Can Linux Save IT Jobs in America

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Wired 11.04: How Hydrogen Can Save
America

Wired 11.04: How Hydrogen Can Save
America 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
contend that hydrogen power is at a "tipping point" .. why we need to transition to a hydrogen economy .. How Hydrogen Can Save America .. READ THIS ARTICLE .. Hydrogen!

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Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 |
God save America ...

Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 |
God save America ... 05/05/2004 09:39 AM

On Fed Payroll, Hackers Seek to Save
America (Reuters)

On Fed Payroll, Hackers Seek to Save
America (Reuters) 09/14/2004 07:09 AM
Reuters - Jason Larsen types in a few lines of computer code to hack into the controls of a nearby chemical plant. Then he finds an online video camera inside and confirms that he has pumped up a pressure value.

SOS for IT Jobs? Save Yourself With SOA

SOS for IT Jobs? Save Yourself With SOA 04/09/2004 04:06 PM
Internet News Apr 9 2004 8:20PM GMT

Attempts go on to save Rover jobs

Attempts go on to save Rover jobs 04/09/2005 05:52 AM
Administrators are examining the books of car maker MG Rover in a bid to save some of the 6,000 jobs at risk.

Does Municipal Broadband Save Jobs?

Does Municipal Broadband Save Jobs? 04/30/2004 01:33 PM
Just as certain states (at the urging of big broadband providers) are trying to ban municipal broadband offerings, Broadband Reports is looking at whether or not municipal broadband helps create jobs and boost the local economy. It seems like it's a mixed bag - but in a fairly expected way. Obviously, it has the ability to do two things: (1) give jobs to local residents working for the municipal broadband service provider and (2) help create new jobs for those who need broadband. However, it's unlikely (on its own) to suddenly turn any town or city into the next Silicon Valley. Still, with some towns unable to get broadband any other way, it can clearly help towns keep jobs that would otherwise go away. Considering the fact that, these days, many jobs require broadband access, it seems somewhat ridiculous for states to mandate that their towns and cities can't come up with their own solutions.

Insourcing Jobs to America

Insourcing Jobs to America 06/05/2004 05:53 AM
Insourcing Jobs to America
http://www.ofii.org/insourcing/
http://www.bea.gov/bea/ARTICLES/2003/08August/0803USAffiliates.pdf

In the past several months, outsourcing--the movement of jobs formerly performed in the US to locations elsewhere in the world--has gotten a lot of attention. Less frequently discussed are the jobs created in the US by foreign businesses. The numbers involved are formidable--more than 6 million people work for foreign owned firms, nearly a third of them (almost 2 million) in manufacturing enterprises--according to data complied by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. BEA tracks the US employment in foreign-owned firms, and has done so for two decades, as part of a program that monitors foreign direct investment in the United States. The BEA data series "employment at US affiliates of foreign-owned firms" is a good indicator of the relative importance of foreign investment to national and state economies. State by state data is summarized in Tables 6 and 7 of an article available in a portable document format (.pdf) file at the above URL.

A group representing a 115 foreign investors and the local affiliates of international firms trumpets the BEA data and other information in their website. The Organization For International Investment (OFII) promotes the value of what they call "insourcing"-- US employment at foreign-owned firms -- as a boon to the US economy. They highlight BEA's state by state data, and also provide a listing of recent US investments by international firms. This has been added to Outsourcing/Offshoring Information and Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. [EconData.Net: What's New, June 2004]

Microsoft's plan to save jobs is both
futile and dangerous

Microsoft's plan to save jobs is both
futile and dangerous 12/29/2003 02:55 PM
Thanks Chris. "Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, has an idea on how to stop the US from losing computer software jobs to India: produce more engineers. "People focus often times on the labour rate differential. But the thing that's most troubling is the graduation rate of technical graduates," Ballmer lamented at a conference in NewYork last month. "In the US, we have fewer computer science graduates today than we did five years ago."

