Comments on: Ick, Capitalism http://bergermj.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/ick-capitalism/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:30:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: wattermg http://bergermj.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/ick-capitalism/#comment-30 wattermg Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:39:45 +0000 http://bergermj.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-30 I have to agree. When companies merge in mega- corps there's all the hope of all the great things to come but hardly ever any follow through. Jobs are cut and creativity is squashed under bureaucracy and company protocol. If there's an arms race in this scenario, it's the arms race for yahoo. But that ended today when NewCorps publicly announced that they wouldn't be competing with Microsoft for the acquisition. It's only a matter of time and a matter of the sum Microsoft will produce before yahoo is just another "soft" company. I have to agree. When companies merge in mega- corps there’s all the hope of all the great things to come but hardly ever any follow through. Jobs are cut and creativity is squashed under bureaucracy and company protocol. If there’s an arms race in this scenario, it’s the arms race for yahoo. But that ended today when NewCorps publicly announced that they wouldn’t be competing with Microsoft for the acquisition. It’s only a matter of time and a matter of the sum Microsoft will produce before yahoo is just another “soft” company.

]]> By: bergermj http://bergermj.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/ick-capitalism/#comment-29 bergermj Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:59:54 +0000 http://bergermj.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-29 Collaboration is great; I wish Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo would lead to such a situation. However, what does Microsoft have to gain from keeping Yahoo alive? A business will always seek to gain more profit--yes, Microsoft may keep some of Yahoo's resources, but what you fail to realize is that competition is what drives the race to create better technology and more efficient software(and by the way, Microsoft has its hands in far more than simply "computer software and stuff"). Think of the Cold War. An arms race (which is in essence a security competition between states) has yielded some of the best thinkers, technology, and weapons in a very short amount of time. This is the Realist way of describing improvement and advancement. "Synergy" and "Collaboration"--which are all well and good--are more important in Communist systems. In a Capitalist system, we don't COLLABORATE, we USE. If you want to see why Yahoo being bought out is bad, I suggest you check out the article that I linked to in my original post. Collaboration is great; I wish Microsoft’s acquisition of Yahoo would lead to such a situation. However, what does Microsoft have to gain from keeping Yahoo alive? A business will always seek to gain more profit–yes, Microsoft may keep some of Yahoo’s resources, but what you fail to realize is that competition is what drives the race to create better technology and more efficient software(and by the way, Microsoft has its hands in far more than simply “computer software and stuff”).
Think of the Cold War. An arms race (which is in essence a security competition between states) has yielded some of the best thinkers, technology, and weapons in a very short amount of time. This is the Realist way of describing improvement and advancement. “Synergy” and “Collaboration”–which are all well and good–are more important in Communist systems. In a Capitalist system, we don’t COLLABORATE, we USE.

If you want to see why Yahoo being bought out is bad, I suggest you check out the article that I linked to in my original post.

]]> By: ainykim http://bergermj.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/ick-capitalism/#comment-28 ainykim Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:19:46 +0000 http://bergermj.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-28 I don't know... collaboration usually makes for something bigger and better... I'm no genius, but Microsoft is like computer software stuff and Yahoo is mainly web searching. I'm in a graphic design studio and we're currently working on an interdisciplinary project with architects and interior designers... all of us have different strenghts and all of us can learn a few things through this thought called "synergy". wordd? I don’t know… collaboration usually makes for something bigger and better… I’m no genius, but Microsoft is like computer software stuff and Yahoo is mainly web searching. I’m in a graphic design studio and we’re currently working on an interdisciplinary project with architects and interior designers… all of us have different strenghts and all of us can learn a few things through this thought called “synergy”. wordd?

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