That its not the governments fault for the deficit in the IT sector. That it's the fault of the industry itself, through expanding it too fast, which has lead to oversupply problems, excessive competition, and price undercutting which has cost them dearly. The Government can provide help, but as Steven said, its not their fault, so why should they have to fix it.
Daniel > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of David Fisher > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 7:52 PM > To: Steven Blunt > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Election time... > > > In message <005e01c16054$9f1e5890$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Steven Blunt" > writes: > > > > >I'm fairly sure that the IT deficit isn't a government deficit but a > >trade deficit. Not really the government's job to fix IMO, > tho Pauline > >would probably tell you otherwise. > > Please explain. > > -- > David > > "Some weeks it looks like Redmond feels entitled to capture > not just part of what we save, but all of it. That just > isn't going to fly with corporate > America forever. When your margins are more sensitive to > Bill Gates' pricing whims than they are [to] the price of > oil, that's an untenable position for a > large company to be in." - John Chapman, Sr. Technology > Executive, Amoco > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - > http://slug.org.au/ More Info: > http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
