Englannissakin ihmetellään

Englanti on maa, jossa puhutaan melkein samanlaista kieltä kuin USA:ssa. Sielä on oltu pitkään hiljaa näissä asioissa, mutta nyt näyttää kuuluvan jotakin. Olisivatkohan heräilemässä ihmettelemään maailman menon meininkiä.


We asked if open-source software had a part to play in increasing technological innovation in the UK. It seems that for a nation with such a great engineering heritage, we have too easily passed the tech leadership flag over to the US and to the emerging economies.


Most people seem to agree that the UK could be doing better. Oliver Jones offers the following: “In computing terms, I have long thought of the UK as being a ‘read-only’ nation. They love shiny Apple products and Sony PlayStations, but have zero interest in learning how to make something better.


“These platforms allowed everybody to produce open-source (or Basic listing) code that was readily deployed in schools, research facilities, even administration. Since the advent of IBM-compatibles, the game was lost to The Corporation.”


“What the UK needs to do is show engineers that they are valued and that their jobs will not be shipped to India or China at the earliest possible opportunity. The next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates may well be in Britain, just like Jonathan Ive was, but as soon as they realise what a shithole the UK is, they’ll emigrate and pay their taxes to another government.”