Across America, War Means Jobs
(washingtonpost.com)

Across America, War Means Jobs
(washingtonpost.com) 05/11/2004 09:08 AM
washingtonpost.com - FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- Along a quiet strip of gray corrugated metal buildings, across the street from a La-Z-Boy distribution center, Gary Allen and his ever-expanding crew are running one of the most urgent operations of the Iraq war.

Jobs is 74th richest person in America

Jobs is 74th richest person in America 09/24/2004 12:01 AM
Apple CEO Steve Jobs moved up 4 places to be ranked 74th on the 22nd annual Forbes 400 list, with his net worth climbing to US$2.6 billion in 2004...

Linux can save your data

Linux can save your data 08/09/2004 09:08 AM
There are a lot of reasons to use Linux. You've seen people write or heard people speak about its use in clusters, offices, Web servers, and other common uses. One thing that hasn't been talked about enough is its utility as a superior tool for recovering data from other operating systems.

Big Blue: Save green on Red Hat Linux

Big Blue: Save green on Red Hat Linux 04/29/2004 08:24 PM
ZDNet Apr 30 2004 0:49AM GMT

Save time, save effort, save money

Save time, save effort, save money 05/28/2004 04:57 PM
CNET Asia May 28 2004 9:16PM GMT

How GNU/Linux and Serial ATA RAID teamed
up to save money

How GNU/Linux and Serial ATA RAID teamed
up to save money 09/21/2004 09:08 AM
Recently Mailroute, a company that provides virus and spam filtering for businesses, switched its GNU/Linux-based servers from SCSI to Serial ATA disks and saved itself a lot of money. The switchover wouldn't have been possible without Broadcom's new SATA RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) controller, the RAIDCore BC4852.

Linux Jobs on the Rise

Linux Jobs on the Rise 07/30/2004 10:43 PM

Plenty of Linux jobs -- at the top,
anyway

Plenty of Linux jobs -- at the top,
anyway 02/11/2004 09:54 PM
Stacy Holland is a California-based executive recruiter who specializes in finding people with Linux-related skills. Her business card has her photo at the top, and beneath her photo it says, "The Linux Lady." She started working with Linux people (and using Linux) in 1999, and decided to concentrate on Linux because, she says, "It's a very exciting, close-knit family of technically-motivated, interesting people." This doesn't mean every NewsForge reader should immediately send Stacy a resume. She only recruits management types. But she has plenty of career advice for coders (and others) who want to become top management, along with tips on how to ride the waves of today's shifting IT job market.

Where to find Linux jobs online

Where to find Linux jobs online 12/10/2003 10:26 AM
You know Linux, and you believe in open source, but you still want someone to pay you to work for them. Where do you go online to find Linux jobs?

Dice.com says Linux jobs growing;
certification rarely required

Dice.com says Linux jobs growing;
certification rarely required 08/10/2004 05:29 PM
While employers are increasingly looking for workers with Linux IT skills, they're not necessarily seeking those with Linux certification, according to online IT job board Dice.com.

Surge in the number of Linux jobs drives
a rising demand for skills

Surge in the number of Linux jobs drives
a rising demand for skills 06/10/2004 08:58 PM
Computer Weekly Jun 11 2004 1:19AM GMT

New and Noteworthy: Users wish Jobs
well; IBM touts Linux on Power Mac G5;
Architectural history of PowerPC on

New and Noteworthy: Users wish Jobs
well; IBM touts Linux on Power Mac G5;
Architectural history of PowerPC on 08/05/2004 06:56 AM
MacFixIt Aug 5 2004 9:58AM GMT

"Dean for America: Fulfilling the
Promise of America: Meeting The Security
Challenges of the New Cent"

"Dean for America: Fulfilling the
Promise of America: Meeting The Security
Challenges of the New Cent" 12/17/2003 02:36 AM

"Fulfilling America?s Promise: Building
a Safer World and a More Hopeful America
"

"Fulfilling America?s Promise: Building
a Safer World and a More Hopeful America
" 08/30/2004 09:06 PM

Blog for America : Fulfilling the
Promise of America: Meeting The
Security Challenges of the New Century |
December 15, 2003

