Today, Illinois' new governor, Pat Quinn, proposed a 50 percent increase in
the income tax rate stating that it was based on "...something we all believe
in -- ability to pay..."
Mr. Quinn - we don't all beleive in Marxism.
Karl Marx's famous - "From each according to their ability, to each according
to their need" - is the central communist idea - that the most productive
should be forced to pay for what other's receive from the state for free -
only because the most productive, as a result of their productivity, have the
means to pay.
This socialist philosophy - which so scares MOST of us to our bones - is
based on the twisted and debased principle that the people exist to serve the
state.
Of, by, and for, Mr. Quinn. Of, by, and for.
This democracy exists to serve its citizens, not the other way around. The
government exists to provide benefits and protections to the ... (more)
Service Providers at Cloud Expo
Here's an important reminder for cloud service providers: character counts.
Ethics, Values, and Trust are table stakes – for anyone who wants to
succeed in business long term – but especially for cloud service providers.
As a cloud customer, I am not simply buying/renting your hardware and
software. I am grafting my company onto yours. We are intermingling our
corporate DNA. I am loading my databases on your disk drives. I am modifying
my internal processes to map to your services.
If you suddenly grow 3 heads, I cannot easily cut and run. Who you are... (more)
Storability 10 year Reunion
Years ago, a few buddies and I started one of the first cloud storage
providers. Of course, we didn’t call it cloud storage back then, but we
merry band of brithers (and sisters), we first generation Storage Service
Providers (1gSSPs) were cloud storage way before the cloud was cool.
All the 1gSSPs – StorageNetworks, ScaleEight, StorageWay, Sanrise, and
others – failed. The core problem was and still is that renting raw
capacity over the network is a lousy business model.
1gSSPs couldn’t sustainably buy their storage cheaper than their retail
customers ... (more)
If you're reading storagesanity your now looking at the latest in on line
blogging. I am writing this while driving. Typing on my treo while driving
with my knee.
That's why they call me an accident waiting to happen.
... (more)
Ok, so I was right and the loonies were wrong. $750B didn't do diddly. The
S&P is one-half of its high 18 months ago, and headed further down today.
Unemployment at 8.1% is the highest in decades, but the new treasury
secretary can't find anyone who wants a job working for him.
Congress is drunk-dipping our collective ATM cards, the president is partying
hardy at the white house every night, the US is on its way a People State,
and Atlas is damn close to shrugging.
For goodness sake, what are we doing? 8570 earmarks-do you think that's ok?
Do you seriously think that increasing tax... (more)
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