John C. Dvorak has been on my list of "journalists who not to take totally seriously" for a long time.
Maybe he'll finally get sued for libel and shut his kooky trap (hey I can dream can't I?)
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#22Why go through Om Malik on this? Why not contact Dvorak directly? Why not use that awesome, expensive whitehouse.gov to interact with us directly? Why say Dvorak is lying? Do you honestly thing he is fabricating things or really doesn't believe what he has written? Ugh. So many failures of communication at so many levels with this shitshow.
Why satisfy/dignify Dvorak's need for attention with a direct response? What should they do when the next person makes a claim? And the next? And the next? Why don't they have a direct line with Lou Dobbs or Glenn Beck?
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#23I'm struggling to put together why we even need a "CIO of the United States". Shouldn't all of these things be managed by the relevant department's professional IT staff, not pointless bureaucrats? If they're trying to coordinate an IT strategy between the departments ... didn't they learn anything from DHS? Adding more layers doesn't make anything any simpler, just creates more neglect, more waste, worse policies, and slower response times.
If they were serious about streamlining IT, or anything else in government, they'd focus on paring down to a manageable size, not creating new bureaus and departments to oversee the old bureaus and departments.
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#24Jeez, you guys. Dvorak is just promoting his podcast, "No Agenda." If you've never listened to it, it's the most bizarre combination of kooky conspiracy theories from former MTV VJ Adam Curry, mostly of the "9-11 never actually happened" variety, and typical right-wing radio yammering about how Obama is selling the country down the tubes. I get the feeling neither of them really believes a thing they're saying (they…
Dvorak is, and has always been, the Rush Limbaugh of tech.
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#25John C. Dvorak has been on my list of "journalists who not to take totally seriously" for a long time.
I just posted this on the other thread. It is in the University of Maryland system, it is not "University of Maryland". "University of Maryland University College" is not "University of Maryland".
Back about 1981 the local reprentative in Playboy's "Girls of the ACC" turned out not be in attendance at UMCP, but to have registered once or twice for classes at University College. I don't recall whether this was even noticed out of town, or whether Playboy was abused for failure to exercise due diligence.
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#26Why go through Om Malik on this? Why not contact Dvorak directly? Why not use that awesome, expensive whitehouse.gov to interact with us directly? Why say Dvorak is lying? Do you honestly thing he is fabricating things or really doesn't believe what he has written? Ugh. So many failures of communication at so many levels with this shitshow.
Why satisfy/dignify Dvorak's need for attention with a direct response? What should they do when the next person makes a claim? And the next? And the next? Why don't they have a direct line with Lou Dobbs or Glenn Beck?
What's so difficult about having a PR person contact a blogger who is getting significant play on a story he wrote? Just contact him, clarify the situation. If he is reasonable, he or she will write an update and we move on.
I don't care about who Dvorak is, or his history, or "satisfy"-ing his need for attention. I'm looking at this from a broader perspective: is this administration as in touch with the minute by minute news cycle as they claim to be? Are they able to recognize a story as it grows from one blog post to thousands of retweets and facebook messages? Do they know how to handle that kind of brushfire exposure?
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#27John C. Dvorak has been on my list of "journalists who not to take totally seriously" for a long time.
According to Maryland State Annotated Code, Title 12, 12-101(b)7, the University System of Maryland is defined as "University, University of Maryland", and "University Maryland System". Then there is all the consolidated universities in the University of Maryland including College Park and UMUC. People ought to check their facts before they spread untruths. If you doubt what I'm saying, look up that code in Lexis/Nexis or some other legal database and you will see it for yourself. UMUC is not a distance or correspondence school. It is located in College Park, MD and both UMD-CP and UMUC share the SAME campus. It is apparent that people in this forum are truly uninformed and do not have the sense to fact check their information. This in and of itself ought to cause doubt on any other postings that dispute these obvious facts.
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I just posted this on the other thread. It is in the University of Maryland system, it is not "University of Maryland". "University of Maryland University College" is not "University of Maryland".
And look_lookatme posted the following nugget as a reply to a post similar to yours. Quoting verbatim: From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Of_Maryland "However, in 1997 the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation allowing the University of Maryland, College Park to be known simply as the University of Maryland, recognizing the campus' role as the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland…
Again, your information from Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Maryland Annotated Code, Title 12 of the Education Article, 12-101(b)7 informs that the definition of the University of Maryland includes all the colleges and universities as the University System of Maryland. And, you are making assumptions that everyone knows that University of Maryland implies College Park. It doesn't. As well as the fact that the University of Maryland, University College is locating directly on the College Park Campus in College Park, Maryland. As well as the fact that the University of Maryland College Park campus includes courses that are similiar in content at UMUC. If you doubt that this is the case, I would suggest you ask UMD-College Park to present their 2001 - 2009 Graduate School course listings for their software engineering Master's degree and compare it with UMUC's software engineering degree. You will find similiar courses between the two. Yes, you are splitting hairs and doesn't help your argument at all.
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Not sure how true it is - http://www.worldwidelearn.com/umuc/index.php & https://www.umuc.edu/leads/contact.shtml tells you about the quality of education.
"University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is the world's largest provider of online education , as well as one of the 11 degree-granting institutions in the University System of Maryland. For over 50 years, UMUC has fulfilled its principal mission: to provide adult learners with access to high-quality education opportunities. Today, more than 70,000 men and women worldwide are pursuing their education and car…
So, what?
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" just posted this on the other thread, but UMUC is a Distance Learning (online) school." So if I understand this correctly Mr.Kundra got his MS (IT) via correspondence? Or did he really have to attend classes and lectures and so on perhaps in a lower quality campus than what is generally understood by the unqualified "University of Maryland" phrase? (This is an honest question. I have no dog in the fight. I am just…
The naming conventions of the schools make it a little confusing. I've lived in Maryland my entire life; hopefully I can bring some clarity. UMUC (University of Maryland, University College) is the place Kundra attended for his Masters. While UMUC offers online courses, it is primarily a brick & mortar accredited college targeted at working adults. They advertise heavily for working professionals looking to get gradu…
Again, the Maryland State Annotated Code, Title 12 of the Education Article, 12-101(b)7 informs that the definition of University, University of Maryland, and University of Maryland System refers to all colleges and universities in the University System of Maryland including UMUC and College Park. Also, UMUC is located directly on the College Park campus in College Park Maryland. It is not a valid assumption that when refering to the University of Maryland, people are stating "UMD-College Park". But, then...it is still the truth...they are both one in the same as it pertains to quality and content of education but not necessarily in admissions.