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Authored by wayneborean on Sept 11, 2013 21:51:49 GMT
Hahaha, wow! You got me! I'd never considered the competitive advantage perspective. As for the trust of American software, hardware, that was a forgone conclusion. Something American agencies have just started thinking about, ie Lenovo. Although, I think there's a different reason for that than the public explanation. After all, it's all made in either China or Korea now. All the more reason to buy Samsung products, and with Apple going more and more to Chinese products. If I have to have spyware in my hardware, I'd be more comfortable with South Korean trojans, than Chinese trojans. But, of course South Korean trojans may be NSA sponsored. Maybe it's time to start fabbing my own. I seriously need to take a look at this. Not that I have anything to worry about, it's just the creepiness factor. But, I know, what I'm doing this weekend. Installing CM on all two of my android devices. Might brick my Samsung SIII in the process. The Chinese Government is planning to move all Government computers to Red Flag Linux. It appears that they also intend to force business into adopting Linux. A wide range of other governments had already been moving to Free and Open Source Software. I expect the NSA revelations will speed the various moves that are already in progress. Economically this is going to impact the United States economy. I don't know how badly - estimations of that sort are difficult because there are too many variables. In theory it could push the USA into another recession. In any case, the days of the USA being the sole Super Power are probably over. It won't be possible to keep military spending at the current level. That said, there are a variety of ways of reducing the impact, assuming that anyone in power has the guts to take them. Wayne madhatter.ca
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celtichackr
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Authored by celtichackr on Sept 12, 2013 16:18:07 GMT
The Chinese Government is planning to move all Government computers to Red Flag Linux. It appears that they also intend to force business into adopting Linux. A wide range of other governments had already been moving to Free and Open Source Software. I expect the NSA revelations will speed the various moves that are already in progress. Economically this is going to impact the United States economy. I don't know how badly - estimations of that sort are difficult because there are too many variables. In theory it could push the USA into another recession. In any case, the days of the USA being the sole Super Power are probably over. It won't be possible to keep military spending at the current level. That said, there are a variety of ways of reducing the impact, assuming that anyone in power has the guts to take them. Wayne madhatter.caLinux in China, could help boost Open Source business in America. The US already spends too much on military, or are you implying we might start spending even more. Of course spending less would impact the economy. As far as another recession, it's all a matter of perspective whether this one is over. Lots of statisticians' tricks are being used, to "tweak" the numbers. Like for example we are now at "2006" levels of unemployment, due to the fact that there was some kind of glitch nationwide in computers to accept unemployment claims. Odd, how every state's ability to process claims failed all at the same time. But, I'm sure there's more to that story, than my brief perusal extracted. - Not that I'm particularly interested. I got tired of the Governments' lies on employment figures years ago.
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Authored by wayneborean on Sept 13, 2013 22:57:25 GMT
Celtichackr, My estimate is that US defense spending will have to be cut. The current level is unsustainable. Of course they could also cut NSA funding, but the general level of paranoia in the American political system will make cuts to either difficult, and cause a huge fight in Congress. Effectively the Republicans, who claim to be the "spending cut champions" will be unable to approve any cuts to the NSA or the military. Since a lot of Democrats feel similarly, cuts won't happen until the economy hits disaster levels. Effectively the United States has become a One Party State, with the Military Industrial Party winning every election since 1950. Wayne madhatter.ca
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