Blame offshoring for the negatives of immigration 4553

straydog

There are incompetents on both sides of H-1b; I dont see any way of sorting that out other than success in the global market, which is, to some extent, not talent, but luck.

Depends a lot on where you are. For most folks, catostorphic. But if 'The major buyer' quits buying, then the price of oil and other commodities will fall dramatically. China would like that. They may be able to shift to meeting the consumer needs of their own people.

Open Source is emerging because the people making patent decisions dont really understand innovation in software. Programmers have been ripped off by the lawyers so much they have abandoned the patent office, and I expect other technologies will do likewise. There is no way to keep the kind of secrecy needed in research and development anymore. Musicians are following the Greateful Dead model of permitting recording, aiding it even, and making their money off live performances rather than getting shafted by the transnational media outfits.

and even print out if they want. I wish they would make a zillion free copies. Then- I could sell *autographed* copies of my work.