Partnership boom from depressed IT spending?

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Retailers welcome spending boom

Retailers welcome spending boom 06/27/2004 04:42 AM
Scotland's retailers look at ways to encourage investment and growth on the back of healthy sales figures.

Telecom gear suppliers bank on spending
boom

Telecom gear suppliers bank on spending
boom 06/24/2004 02:26 PM
Equipment makers salivate over prospect of more spending from carriers, but not everyone will get an equal slice of the pie.

Depressed

Depressed 09/10/2004 08:45 AM
Looking at the course of this election, can you find anything left of our democracy?...

Depressed over Daisy

Depressed over Daisy 06/22/2005 02:54 AM
You know, seeing open source projects like Daisy make me just want to stop JSPWiki development altogether. It's simply just too good, and I feel like there's no way I can compete.

Daisy will be a winner.

Update and a bit of soul-searching:

Heh. Thanks for your kind words, Steven. FWIW, I'm not quitting JSPWiki development, but frankly, I was in awe while looking at what Daisy has accomplished. It really fills a gap that has been in the software space, and it has learned quite a few lessons from Wikis.

The thing is, Daisy being Java makes it far more interesting to corporations. Individuals prefer to deploy PHP or other light-weight apps that can be easily installed on web hotels, and so far the JSPWiki niche has been in corporate intranet deployments. Something like Daisy will surely eat into that niche, and it makes me think if I should refocus my attentions elsewhere. Find perhaps a new focus for JSPWiki, or something.

The other thing is that I have quite a lot of ideas I would like to put into reality. JSPWiki's code base is (still) pretty healthy, and there's much life still in it - in fact it seems that jspwiki.org is finally running on its own without my constant watch. There are some professional developers contributing very good quality code, and many people seem to like the whole project. But since nobody is paying me to work on it (any volunteers? :), I am using something like two hours a day on it. Which amounts to quite a lot of work over the years, but I still know that I can't match the power of professionally employed developers working 8/5 on an OSS project. And that sort of makes me sad, because I would like to match the quality - to have an even race, so to speak.

It's kinda like seeing your neighbour buy a new, powerful Ferrari, while you still drive an old, crumbling Fiesta because you don't have any money. You kinda feel happy for him, but you also feel jealous. You kinda want to deride him for it, and want to say mean things, but at your heart you still know that you would do the exact same thing if you could.

Daisy's really good. I'm just a bit jealous at the people who get to work on something like that full-time. In my current dayjob I get to do little hands-on stuff. I mean, it's interesting in every possible way, and I like many things about it, and the people I work with are some of the smartest people I've ever met, and I would have the opportunity to drive many things, but still I find that my heart is not completely into it.

After all, I'm a tinkerer at heart. I get delight on the beauty of code; I enjoy the feeling of making things 'click'. I like to simplify things so that other people find use in them - maybe because that solicits feedback. The beauty of open source for me is that you can't hide anything: when you put it out there, people will see it for what it is really worth. It's like a painting, or sculpture: it's naked and visible for anyone to see and judge - you don't hide parts of it under a blanket and just show the good bits. And getting positive feedback on something like that is one of the few things that can really make my heart tick.

The Bush Boomlet: "the Bush boom rests
more on hope than hard data—and on a
pretty weak definition of a boom." 10/31

The Bush Boomlet: "the Bush boom rests
more on hope than hard data—and on a
pretty weak definition of a boom." 10/31 10/31/2003 08:16 AM
Is the economy really booming? .. this one by Daniel Gross .. This Salon article .. another

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CoD United Offensive boom boom

CoD United Offensive boom boom 09/20/2004 07:05 PM
Luigi Auriemma (Sep 18 2004)

ITtoolbox Spending Survey Shows IT
Spending On The Rise

ITtoolbox Spending Survey Shows IT
Spending On The Rise 06/27/2004 04:51 AM
The results of the second annual ITtoolbox IT Spending Survey demonstrate that IT budgets have increased over 2003. The survey, which was sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, was conducted by ITtoolbox, the leading provider of information for professionals in the IT workplace. The purpose of the survey was to provide insight into current and future purchasing trends of corporate IT departments worldwide. [PRWEB Jun 27, 2004]

Limited's Depressed Express?

