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Is Microsoft’s ‘Democratic’ ALM really a ‘Republican’ Party Reptile?
Blog Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 have already garnered media attention from ZDNet and many other media sources. Codenamed ‘Rosario’, according to Microsoft the new product is capable of ‘democratising...
[September 30, 2008, 10:50]
Is Microsoft’s ‘Democratic’ ALM really a ‘Republican’ Party Reptile?
Blog Comment Every time I see the word managment I shudder! More power in their hands? There is a known phenomena in the business world, that manifests itself this way. Not all the time, but often, when managment becomes powerfull and bloated, Directors of...
[October 6, 2008, 8:51]
Is Microsoft’s ‘Democratic’ ALM really a ‘Republican’ Party Reptile?
Blog Comment Thank you Adrian.interesting developments are afoot with the worlds democracys at the moment, with the failure and potential failure of several very large banks. I notice our government has nationalised another major bank.
[October 4, 2008, 22:48]
Is Microsoft’s ‘Democratic’ ALM really a ‘Republican’ Party Reptile?
Blog Comment Thanks Roger - that's very eloquently put. It is particularly hard to question democracy in a lucid and coherent way without coming across as a Taliban rebel. But you did it. I can't add, I can only applaud.
[October 4, 2008, 19:47]
Is Microsoft’s ‘Democratic’ ALM really a ‘Republican’ Party Reptile?
Blog Comment Interesting opinion - thanks for this Kalim, It would be nice to see a ripple effect from vendors better known for ALM for sure. There is that "reliance" factor though - and that's what made me think twice when I read the word democratise in a...
[October 1, 2008, 8:40]
Is Microsoft’s ‘Democratic’ ALM really a ‘Republican’ Party Reptile?
Blog Comment I think we need to take a pragmatic approach to this. I am all for this product because it does bring everything together. Yes, it does make us rely one company for the long term but if this product helps us achieve the goals of our projects and...
[September 30, 2008, 14:27]
Whitman to announce bid for governor of California
News In the past year, the billionaire internet executive has taken a more high-profile role in the Republican Party. Whitman served as an adviser to Republican Senator John McCain's presidential campaign and endorsed him during a speech at the party's...
[September 22, 2009, 9:19]
Microsoft's lobbying budget 'outstripped Enron's'
News According to the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party this was the largest unsolicited donation ever received. Democratic PACs received $222,100 from the company's employees, compared to the $42,875 for Republican PACs.
[February 12, 2002, 12:06]
How the Democrats' win affects tech
News It was the narrowest of Republican margins in the US Senate that doomed a crucial vote on net neutrality earlier this year. It was a New Jersey Republican, Representative Mike Ferguson, who introduced the legislation for… digital radio two months...
[November 10, 2006, 10:20]
Students defy DMCA to post email online
News Far from vanishing, the files have appeared on more than 50 Web sites, run mostly by students who claim Diebold has a suspiciously cosy relationship with the Republican Party and that the email conversations demonstrate its election software is...
[November 4, 2003, 8:40]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback The Republican Party called and they want their racial slur slinging, Ken Foley ass kissing, "there are WMD in Iraq" pansy back. Jeez, no wonder everyone is fed up with you republican faggots. Hey Dave,
[October 16, 2006, 4:19]
House rejects net neutrality rules
News In a 269-152 vote that fell largely along party lines, the House Republican leadership mustered enough votes to reject a Democrat-backed amendment that would have enshrined stiff net neutrality regulations into federal law and prevented broadband...
[June 12, 2006, 10:05]
Porn spammers to face jail in US
News An analysis performed by Common Cause for the 2000 election cycle calculated that trial lawyers favoured the Democratic Party over the Republican Party by a 40 to 1 margin for soft money contributions.
[July 9, 2003, 13:27]
T.J. Rodgers: It's all about what's best for business
News There are a lot of Republican chief executives like that, who believe in economic freedom, free markets, free trade and also don't really buy into the moral-majority part of the current Republican party.
[May 19, 2004, 11:55]
US presidential hopeful spams voters
News The Democratic Party has been caught spamming, as has Bill Jones, the unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor of California, and Florida Govenor Jeb Bush, a Republican. Howard Dean's presidential campaign acknowledged on Monday that it had...
[August 19, 2003, 16:00]
Congress isn't swallowing Carnivore
News Republican Melvin Watt asked FBI and DoJ officials what took them so long to come forward with information about Carnivore. Another committee member, Republican Robert Barr was even more combative in his line of questioning.
[July 25, 2000, 9:01]
Florida research raises e-voting questions
News However, political science professors at Harvard University, Stanford University and Cornell University discounted the theories by pointing out that optical-scan systems are used mainly in rural counties of Florida and that those counties have had...
[November 19, 2004, 8:30]
US Congress votes for net neutrality
News James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican who heads the committee. It's backed by Representative Joe Barton, a Texas Republican who heads the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and does not include strict net neutrality mandates.
[May 26, 2006, 9:10]
US Report: E-mail announces Bradley 2000 bid
News On the Republican side, former California Congressman Bob Dornan has an unofficial site hosted by an ad-hoc group of supporters. The mailing is "part of the overall process" of assessing the political landscape and interacting with active party...
[December 10, 1998, 9:05]
What the Obama presidency means for tech
News Obama has promoted more aggressive antitrust actions, which could hurt Silicon Valley companies like Yahoo and Google that are already reeling from the scrutiny of a supposedly free-market Republican administration.
[November 6, 2008, 11:15]
