" model. If you/we don't want to wake to this world then long term investment is needed from primary school level upwards. |
| jdixon Apr 25, 2006 9:48 AM EDT |
> If you/we don't want to wake to this world then long term investment is needed from primary school level upwards. School systems run by... You guessed it. Yes education is the solution, but it will never be provided by our public school system. Education is a parent's responsibility, not the state's, the sooner we re-learn that the better. |
| Bob_Robertson Apr 25, 2006 11:46 AM EDT |
jdixon, that's one squarely hit nail. "Education" is both the solution, and at present, the problem. Link of interest to anyone who thinks about education: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Apr-23-Sun-2006/... |
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