Posts by Richard Rowland

Skype confirms / denies job cuts

How about this..

"Change has always been a constant at Skype and will continue to be."

means we only exist on a wing and a prayer so have no idea what next week will bring, let alone next month so we tend to get caught out now and again, such as now.

"We will keep re-shaping our business to take advantage of the immediate and short-term opportunities in front of us."

means thay are going to cut jobs unless some cash appears in the bank from wherever it is cash comes from. If it does then they won't cut jobs, unless they change their mind, which they might because they constantly change. The important thing to remeber is customers have nothing to worry about, unless things change, which they will, unless things change that is.

Man snaps up Sea Harrier on eBay

Original point

It seems people have misunderstood Tims point. The Typhoon, like a great many large military projects is hugely over budget and very, very late. When the project first began the Typhoon was due to enter service in the early 1990's. Due to the end of the cold war, the complexity of a multi-national project, changing specifications and general overuns that are far too common in these large projects, it is only now beginning to enter service.

The JSF program is 5 years from its delivery date and therefore it is very likely that it will see many delays yet. I would be surprised if we see the JSF in service by 2015 and delays leading to a service entry date of 2018 or later is possible.