Limited's Depressed Express? 05/17/2004 12:07 PM
The Express and Limited chains show first-quarter weakness.

European Stocks Depressed Ahead of Intel

European Stocks Depressed Ahead of Intel 08/31/2004 07:50 AM
AP via ABCNEWS.com Aug 31 2004 12:35PM GMT

Depressed? Diabetic? Try skin patches
(Reuters)

Depressed? Diabetic? Try skin patches
(Reuters) 04/16/2004 10:23 AM
Reuters - Patients with depression and diabetes may soon join those getting pain relief, birth control hormones and help quitting smoking through skin patches that can deliver medication for days at a time.

Iraq's PM Says Saddam Depressed, Begs
for Mercy (Reuters)

Iraq's PM Says Saddam Depressed, Begs
for Mercy (Reuters) 09/20/2004 08:40 AM
Reuters - Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is depressed and has begged the Iraqi government for mercy, Iraq's Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in an interview published Monday.

Depressed? New York City Screens for
People at Risk

Depressed? New York City Screens for
People at Risk 04/12/2005 11:12 PM
The practice is one that health officials hope will become a routine part of primary care, much like a blood pressure test.

"Depressed French wine producers bomb
Government offices"

"Depressed French wine producers bomb
Government offices" 04/06/2005 03:08 AM

"Sullen, Depressed President Retreats
Into Private, Paranoid World"

"Sullen, Depressed President Retreats
Into Private, Paranoid World" 08/02/2004 08:42 AM

Depressed Annan close to quitting over
UN scandals - Sunday Times - Times
Online

Depressed Annan close to quitting over
UN scandals - Sunday Times - Times
Online 03/27/2005 04:55 AM
Depressed Annan close to quitting over UN scandals - Sunday Times - Times Online .. a sad tune coming on

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"Depressed Annan close to quitting over
UN scandals KOFI ANNAN, the United
Nations secretary-general, is said to be
struggling with depression and
considering his future. Colleagues have
reported concerns about Annan ahead of
an official report this week..."

"Depressed Annan close to quitting over
UN scandals KOFI ANNAN, the United
Nations secretary-general, is said to be
struggling with depression and
considering his future. Colleagues have
reported concerns about Annan ahead of
an official report this week..." 03/27/2005 06:21 PM

New: The Boom Box

New: The Boom Box 06/22/2005 02:00 AM
Roxio released The Boom Box, a bundle of five audio programs: CD Spin Doctor, Audio Hijack, iPodderX, MusicMagic Mixer, and iSpeak It.

Boom Boom Box

Boom Boom Box 07/16/2004 11:47 AM

Sure, it's cheesy, but there's a surprising amount of potential use to be had from this $20 Boom Boom Box. Four AA batteries power built-in stereo speakers inside a water-proof casing that even comes with a hanger so you can hook it on your shower curtain rod or nozzle, turning almost any portable audio player into a waterproof shower stereo. Put your $500 portable player inside at your own peril, of course.

And it's not like you have to use it in the shower, either. There's something to be said for a cheap, hard-plastic case that lets you share your sound whenever, wherever you want. (Thanks, Rachel!)
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Boom 1.4.4

Boom 1.4.4 10/29/2003 10:29 PM
BOOM is an arcade game in the grand tradition.

Ka-boom Boom (12:02 PM)

Ka-boom Boom (12:02 PM) 02/26/2003 03:39 PM
Thursday night I went out into the snow and bought Grand Theft Auto 3. After spending a large chunk of the weekend playing, I have

Boom 1.5

Boom 1.5 06/15/2004 07:01 AM
BOOM is an arcade game in the grand tradition.

BOOM!

