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| Time: 20:30 EST/01:30 GMT | News Source: eWeek | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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Microsoft asserts that about 96 percent of mininotebooks, or netbooks, currently on the market run some version of Windows, rather than Linux. Dell, Hewlett-Packard and other makers have been focusing on feeding increased public demand for netbooks, as more people seem to be purchasing them in search of cheap computing power in the midst of a global recession. | ||
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| #26 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 4/7/2009 10:05:44 PM |
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#24: From the article you mentioned:
"In the 2006 election cycle, Fannie Mae was giving 53 percent of its total $1.3 million in contributions to Republicans. This cycle, with Democrats in control, they've reversed course, giving the party 56 percent of their total $1.1 million in contributions. Similarly, Freddie Mac has given 53 percent of its $555,700 in contributions to Democrats this cycle, compared to the 44 percent it gave during 2006." Funny how you cherry pick facts. Do you think the contributions have anything to do with who controls the Congress at the time??? |
| #27 By 16797 (65.93.149.158) at 4/7/2009 10:24:30 PM |
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#24 "You don't seem to understand that the legislature creates legislation. "
I think I do, but please feel free to correct me. Here's how I see it: when you have president and majority in both houses, then you really can't blame other side for not acting (making laws, etc), can you? Am I wrong on that? Republicans had just that basically, until 2007, didn't they? (And please, no links to FoxNews.. Seriously, what's next, Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter? Those don't count. :) This post was edited by gonzo on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 at 23:01. |
| #28 By 92283 (24.64.223.204) at 4/7/2009 11:05:28 PM |
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#26 Fannie Mae was buying politicians.
Dodd got 2.5 times the nearest Republican. Kerry got double. Uhbama got 66% more. Clinton 20%. More importantly they were buing politicians ont he key comittees. Why couldn't Bush get congress to reform the system? "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have also strategically given more contributions to lawmakers currently sitting on committees that primarily regulate their industry. Fifteen of the 25 lawmakers who have received the most from the two companies combined since the 1990 election sit on either the House Financial Services Committee; the Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee; or the Senate Finance Committee. The others have seats on the powerful Appropriations or Ways & Means committees, are members of the congressional leadership or have run for president. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), chairman of the Senate banking committee, has received the most from Fannie and Freddie's PACs and employees ($133,900 since 1989). Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) has received $65,500. Kanjorski chairs the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, and Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are government-sponsored enterprises, or GSEs." And that just from Fannie/Freddie. Dodd got "cottages" in Ireland. And sweetheart mortgages. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/02/24/how_politics_works_senator_christopher_dodd_and_his_cosy_irish_cottage http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2008/06/also-a-friend-o.html |
| #29 By 92283 (70.67.3.196) at 4/7/2009 11:32:39 PM |
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"What happened next was extraordinary. For the first time in history, a serious Fannie and Freddie reform bill was passed by the Senate Banking Committee. The bill gave a regulator power to crack down, and would have required the companies to eliminate their investments in risky assets.
Different World If that bill had become law, then the world today would be different. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, a blizzard of terrible mortgage paper fluttered out of the Fannie and Freddie clouds, burying many of our oldest and most venerable institutions. Without their checkbooks keeping the market liquid and buying up excess supply, the market would likely have not existed. But the bill didn't become law, for a simple reason: Democrats opposed it on a party-line vote in the committee, signaling that this would be a partisan issue. Republicans, tied in knots by the tight Democratic opposition, couldn't even get the Senate to vote on the matter. " http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_hassett&sid=aSKSoiNbnQY0 http://www.butasforme.com/2009/02/17/rove-schools-matt-lauer-on-how-obamas-support-for-fanniefreddie-filibuster-proved-detrimental-to-the-economy/ |
| #30 By 16797 (65.93.149.158) at 4/7/2009 11:53:08 PM |
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F. Barney:
"In March 2007, just two months after I became the Chairman of the Financial Services Committee for the first time, I moved quickly to forge a bill which would regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The bill passed the House in May, with all 223 Democrats voting for it, and 103 Republicans voting against it. President Bush later signed that legislation into law." |
| #31 By 92283 (70.67.3.196) at 4/8/2009 9:16:46 AM |
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#30 So ... how did that turn out? Was it in time? Did it make up for the stonewalling earlier? Did it save the financial system?
Let us know. |
| #32 By 16797 (65.93.215.98) at 4/8/2009 9:35:10 AM |
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Nope, it was already too late.
