Bill Gates says West not supplying enough IT talent
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| A shortage of information technology graduates from Western universities is
| leading companies to call on developing countries to meet research demand,
| Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Tuesday.
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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-11-07T174625Z_01_L07799513_RTRUKOC_0_US-MICROSOFT-TALENT.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C5-technologyNews-2
http://tinyurl.com/u9bux
Even if it were a truthful statement (rather than crocodile tears), wouldn't
the abolishment/destruction of small companies for the wealth and wellbeing
of closed, lockin-loving and lobbying-dependent monopolies (e.g. Intel,
Cisco, Microsoft) be the explanation/cause? It's another case of ranting
about a problem you created yourself. Similar example:
Why I (Bill Gates) Hate Spam
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| But spam is worse than irritating. It is a drain on business productivity,
| an increasingly costly waste of time and resources that clogs
| corporate networks and distracts workers...
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http://tinyurl.com/8ne8o
Reality:
Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam
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| Four-fifths of spam now emanates from computers
| contaminated with Trojan horse infections,
| according to a study by network management
| firm Sandvine out this week. Trojans and worms
| with backdoor components such as Migmaf and
| SoBig have turned infected Windows PCs into
| drones in vast networks of compromised zombie PCs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/trojan_spam_study/
Over 90% of email is spam, says Spamhaus founder
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| "If we were to turn our service off one
| day then the spam levels on the internet
| would literally bring the internet email
| system down," he said.
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http://legalit.itproportal.com/?p=299
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