Posts by VirtualizationGuy 13 publicly visible posts • joined 22 May 2014
The lawsuit is for material misrepresentation. CrowdStrike's matching update process to their SEC reporting will require extreme pretzel logic to avoid a finding that they lied about how they do business. This matters because these statements are used by investors to determine the risk and future growth of a business.
I agree with the general thought, but Crowdstrike was only able to run at the kernel level because of a mandate by the EU. Admittedly, the kernel model is anticompetitive in that it only allows Microsoft created/approved services to run in ring 0 and does not have any other ring that can see all of the services that need protecting. Microsoft can and should be held responsible for that part of this issue.
I am from Wisconsin. Foxconn has a history (both within Wisconsin and other places) of making promises and signing contracts and then just not completing them. Since they are a foreign company with no signifcant resources in the USA, they can ignore contractual payments with little chance of penalties.
The main purpose of the deal was initially to keep Scott Walker in office as the governor and give Foxconn a "major investment in making America Great" project to use for preferred status at the Federal level.
I think the real problem is because he was in a position that requires a certain mindset, but had made statements in the past that question that mindset. Since he was removed from the position, I am fairly sure that he did not tell Google that he had made the public statements that could cause issues. Admitting to them up front and explaining his change of view usually does not disqualify someone from getting the position. Blindsiding your employer almost always causes repercussions.
Please don't go there. EVERY 1st world nation has an organization that is studying disease transmission and that research includes cross species contagion. In addition, even if the Wuhan lab was involved in the outbreak, the most likely vector was poor processes in collection, not in examination. The people who collect samples (for many, if not all, of the world wide labs) frequently do not use good practices to control unintended transmission of virus to humans while collecting the samples.
The problem is not really with the State of Wisconsin's liability. It is at the local level. Many people lost homes and land, and local government is already committed to spending nearly $1billion in infrastructure. Only 40% of that money is able to be charged back to to state level (and only when revenue is below expected taxes from Foxconn). http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/wisconsin-taxpayers-hook-infrastructure-costs-foxconn-reneges-obligations-racine/
As an American, the differences that I see between the BLM protests and the Capitol protests is one of intent and premeditation. The BLM actions were spontaneous reactions to perceived incidents of official overreach and unnecessary violence. The Capitol protests have been planned well in advance with the intent to overturn the normally uneventful activities involved in an election. In fact, they are trying to change the rule-of-law by force, whereas the BLM movement wants equal treatment under the law. The RNC is being swept into this turmoil because of the large number of high profile Republicans that have backed actions that were extremely unlikely to work (and some that never had a chance).
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