Blog for America : Fulfilling the
Promise of America: Meeting The
Security Challenges of the New Century |
December 15, 2003 12/16/2003 05:30 AM
Fulfilling the Promise of America: Meeting The Security Challenges of the New Century .. Howard Dean's foreign policy agenda .. full text

blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/002698.html
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2004 U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastics
Team Members to Appear on “Waking Up in
America” on Voice America Radio

2004 U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastics
Team Members to Appear on “Waking Up in
America” on Voice America Radio 09/08/2004 02:15 PM
Three members of the 2004 US Gymnastics Team join host Dr. Valerie Kirkgaard and editor Gail Elen on “Waking up in America” at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time (3 p.m. Eastern Time) on voiceamerica.com. [PRWEB Sep 8, 2004]

America Online Latin America running low
on cash; may shut down

America Online Latin America running low
on cash; may shut down 03/24/2005 08:13 AM
Thedailycamera.com - Thu Mar 24, 09:19 am GMT

America's Man in the White House
Continues to Lie Like a Thief and Our
Soldiers Continue to Die: When Will the
Spoiled, Lying, Rich Kid Be Held
Accountable? Save the Nation. Save Our
Soldiers. Impeach and Prosecute Bush and
Cheney for High Crimes

America's Man in the White House
Continues to Lie Like a Thief and Our
Soldiers Continue to Die: When Will the
Spoiled, Lying, Rich Kid Be Held
Accountable? Save the Nation. Save Our
Soldiers. Impeach and Prosecute Bush and
Cheney for High Crimes 11/02/2003 06:30 AM

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Dean for America: Vote on your Ad for
America

Dean for America: Vote on your Ad for
America 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
Howard Dean Switch Ads .. three different TV ads .. pick a commerical .. has cribbed

commons.deanforamerica.com/vote.php
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Steve Jobs to Preview Mac OS X ''Tiger''
at WWDCSteve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's W

Steve Jobs to Preview Mac OS X ''Tiger''
at WWDCSteve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's W 05/04/2004 03:21 PM
Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2004 with Preview of Mac OS X "Tiger"

Vanishing Jobs: Structural change in the
economy means many jobs are never going
to come back. 12/19

Vanishing Jobs: Structural change in the
economy means many jobs are never going
to come back. 12/19 12/20/2003 05:03 AM
It's been a long time since I heard anything positive about American programming jobs .. Those Good Paying Jobs Are Not Coming Back

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Dual Jobs Make Jobs Chron 200's CEO Of
Year

Dual Jobs Make Jobs Chron 200's CEO Of
Year 05/03/2004 12:28 PM
"What [Steve Jobs] has done is a unique accomplishment. Both companies... weren't just successful. They're helping to reshape some industries." By Benny Evangelista and Matthew Yi, San Francisco Chronicle (via MyAppleMenu)

Pixar vs. Apple, Jobs vs. Jobs

Pixar vs. Apple, Jobs vs. Jobs 08/05/2004 10:50 AM

The use of mobile phones in Latin
America continues to rise with
approximately 123 million mobile phones
in Latin America compared with 89
million fixed line phones

The use of mobile phones in Latin
America continues to rise with
approximately 123 million mobile phones
in Latin America compared with 89
million fixed line phones 07/21/2004 02:32 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of 2004 Latin America - Mobile Communications Market to their offering [PRWEB Jul 21, 2004]

How Much Should You Save?

How Much Should You Save? 01/23/2004 04:14 PM
Depends if you're single, scared, or have a significant other.

Save us all

Save us all 10/28/2003 11:09 PM
This is a somewhat onimous commercial clip of our governor-elect. Is this what the future brings? Oh, and this one...

Do You Want to Save Your Changes?

Do You Want to Save Your Changes? 06/18/2004 02:44 PM

Web apps are great, but they have interface problems. A Web-based interface is just never going to be as rich as a traditional client-server app. Spolsky alluded to this in a post I made yesterday. HTML can really go just so far before you run into limitations. Here's a big one:

That's a pretty common dialogue box, but very hard to do on the Web. Picture this:

Joe User has just spent 20 minutes in the article editing interface of your Web-based content management app. He's worked over this article until it's just perfect, laboring intensively over every word. Then he accidentally hits Refresh and it's all gone. Joe is not happy.

