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

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

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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