Re: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON, or is this the right direction?

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I don't think it's good or bad, as long as we don't blow up the planet we will 
live long and prosper.   
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:21:17 -0500
Subject: Re: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON, or is this the right 
direction?


I am curious.  How much of IBM is US-owned?  Do Saudi Arabia, India, 
European, and China investors have a significant ownership?  Are we 
likely to wake up one day and discover that IBM, Ford, Exxon, and Intel 
are majority-owned by non-US investors?  If so, is that good or bad?


John Candidi wrote:
> Just on thoguth, Is australian time the same as ours.This might explain why
> they are "up all night". It may actually be their day but I don't know. I'm
> just an innocent bystander
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 12:14 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON,or is this the right
> direction?
>
>
> Joe,
>
> Tonight, I was talking to a radiologist. He travels the country setting up 
> radiology services. Overnight, all radiology scans are reviewed by 
> radiologists in Australia. They pay an Australian office for the service, 
> and since this is a new area of work for them, they are now making more 
> money than ever before, since using the off-hour service. This is the power 
> of globalization.
>
> Fact, not Google Search.
>
> This could just as easily have been India. But since the US has a trade 
> surplus to Australia 
> (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c6021.html), it does not 
> matter? Why aren't American radiologists up all night?
>
> And, while your census figures are interesting, I noticed they include only 
> trade figures. For some reason you missed the actual value of the asset 
> investments by American companies in India - the FDI. Or do they not count?
>
> Trevor
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Pluta"
> Subject: RE: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON,or is this the right 
> direction?
>
>
> > > From: Trevor Perry
> > >
> > > I started with an assumption. You showed me evidence that my 
> > > assumptuion was incorrect. I conceded that to you. Is that laziness?
> > And considering the fact that all it took to refute your "assumption" 
> > (better known as rabble rousing BS) was to Google "US Trade Deficit", 
> > the answer to this question is "Yes".
> >
> > Joe