That's the problem with Web forms — there's no real way to stop the user from screwing themselves this way.

After they start work on the form content, they can (1) click a link and navigate away from the page, (2) press the Reset button on the form (never put these on your forms — think about it: when was the last time you used one), (3) close the browser, (4) refresh the page, etc. There's any number of things they can do to wipe out their form data, and it's very hard to stop them. I know this because I tried...

I set out this morning to try and minimize these risks in an app I'm developing. I come away from this process pretty convinced that it's not practical. Here's what I tried to do:

In my page, I bound a JavaScript function to the unload event:

window.onunload = warn_if_form_dirty;

This means the "warn_if_form_dirty" function will run whenever the current page leaves the browser window for any reason. Note that you can't stop the event — the page is leaving no matter what, but you can do a few things before it goes. (If you could actually stop the page from unloading, then pop-up advertisers would have a field day with it.)

I also set two variables:

form_dirty = false;
warn_onunload = true;

The first variable indicates whether or not the form data is "dirty" — whether it's been changed since they loaded the page. The second variable indicates whether or not we should warn them that they're going to lose their data. When should we NOT warn them? When they submit the form. Remember that the unload event fires whenever the page unloads, even if it's because they submit, in which case they WANT it to unload.

I added this to all my form fields:

onchange="form_dirty=true;"

So whenever a form field changes, the "dirty" switch is flipped. And I added this to my FORM tag:

onsubmit="warn_onunload=false;"

Because, remember, if they submit the form, I don't want to warn them. In this case the unload event is fine.

Then I wrote the actual function that will run when they attempt to navigate away from the page while the form is dirty:

function warn_if_form_dirty()
{
if(warn_onunload == true && form_dirty == true)
{
alert('WARNING: You have chosen to navigate away from this page.  You have UNSAVED CHANGES in this form.  If you want to save these changes, click the Back button on your browser to return to your changes and press the "Save" button.');
}
}

So, the system works something like this:

1. User loads the page and starts working. "form_dirty" is false, because no changes have been made. "warn_onunload" is true because we want to warn them.


2. User changes some form data. When this happens "form_dirty" is now true because they have done some work and are at risk of losing it.


3. User accidentally hits the Refresh button (stupid user...). The onunload event fires, the "warn_if_form_dirty" function runs. It finds that both "form_dirty" and "warn_onunload" are true, so it pops the warning.

The warning, for its part, basically says, "you may have screwed up, and here's how to fix it if you want." Remember that I can't stop the event. It would be nice if I could, but the potential for abuse is huge, so you can't. All I can do is tell them what they did, and how to fix it.

The problem: the advice isn't always true.

It would be nice if you could always hit Back and get back to your data, but this turned out to be a lie. I tried it on a number of machines here in the office, and whether or not this is true depends on the browser and on the cache settings.

It seemed to work on Mozilla and Firefox all the time, but IE was fussy. For some people it worked, but for others, IE pulled the page fresh every time. It didn't work more often than it did.

So I come away from his experiment thinking that fighting this scenario is a losing battle. If you're on an intranet, and everyone is using IE with loose security, you could conceivably do some ActiveX mojo to head it off, but that isn't an option for me.

A possible solution: browser developers should build this functionality into the browser. They should detect whenever a user (not script) has changed form data and warn the user if they try to unload the page. Let the user choose to continue or cancel the unload.

If anyone else has thoughts on theories on this subject, I'd love to hear them.

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How to save the FCC?

How to save the FCC? 06/22/2004 09:06 AM
ZDNet Jun 22 2004 1:27PM GMT

Mac Tip: Save as PDF

Mac Tip: Save as PDF 07/16/2004 06:47 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 16 2004 11:06PM GMT

How to save the FCC

How to save the FCC 06/22/2004 09:06 AM
ZDNet Jun 22 2004 1:19PM GMT

Save the HST!

Save the HST! 07/16/2004 01:43 AM
Usatoday.com - Wed Jul 14, 08:58 am GMT
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