BOOM! 06/03/2004 11:25 PM
Nuclear codes = 00000000 Remember Johnson's Daisy ad, which led to the question whose finger do you want on the button? Well it seems it was not the President's finger alone. SAC took it upon itself (if this article can be believed) to set all the nuclear launch codes to 00000000 and then to tell all of the launch operators. Any one of those crews could have by themselves started WWIII. Apparently, that whole "nuclear briefcase" trick was nothing but a charade for many years. YIKES! (via Geekpress and Slashdot).

Wireless boom

Wireless boom 12/04/2003 09:36 PM
CNET Asia Dec 4 2003 7:53PM ET

The new Internet boom

The new Internet boom 06/03/2004 05:06 AM
USA Today Jun 3 2004 9:17AM GMT

Semicon boom

Semicon boom 01/02/2004 06:04 AM
CNET Asia Jan 2 2004 4:51AM ET

Transmeta Looks For a Different PC Boom

Transmeta Looks For a Different PC Boom 12/08/2003 06:56 AM
SiliconValley.Internet.com Dec 8 2003 6:27AM ET

Disney Goes Boom!

Disney Goes Boom! 09/01/2004 07:19 PM

the language boom

the language boom 12/07/2003 10:34 AM
Language tree rooted in Turkey.

IDC: A Boom in VoIP

IDC: A Boom in VoIP 04/04/2005 09:45 PM
Internet News Apr 5 2005 1:35AM GMT

Boom to bust ...but dot.com man would
still do it again

Boom to bust ...but dot.com man would
still do it again 01/18/2004 09:20 PM
Straits Times Jan 19 2004 0:07AM GMT

Disk Goes Boom!

Disk Goes Boom! 01/30/2003 12:12 AM
I hate it when crap like this happens. A few months ago, I built a new server (with hardware from ASA Computers, highly recommended) to serve as a backup/spare for family.zawodny.com (the machine that hosts my blog and about 40...

Boom Of The iPod Add-Ons

Boom Of The iPod Add-Ons 02/01/2005 09:36 PM

Stratospheric iPod sales have created a vast opportunity for other companies to sell companion gear, but the spoils have gone to those able to keep pace with Apple, which has introduced at least a half dozen kinds of iPods since the first model arrived in late 2001. By Ina Fried, CNET News.com

Sonic's Retro Boom

Sonic's Retro Boom 01/04/2005 11:06 AM
The drive-in eatery proves that there's plenty of horsepower under its hood.

XML-Deviant: Browser Boom

XML-Deviant: Browser Boom 07/14/2004 05:29 PM
Edd Dumbill reports on the boom in web-browser innovation as well as Mozilla and Opera's mysterious desertion of the W3C as a forum.

XM's Subscriber Boom

XM's Subscriber Boom 04/04/2005 01:50 PM
The satellite radio provider is nabbing subscribers at a quick pace, but content will be the key in the long run.

Baby Boom Ahead?