Should have done it earlier, but dems didn't have the majority. You know who did. |
| #33 By 92283 (142.32.208.232) at 4/8/2009 10:54:43 AM |
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#32 I know who stopped reform. Barney Frank. Uhhhhbama. And the rest of the Dems.
It was a straight party vote. Democrat committee members said NO. Republicans said YES to reform. The bill never got to the Senate floor for a vote. "Supporting toothless alternatives is one of the oldest tricks in the Congressional book. Frank’s true attitude during this period was shown in 2004, when Fannie’s regulator leveled serious charges amounting to fraud against Fannie and its executives. Frank commented, “I don’t see anything in this report that raises safety and soundness problems.”" http://patterico.com/2009/03/19/barney-frank-cannot-hide-his-fannie-role/ |
| #34 By 8556 (12.208.163.37) at 4/8/2009 11:38:21 AM |
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I just remembered that these comments are about netbooks and Windows. Roughly, 80% of the original ASUS eee Linux netbooks were returned due to their inability to run Windows programs and because the purchaser had no clue that Windows is a brand of OS and that there are other "brands" than mac or Windows.
lketchum is 100% correct in his early post about why Linux is losing out. People buy the Windows versions and pay the ~$25 higher price to use the interfacce that they are familiar with and to use the programs that they already own. I really thought that Linux had a fighting chance in the market when the Asus eee came out. That fighting chance for increased market share fizzled out and became a cinder fixed at <1% market share. The facts speak for themselves. There is no confusing fact with opinion in this case. Windows won this battle due to ease of use. |
| #35 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 4/8/2009 11:59:37 AM |
| #34: I would argue that it's not "ease of use" but rather "familiarity & compatibility" that is the issue. A launch button is a launch button, a browser is a browser and a chat program is a chat program, regardless of which platform they are running on; the desktop paradigm is essentially the same between Windows and Linux. This can be true even if the platform doesn't change. My 70yo father got confused when he tried to web-browse on my system the first time he used it. Even though I have Firefox icons where the IE icons would usually be (quick launch and top of the Start menu), he couldn't make the connection because he was too busy looking for the blue E that he had learned by rote memorization. To him, the blue E was the Internet. |
| #36 By 16797 (65.93.215.98) at 4/8/2009 4:29:08 PM |
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#33 "I know who stopped reform. Barney Frank. Uhhhhbama. And the rest of the Dems.
It was a straight party vote. Democrat committee members said NO. Republicans said YES to reform. The bill never got to the Senate floor for a vote. " Oh, really.. "In the House of Representatives, the majority party has almost unlimited power over the minority party. The majority party owns the committee chairmanships; it controls what bills come to a vote; and it is under no obligation to consider the ideas of the beleaguered minority. When the Republicans were in the majority they ruled with an iron first; it is no accident that Tom DeLay was known as 'The Hammer.' That is why I find it particularly flattering the Republicans now claim that in the years 1995 to 2006 I personally possessed supernatural powers which enabled me to force mighty Republican leaders to do my bidding." (F. Barney) |
| #37 By 92283 (70.67.3.196) at 4/8/2009 11:49:18 PM |
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#36 "in 2004, when Fannie’s regulator leveled serious charges amounting to fraud against Fannie and its executives. Frank commented, “I don’t see anything in this report that raises safety and soundness problems.”"
Who are you going to believe ... Barney Frank now (trying to cover up his crimes) or Barney Frank then (showing his true colors)? |
| #38 By 16797 (65.95.26.105) at 4/9/2009 8:07:21 AM |
| #37 This is not a question of "who are you going to believe?" at all. Republicans did have majority and didn't need Barney's approval to do something.. Case closed. |
| #39 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 4/9/2009 11:25:40 AM |
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#37: Boned & 0wned!
http://www.geocities.com/televisioncity/2633/dontagre.wav |
| #40 By 92283 (70.67.3.196) at 4/9/2009 12:54:49 PM |
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#38 All the Democrats on the comittee voted no. That means they could filibuster the bill. The republicans didn't have enough votes to prevent a filibuster.
Democrats voted NO to reform. Dozens of times. Case Closed. |
| #41 By 16797 (65.95.26.105) at 4/9/2009 4:04:13 PM |
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#40 Filibuster rule applies to the Senate ONLY, not the House of Rep. Nice try though.. :)
Have a nice weekend too. (Consider this a cloture to your filibuster on this topic :-) This post was edited by gonzo on Thursday, April 09, 2009 at 19:01. |
| #42 By 28801 (71.58.225.185) at 4/10/2009 5:16:59 PM |
| Gonzo the Great! |
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