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What to look for in buying a laptop.

August 26th, 2010 John Brian Fast, CPA No comments

 

Buying a laptop?  Consider these factors.

Buying a laptop? Consider these factors.

Tis the laptop-buying season, with students going back to school and the rest of returning from vacation, resolving to work with better tools.  What is important when looking at laptops?

 

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Open Source does not mean Wild West.

August 19th, 2010 John Brian Fast, CPA No comments

 

JBF Opem CodeOpen source describes practices in the production and development of source code that promote open access to the product’s source materials.  That does not mean that you can do anything you want.  There are licenses and rules for source code users. 

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He was NOT a people person.

August 12th, 2010 John Brian Fast, CPA No comments

 

For this?

For this?

Mark Hurd made his reputation by ruthlessly slashing tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands, of jobs.  A single courageous individual did him in.

 

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There are very few true democracies in the Arab world.

 

JBF demoAnd all of the countries there want to control your information technology.

 

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US big companies are still outsourcing tech jobs.

 

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Why is the US government letting them get away with it?

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The social media will change leadership styles.

 

JBFsocialsitesJust look at what has happened in the federal government. 

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