Green shoots?

The yogurt in my fridge has lots of green shoots on it. I am not sure that necessarily is a good thing.

Green shoots?

Juvenile triffids more like

new software?

Ah yes, right up El Reg's street.

Talking of green shoots, are you planning a review of Bentos 2? Yes, I know some confuse it with a pack of sweets, but green shoots start small.

Shame on nulabour

"a report from Gartner released yesterday, which also suggests the recovery will be driven by software firms"

Some might say it's a shame that the Labour party have given our IT industry to India.

p.s.

hand grenade for Gordon

Simpleszszsz....

Decline in hardware = 'we have hardware, make it do!'

Rise in software = 'we have a small budget because we didn't buy hardware!'

Green shoots = 'figment of yet another idiot's wish to be noticed, even for a moment!'

Pay attention? = 'give the idiot the ammunition to CHARGE FOR HIS ABILITY TO SEE THE FUTURE!' Come on, I'd sooner believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden --- hmmm --- now then .....

Software is it ?

It may have to be software led because we have pretty much destroyed our manufacturing base already and the only hardware around has to be imported from China. et. al., where it is all made to the highest of EU standards of Health & Safety by no one under the age of 18!

We are led to believe that the stuff is so cheap that we can't compete. People see that it is cheaper and feel that they are getting a bargain. What they actually get is the destruction of their jobs and also other industries where they just might have found a new job., Into the bargain, they are being ripped off big style on the price. For example, PC motherboards. FOB (free on board) price is less than $10 --- shipping will cost you as much as $2 or $3 per boards (taking insurance into consideration), there might be import duty (depending on which governments are speaking to each other). So, it arrives at your base having cost you less than $20. I suppose thats about £15 these days. Let's really make some cash here ! How about we mark it up to £45. That give cost of £15, our margin of £15 and up to £15 for the retailer, if they don't sell it discount. WOW !! Great boards, great prices, everyone wins!! Ah, but they aren't sold for £45 here in Treasure Island UK ---- that board is sold for £175 plus VAT and then they tell you that there is little or nothing in it to allow discounts ! So, not only will hardware not lead us out of recession, I could make an arguement to say that hardware drives us deeper into recession, thanks to the exploitative profiteers running the market.

Forgive me for being annonimous, but my family like to keep me around!