Software and Politics...

[blackfox]

Excerpt from NYT article...

Knowing Their Politics by the Software They Use
By STEVE LOHR

Published: July 5, 2004

n a campaign season of polarization, when Republicans and Democrats seem far apart on issues like Iraq, the economy and leadership style, it is perhaps not surprising that the parties find themselves on different sides in the politics of software as well.

The Web sites of Senator John Kerry and the Democratic National Committee run mainly on the technology of the computing counterculture: open-source software that is distributed free, and improved and debugged by far-flung networks of programmers.

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In the other corner, the Web sites of President Bush and the Republican National Committee run on software supplied by the corporate embodiment of big business - Microsoft.

While I was hoping that there would be some mention of Apple/OSX...I still found this to be an interesting read about something I haven't really thought much about.

Not really sure if this counts as important news stuff, but I figured I'd venture a post and see what you all had to say (or not)...

Here is the link: (yes, you will probably have to register)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/05/technology/05systems.html?ex=1089691200&en=da03ce0ce687f047&ei=5053&partner=NYTHEADLINES_TECH

[jefhatfield]

Not really sure if this counts as important news stuff, but I figured I'd venture a post and see what you all had to say (or not)...



being in the techie field...first on the business side of things (dot.com in san jose, ca) and then later as a more modest microsoft techie after the high tech crash, i can tell you the uncle bill owns both major parties

any major move against him can make him pack up and move just up the road a bit in vancouver, bc...and nobody would like to see a lot of american jobs take off up north

it's already hard for those in so. cal when a lot of major movie making went to toronto, vancouver, and montreal...any wishful thinking of the canadians dropping the ball just did not happen and many studios/hands are there to stay...and as long as the canadians produce high quality cinema at lower prices, there will undoubtedly be a brain drain out of hollywood

[acdninjapan]

any major move against him can make him pack up and move just up the road a bit in vancouver, bc...and nobody would like to see a lot of american jobs take off up north

You really think bill would do that? The taxes, rules and regulations in BC would kill him.

Fish....More than just sushi
Ed in Japan

[jefhatfield]

You really think bill would do that? The taxes, rules and regulations in BC would kill him.

Fish....More than just sushi
Ed in Japan

i would move rather than be split in two

and yes, i am sure canadian politicians can be bought, too ;)

[acdninjapan]

i would move rather than be split in two

and yes, i am sure canadian politicians can be bought, too ;)

Of course they can be. remember we had a former PM who was a motorcycle gang member-he even admitted it... And yes, if the EE were to move down North I'm sure the politians could find something to do with all the tax revenues. It could start a general trend with all the Seattle based companies picking up and moving north.

BTW I like your bona fides. We could use you here in Tokyo.

Ed in Japan
Fish....More than just sushi