Today, Illinois' new governor, Pat Quinn, proposed a 50 percent increase in
the income tax rate stating that it was based on "...something we all believe
in -- ability to pay..."
Mr. Quinn - we don't all beleive in Marxism.
Karl Marx's famous - "From each according to their ability, to each according
to their need" - is the central communist idea - that the most productive
should be forced to pay for what other's receive from the state for free -
only because the most productive, as a result of their productivity, have the
means to pay.
This socialist philosophy - which so scares MOST of us to our bones - is
based on the twisted and debased principle that the people exist to serve the
state.
Of, by, and for, Mr. Quinn. Of, by, and for.
This democracy exists to serve its citizens, not the other way around. The
government exists to provide benefits and protections to the ... (more)
Thank you all for joining us here today to recognize Jeffrey’s achievements
and to celebrate his graduation from Babson College. If you haven’t yet
experienced a classic Kirby kid-speech, be forewarned. You may want to grab a
napkin…this usually gets a little messy…
Last Saturday many of us witnessed firsthand Jeffrey’s graduation (with cum
laude honors) at Babson College’s graduation ceremony – proud recognition
of his hard work and success in the accounting program at that very fine
school, and most of you know he will earn a Master’s degree in accounting
this summer and join P... (more)
Service Providers at Cloud Expo
Here's an important reminder for cloud service providers: character counts.
Ethics, Values, and Trust are table stakes – for anyone who wants to
succeed in business long term – but especially for cloud service providers.
As a cloud customer, I am not simply buying/renting your hardware and
software. I am grafting my company onto yours. We are intermingling our
corporate DNA. I am loading my databases on your disk drives. I am modifying
my internal processes to map to your services.
If you suddenly grow 3 heads, I cannot easily cut and run. Who you are... (more)
Been thinking about justice lately.
Left sees injustice in the fact that some people are wealthy and others are
not.
Right sees injustice in the government taking away their property and giving
it to others.
Healthcare Reformers see injustice in wealth determining access to medical
services.
Kanye West sees injustice in Taylor Swift winning an award instead of
Beyonce.
When we sense the order of things is out of whack, we get a visceral mental
reaction. We hate injustice! We are even willing to fight wars to right
injustices if they are menacing enough.
But what is injustice, exact... (more)
Storability 10 year Reunion
Years ago, a few buddies and I started one of the first cloud storage
providers. Of course, we didn’t call it cloud storage back then, but we
merry band of brithers (and sisters), we first generation Storage Service
Providers (1gSSPs) were cloud storage way before the cloud was cool.
All the 1gSSPs – StorageNetworks, ScaleEight, StorageWay, Sanrise, and
others – failed. The core problem was and still is that renting raw
capacity over the network is a lousy business model.
1gSSPs couldn’t sustainably buy their storage cheaper than their retail
customers ... (more)
Kirby is widely recognized throughout the storage industry for his expertise in marketing and business strategy.
Sue Poremba
Scott Sellers
Anthony Franco
Daniel Morris
Wayne Walls
Niki Acosta
Jereme Hancock
Oren Michels
Marvin Wheeler
Douglas Kim
