Comments on: Should Ottawa Save Nortel?

By: Eli

Eli — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:49:31 +0000

Canada would rather concentrate, focus and spend their money on putting up duplicate signs in french for every sign in english in keeping with our official bilingualism policy. It doesn't matter if 7 or 8 of every ten who see the signs can't make out the one in french and only understand the english one.
That's true canadian innovation at its finest.
LoL.

By: Borderhybrid

Borderhybrid — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:18:17 +0000

Nortel to my knowledge still invests heavily in R&D in Canada and this loss alone could stifle future inovation and technological growth in Canada. Canada needs to invest more heavily in technology and high tech instead of relying mainly on natural resources. Any company in Canada providing this much employment will be difficult to recover and should be given a hand under these crazy times.

By: Eli

Eli — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:49:31 +0000

By: Borderhybrid

Borderhybrid — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:18:17 +0000

By: Desk Jockey

Desk Jockey — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:25:06 +0000

“I will stay silent to the Q3 CC”

Good riddance. Until the 10th.

By: Desk Jockey

Desk Jockey — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:42:47 +0000

The only thing burning is the flame war you are trying to ignite.

Go away, troll. There are no bridges to hide under here.

By: Desk Jockey

Desk Jockey — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:41:20 +0000

Anger issues? Check.
Anonymity of the Internet? Check.
Sensibility? FAIL.

By: Desk Jockey

Desk Jockey — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:39:11 +0000

Yes, that is true.

Remember, reality has a well-known liberal bias.

By: Desk Jockey

Desk Jockey — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:38:28 +0000

Maybe because they are using their head, i.e. reason and logic.
Maybe they think the bailout is wrong because it's giving money to management that doesn't deserve it. But at the same time they have a conflict of interest because it would directly benefit them as well.
Maybe because they have a conscious.

Contrary to what you say it is not the “stupidest thing” ever posted on this blog, especially since your comment has graced it

By: Tired

Tired — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:29:00 +0000

There's a big difference between work ETHIC and work QUALITY. I think to some extent it could be argued that some IT workers in North America and Europe have a sense of entitlement to their jobs, while workers in regions like India and China work that much harder because they crave their new jobs so much. But over time, regardless of culture, there is the possibility of entitlement to creep into any employee once that sense of being given a big break falls away. But this is all rather moot, as there are many high quality output workers that may have a poor track record for “burning the midnight oil”.