Posted on 03/05/2009 7:54:35 PM PST by Golden Eagle
The White House press office announced today that Vivek Kundra, the current chief technology officer of Washington DC, will be assuming the position of Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the White House.
The appointment of a top CIO is another first: the position did not exist in any previous administrations. Kundra will also have final say on government technology purchases , and will have the authority to overrule his peers at subordinate agencies.
(Excerpt) Read more at technologizer.com ...
You shouldn’t have pinged the moderator after saying I could use it. I specifically asked if I could use it, and you said yes. If you had said no, I wouldn’t have used it, simple as that, but now you’ve wasted the moderator’s time by telling me one thing then doing another.
Admin Moderator - I would have never used his ping list if he had requested I not, but he said it was OK, and I took him at his word, which was clearly a mistake. I apologize for this mistake. Thank you very much.
“I did nothing of the sort. I said a ~30 year old from a foreign country was not qualified to hold this position which immediately set you off.”
No, off the top I agreed with you about the age and about the fact if Obama picked him I am not going to like him.
I then tried to address the fact you seem to attack Foreign born Americans. His nation of origin has *no* bearing on his qualifications especially as he immigrated here before adolescence and went legally through the citizenship process.
“questioning his background and experience is not making your case that his background is completely off limits.”
Question his background? you cant even state which language he speaks without screwing it up...
“but he said it was OK, and I took him at his word, which was clearly a mistake. I apologize for this mistake. Thank you very much.”
What you did is pretty much the equivalent of asking to use my phone for a phone call and neglecting to tell you you;re calling your 10$ a minute psychic friend. Perhaps I should have known your intent, perhaps I should have asked but just because I did not does not give you cart blanch to abuse a courtesy.
According to the article his native language is Somalian, not Indian, supposedly he moved from India to Somalia when he was young. Where am I wrong?
I clearly said quote "can I use your open source ping list for this thread?" and you said yes. The fact you went back on your word is inexcusable, trying to blame me now when my intention was clear is equally wrong.
Where?
“”can I use your open source ping list for this thread?”
Not the same as ‘Can I use your Ping List to annoy people in leaving or requesting you close the list by spamming them here on this thread”
Ok his first language is Swahili, not Somalian. Satisfied now?
I thought the Senators mostly had pickled brains.
Personally, I don’t care whether the person is an immigrant or not, if he’s the most qualified than he should get the position.
n3wbi3 may have a point, but I am glad you pinged me to this post, I kind of miss the old tech discussions, twisted as they may sometimes have gotten.=)
So nationalization should never, ever, count in considering someone's "qualification"? Ergo, if technical qualification is equal, nationalization can never make a difference, you simply flip a coin?
Not that this clown Obama has opointed is qualified in a technical sense anyway. He's hardly better than every single natural born American as it is, unless you're ready to debate that as well.
Nationality aside, you make some good points. I just disagree with you bringing up the language thing.
This isn’t the right way to go about things. They’ll only hurt the OSS movement.
Strictly from a software/computer/hardware standpoint, he could very well be only 34 and be a true wizard.
Politics wise is another matter.
The important thing is how they define experience, and how they are applying it.
Every time Obama speaks is an exercise in defining the word “is”.(or just don’t listen at all because his words carry expiration dates)
it's So nationalization should never, ever, count in considering someone’s “qualification”? Ergo, if technical qualification is equal, nationalization can never, under any circumstance, make a difference, you must simply flip a coin?
You have to answer this, either being a natural born US citizen can matter, or, as n3wbi3 says, it can't be considered, ever. Is that what you believe? You obviously won't be alone if you do, but until you do claim this as what you actually believe I doubt that you do.
We'll see, other governments around the world such as China, Russia, Cuba etc are already mandating open source. Do you really think it's hurting open source adoption in those places where it's being mandated by law?
-———————I don’t know anything about this guy but if Obama picked him he is probably screw up-—————
Hahaha, well said!
———I would think a 34yo is hardly old enough to qualify for such a position.—————
In addition to defining “is” we now have to define “experience”.
————2) The article makes not *one* mention of code only data, this is not (as of yet) an issue which is even tangential to open source unless that is you can find a history of him taking closed source government code and making it opensource (as the CIO of a state he had the opportunity)-——————
Nice catch! Same old iggle?
——————“A search of “Vivek Kundra” and “open source” combined returned 15,000 results.”
And a search of “Vivek Kundra” and “Microsoft” combined for over 31,000 results!-————————
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to see you're having a ball over this serious issue. /SARCASM
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