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[atlarge-discuss] Politics Are Reshaping It...
...a worthy read:
>From ZDNet's Tech Update Today for March 11 2003, DAN FARBER - How
politics will reshape IT: Through litigation, regulation and new laws, the
government will exert a far greater influence on the IT industry in the
coming years. Gartner analyst French Caldwell offers his predictions on
how that influence will impact enterprise products and services, personal
privacy, taxes and jobs.
> Read full story
http://cl.com.com/Click?q=62-4oBiIePyUqDManu_5XLzKkkGZRuR
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A good outcome (from the political process regulating and legislating to
achieve policy goals) will require creative thinking and compromise from
all parties, but first they have to become fully engaged -- perhaps the
greatest challenge for the IT industry and policy makers (wcs-!!!).
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Because a free market depends on the free flow of information, government
may have to step in to "level the playing field," whether through setting
a good example, seeking litigation, implementing laws or regulating the
market (wcs-???).
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Through 2008, developing regions will lose up to 30 percent of their
innovation-focused knowledge workers to other regions of the world that
support innovation and entrepreneurship, with IT professionals being the
largest knowledge-worker emigre population.
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--- REgards, walts@dorsai.org Walter C. Schmidt, IT CPA Blue(^) ---
- - Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center Edition - HPMC 873n ---
- - Associate Expert - Expert Zone - -
--- http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ ---
- - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/schmidt/ ---
- - 52 Ken http://www.dorsai.org/~walts/ Sun 57 - -
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