America's Business
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Why E-mail doesn't bring happiness: A tech guru confesses
Continue reading… 0 CommentsN.R. Murthy tells a vaguely amusing joke. It's worth listening to, since Murthy is chairman of the Indian info-tech juggernaut Infosys and one of the world's leading technologists.
It goes like this: An American do-gooder goes to Africa and sees an African man loafing on the beach. He implores the man, "Hey, you should get a job! Make some money!"
"Why?" the man asks.
"Because you can buy a nice house, and get a nice car, and go on a nice vacation."
"Why do I want to go on a nice vacation?"
"So you can sit on the beach and relax!"
"But I'm already sitting on the beach and relaxing."
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Telecom, remystified
Continue reading… 0 CommentsAs if the digital domain weren't complicated enough, now Congress is getting involved.
Quick: Name a consumer offering, besides gasoline, that has been getting more expensive, not less. It's not food or clothing or electronics or anything sold at Wal-Mart. But take a look at your cable TV bill. Odds are high that the channels you subscribe to cost considerably more than five or 10 years ago. In fact, the price of cable has risen by nearly 70 percent over the past 10 years, nearly twice the rate of inflation.
