Cyber Innovation Center... the dollar spectrum.

In the Sunday, October 21, 2007 edition of the Shreveport Times, John Andrew Prime wrote an article titled "Getting the answers about the Cyber Center". It's a quite lengthy article, however I have re-read it several times in hopes of completely understanding the the Cyber Innovation Center. An overview of what CIC is about is clear, however sad to say, the specifics of CIC are still only clear as Louisiana gumbo mud. I'm the type that will pursue a subject to the very end to get a satisfactory answer, so I turned to the Web. The Cyber Innovation Center website is a nice professional site, however still not very much specific detailed information on the inner workings of CIC or how they plan to spend 100 million dollars of taxpayers money. The one thing that is very clear; CIC is advocating sponsorship and membership ranging from an annual fee of $250,000 to as low as $1,000 for a public membership. So, how do individuals get involved? Looks like if you don't have $1,000 per year to spend your pretty much left out in the cold. Well maybe not completely, you can sign up for CIC updates at no cost.

It's going to be interesting to see how the private sector (Cyber Innovation Center) will mesh with the newly formed Cyber Command of the 8th Air Force and Barksdale Air Force base. Most politicians are expecting the best and think that the Cyber Innovation Center will have a positive effect on the Louisiana economy. My hope is that they are correct in their thinking. Needless to say, I'm not that optimistic.

Pirates to surf with IE 7

On October 4, 2007 Microsoft announced that Internet Explorer 7 installation will no longer require Windows Genuine Advantage validation and will be available to all Windows XP users. Now it did not say so but I assume "all" to mean pirated versions also.

Microsoft seems to be having problems with it's monopolistic strategy. Microsoft wants 100% of everything without putting forth any effort. Let's face it, Vista has fallen flat on it's face, and IE 7 has not done much better. Users don't want Vista and IE 7.... now Microsoft thinks it's because of pirated versions of XP. Wake up Microsoft, your software stinks! Could it be that users just want an OS and browser that works without all the bloat? Maybe it's why thousands have switched to Linux and Firefox. Runs great and less filling!