Police are still chasing a false image of their own professionalism, conceived a half century ago. The professionalism of the 1950s and 1960s, made popular in American television shows like Dragnet, Starsky and Hutch, and S.W.A.T. held out a promise that following the law, mastering sophisticated weaponry, and pledging loyalty to the organization would bring professional discipline and, with it, public respect. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
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While wages in Indonesia are lower than those in China, Indonesia in many areas lacks the infrastructure crucial to a company as massive as Foxconn, China’s largest exporter. The archipelago’s clogged roads, frequent power disruptions and overstretched ports all get in the way of producing and delivering products cheaply and on time.
Amazing how a country so aspired to be a giant could hit the same brick wall over, and over, and over, again. Infrastructure. But honestly i’m indifferent about Foxconn wanting to open business here. I think it could solve lots of problems, including the fact that with so many low-wage jobs available, we might not have to send so many workers to foreign countries. But in reality, Indonesia might not be the best option for Foxconn.
Why? Two reasons:
1. Very open media culture
2. Very corrupt political bases that operates like leeches
These 2 factors, when mixed together, will make Indonesia a very expensive option for factories like Foxconn to operates. Politicians will try to find every holes and weaknesses of Foxconn operation and complain in the media. And the unions. Demands, complains, lobbying, public relations. Very expensive.
To make it simple and short, operating in a full-fledged democracy is very expensive for factories like Foxconn to operates in. If i’m the CEO of Foxconn i’d consider opening factories in places like Myanmar or Vietnam instead.
Postbox’s exit from the Mac App Store should sound very familiar to anyone who buys Mac software. If you read between the lines a bit, I think the real story there is one we’ve seen a lot since June 1: they tolerated the App Store’s lack of paid upgrade mechanics before, but sandboxing — and more accurately, needing to remove important app features because of their incompatibility with the current set of sandboxing entitlements — was the last straw.
To top it all off, the 30 percent cut on every apps sold i think also plays some deciding factor. Not every app is a blockbuster app; and some of these apps require lots of people to develop and provide support.
This is sparrow all over again. The difference is there’s no Google to save Postbox from being eaten by the new economy of software where you sold software like you sold magazines; the only savior is their own strategy. And you gotta admit, being in Apple App store, whether it’s mac or iOS, practically gave all your hands and strategy to Apple. It’s a practical statement saying, “tied my hands apple, be my pimp. Take care of me”. Not the greatest strategies i’d say.