Baby Boom Ahead? 03/19/2005 02:58 AM

The Idea: The recent UN projection that global population will level off at 9.5 billion is based on the flawed assumption that a recent phenomenon -- families having fewer children than they want due to economic and political constraints -- will continue throughout the century and become a global phenomenon. Remove those constraints and the linear growth of nearly a billion more people per decade will continue, and precipitate a great ecological challenge to our planet. Take a look at the historical demographic trends and you see that, with only a few exceptions in different places and times, people have the number of children they want. During pioneer times in North America, fifteen children were needed to run the farm, so that's how many most families had. In Niger, Africa today men want 12-15 babies each, and women want almost as many, and that's how many they have. In the last thirty years, a remarkable and global gap has arisen between the ideal number of children wanted and the number of children actually born. This gap has a number of different explanations, all of them transient. There is no precedent for such a gap continuing, and no reason to believe it will continue. When that gap closes, the average number of children per family will rise by between 0.50 and 0.75. The chart above shows what that will mean to world population. The entire basis for the projection that global population will peak at 9.5 billion and then level off is based on the assumption that this recent anomaly -- families having 0.5 children fewer each than they want -- will continue as a global phenomenon for the rest of the century and beyond. Every year a whole set of surveys are taken throughout the world on what people consider the 'ideal' family size. Here are some of their findings: In the US, adults say on average that ideal family size is 2.6 children; those wanting children at all want an average of just under 3.0; and younger Americans want an average of almost 0.5 children more than the previous generation had. In Canada, average ideal family size is also 2.6 children, and this number has been rising steadily since it bottomed out a generation ago. In the UK, France and Germany, average ideal family size among non-immigrants is 2.5, 3.3 and 2.3 children respectively (among immigrants from South Asia and North Africa it is much higher). In India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Egypt, average ideal family size is 2.7, 2.5, 4.1 and 3.1 children respectively. In Latin America, ideal family size is 2.7 to 3.5 children. In most of Africa, ideal family size is 7.0 children. The UK and Germany are the only countries in the world where more than 10% of families hope to have 0 or 1 child (the percentages in those countries are 12% and 11% respectively). Two or three children are overwhelmingly preferred even in countries where population is temporarily stable or declining, and 80% globally say having children is essential to their personal fulfillment. Immigrants from third world to first world countries typically plan to have at least two more children on average than non-immigrants, and significantly more than the countrymen they left behind. These ideals are, on average, between 0.5 and 0.75 children more than actual fertility rates. In other words, people are having fewer children around the world than they would like to. The 2004 UN population projection says "In the medium variant, fertility is projected to decline from 2.6 children per woman today to slightly over 2 children per woman in 2050. If fertility were to remain about half a child above the levels projected in the medium variant, world population would reach 10.6 billion by 2050 and 14 billion by 2100". The red line on the chart above shows therefore what global population will be if people have the number of children they say they want. An average of 2.6 children per family with growing average life expectancies will double world population every 60 years. What are the reasons for the recent phenomenon of families having 0.5 to 0.75 children fewer than they want? They vary from country to country: In China, having more than one child is strongly discouraged, and due to abortion and infanticide of girls the ratio of girls to boys has now reached 0.84 to 1. That means there would be about 50 million more young girls in China without the availability of prenatal gender-detection technology (illegal in China but still widespread) and without the social acceptability of female infanticide. In India, the dowry system and perceived lower labour value of girls has produced the same situation as in China, with the ratio of girls to boys now as low as 0.77 to 1 in several areas of India. That means there would be about 30 million more young girls in India without the availability of prenatal gender-detection technology (illegal in India but still widespread) and without the social acceptability of female infanticide. Throughout the world, as participation by women in the workplace has risen, driven mainly by economic necessity, women have deferred their first pregnancy by an average of about five years from when they hoped to initially conceive. Data suggests this delay of first pregnancy might account for the entire drop in fertility rates in the past generation in the third world. In the US, gender preference among expectant parents has the same male bias as in India. And over 40% of Americans say they would have more children if they were wealthier. In Europe, over 30% of women report they actually had fewer children than they wanted, with affordability being the overwhelming explanation for not having more. From this data, a very troubling hypothesis presents itself. We have taken great comfort from reports that correlate lower birth rates with higher education, especially of women. But it appears we may have missed the real cause and effect here: Higher rates of education for women mean, as the Two-Income Trap so eloquently explained, higher rates of participation of women in the workforce, which means more supply of labour relative to demand and hence ability to offer lower wages, and also means more price-pressure on housing in prestige areas especially near good schools, driving up the price of housing and forcing women to stay in the workforce longer and defer having children longer, or even until it is too late. So it is possible that it is the cost of living, not education, that has temporarily slowed soaring human population. That deferral will eventually start to crimp the availability of cheap labour (although offshoring could sustain it a bit longer). When that happens, wages will have to rise and women will once again be able to leave the labour force long enough to have the children they want. And then we'll see a baby boom, leading to the red line in the chart above -- 14 billion people by the end of the century. That will happen even with HIV and other epidemic diseases and famines -- historically human population has always 'bounced back' from these setbacks by having more children to compensate for the ones that die young. Of course there's always the possibility that the Two-Income Trap could become a permanent and global phenomenon, with wage increases always pushing housing and other prices up to negate any real increase, so people will forevermore have fewer children, and start having children later in life, than they would want to. Except that the Trap is not sustainable without the pressure of more and more people competing for wage-slave jobs and scarce resources. Alas, the 14 billion human population isn't sustainable either. I know readers of How to Save the World don't like my 'pessimistic' posts, and I suspect some will jump in with reasons why the red line forecast won't happen, or say I'm just being an alarmist. I think expecting people to have the families they want is realism not pessimism, and while the idea of 14 billion humans troubles me, I think it makes sense to consider the possibility, and how to deal with the fact that our species, for the past several millennia, seems predestined and biologically driven to procreate at more than replacement levels until we hit a wall. Sources: Gallup International polls of ideal family size; the Guttmacher Institute family values studies; papers to the 2004 World Congress on Bioethics; Johns Hopkins INFO project reports; papers to the 2001 World Population Conference; the European Foundation quality of life studies; UN Population Prospects 2004 Revision report.

