Linux the Future - Yippe I Will Eventually Have a Job

With the economy uncertain and Microsoft Vista failing to gain overwhelming acceptance, many IT departments are considering a migration to Linux. Reference

I don’t know when it will be, but its coming quick. The simple reason that companies need to pay for Windows products will lead to abandonment. Why pay for products when you can get the same work done for free. Linux is clearly the solution, and with rapidly developing systems such as Ubuntu, there is no reason in the near future to continue to pay the large license requirements of Microsoft products.

Ubuntu has faster security updates than Windows, and is substantially at less risk to infection and spyware. Right now Linux implementation seems to be a no brainer, but corporation are stubborn and are hanging on to the tail of a dying elephant. Windows products are paid for by corporations because there is an underlying notion that paying for a product gets better support; but this metholodoly is quickly failing. Open source products have the benifit of millions of eyes to fix bugs, and make improvements. Open source will produce superior products by all means, and all that is needed is a little more time for the status quo of Open Source products to reach the stability and reliability requirements of enterprise applications. For servers Apache is the status quo; open source. For desktops Microsoft still reigns because the software requirements are much more daugnting. With projects broken down substantially, such as Gnome, and KDE desktop environments the development of independently stable applications is inevitable.

When Will Change Come - Bank After Bank Fail

When and how will change come? Change of society in particular typically comes after a dramatic event. I believe a dramatic event is occuring with the collapse of over 9 banks this year alone, in addition to the recent collapse of Fannie May, Freddie Mac, Leyhman Brothers, and AIG. Bank of America is also contemplating purchasing Meryl Lynch. This is simply a tremendous occurence and has never occured in the history of our country. The amount of money lost as a result of mortgage borrorers not being able pay has simply destroyed the economy of the US. All blame cannot be placed on the borrowers, and much blame should be placed on de-regulation policies that gave lenders free reign to do literally what every they want. Republicans want free reign, with corporations having control over their policies. Democracts want slightly more government regulation of the corporate decision making process. Frankly extremes never work, and a balance is needed. Currently there has been almost complete de-regulation, which is obviously the cause of this disasterous economic situation. Democrats need to step in a impose a moderate degree of regulation in order to stablize a devastated American economy; and to control the agressively malicious lending policies of powerful monetary institutions.

Pizza Prices Rise - Economic Woes Accelerate

The price of a regular pie of pizza is rising 10%. A regular pie of pizza at of beginning of 2008 was around $13.51, and the new price in my neighborhood is going to be $15. The price of pizza is directly tied to the price of cheese, bread, produce, and fuel costs therefore the increasing costs are clearly being passed onto the consumer.

In general increasing prices in not a bad thing, and is a sign of a growing economy. Although when increasing prices are accompanied by a lack of increasing capital availability (ie. wages) the result is inflation. Coupled with a crumbling job market, stagflation is the biggest woe of the US.

I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering over 1.5 years ago. There are negligible engineering jobs available, and I speak from a matriculated perspective. I am experiencing stagflation already. I am currently employed as a pizza delivery guy, with a bachelors degree. Welcome to a America, the land of stagflation.

Second Life - An Abstract Reality Linked to the Real World Economically

Second Life is a virtual world. An electronic reality where land can be purchased, and economically profitable businesses can be created. The core aspects of a nation have been integrated into a web application to simulate the most intimate parts of a successful society. I wonder the limits of the concept, in that it appears to be highly enticing. Second Life combines what The Sims did for entertainment, and the potential for real capital gains.

http://secondlife.com/