IT industry to boom while others go bust

IT industry to boom while others go bust 03/30/2005 08:56 PM
vnunet.com Mar 31 2005 12:32AM GMT

Shark Tank: Boom!

Shark Tank: Boom! 12/22/2004 01:18 AM
It's the late 1980s, and this support pilot fish is in the Air Force and working the graveyard shift when he gets a 2 a.m. call from a high-priority user who says his terminal just blew up.

Time for the Internet Boom Box

Time for the Internet Boom Box 07/12/2004 05:35 PM
PC Magazine Jul 12 2004 9:25PM GMT
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Call of Duty: United Offensive comes to
Mac

Call of Duty: United Offensive comes to
Mac 09/16/2004 01:00 PM
Aspyr Media Inc. announced Thursday plans to publish a Macintosh conversion of Call of Duty: United Offensive, an expansion pack for the hit World War II-era first person shooter Call of Duty. The add-on, which requires the original Call of Duty, will be released in November. Call of Duty: United Offensive is under development at Aspyr's internal development studios. It was originally developed by Infinity Ward and has been licensed from ACtivision.

Call of Duty: United Offensive 1.5.1

Call of Duty: United Offensive 1.5.1 02/05/2005 09:18 PM
Thrusts players alongside their squadmates into more authentic action across Fortress Europe’s most historic battlefields.

Call of Duty: United Offensive coming
for Mac

Call of Duty: United Offensive coming
for Mac 09/16/2004 11:25 AM
Aspyr today announced that it will publish Call of Duty: United Offensive for Macintosh later this year...

Review: Call of Duty: United Offensive
(PC)

Review: Call of Duty: United Offensive
(PC) 09/15/2004 11:09 AM
Overclockers Club Sep 15 2004 3:39PM GMT

Call of Duty: United Offensive SP Demo

Call of Duty: United Offensive SP Demo 09/16/2004 04:58 PM

Telstra claims 3G boom

Telstra claims 3G boom 03/29/2005 11:28 PM
Digital Connect News Mar 30 2005 3:38AM GMT

Biodiesel Boom Well-Timed

Biodiesel Boom Well-Timed 06/01/2004 05:41 AM
As the price of gas continues to climb, the appeal of an alternative domestic fuel is growing. Biodiesel fueling stations, new EPA emissions standards and a pending tax credit may help tip the balance toward renewable fuel. By John Gartner.

Silicon Valley's next boom

Silicon Valley's next boom 01/25/2004 07:39 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Jan 25 2004 11:12AM GMT

San Francisco gay wedding boom

San Francisco gay wedding boom 02/14/2004 01:09 AM
Gay couples race to get married in San Francisco after the mayor lifts a state ban on same-sex unions.

Retail in Review: More Bah Than Sis-Boom

Retail in Review: More Bah Than Sis-Boom 12/27/2004 11:32 PM
Analysts have offered their latest judgment of the Christmas shopping season: good, but not great, although online sales set records.

Partnership boom from depressed IT spending?

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