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lkrupp said:

A school district is NOT a law enforcement agency and therefore cannot confiscate and hack into a student’s or faculty member’s personal mobile device without permission. I can see a deluge of lawsuits coming for these school districts. How could a school official confiscate a faculty member’s personal device in the first place? This makes no sense whatsoever.

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Alger said:

Welcome to India.  Supposed democracy where 98% of the population are treated like human garbage, due to barbaric, medieval caste system, mindless religious zealotry and grotesque overpopulation.  If Apple don't want to see their humanistic reputation (what's left of it after almost selling their soul to capture Chinese market) sullied even further, they had better tighten their grip and sense of responsibility over their proxies there.

I agree. Apple should tone down the virtue signaling about human rights, privacy and security. It makes them look very hypocritical at best. While Macs and iOS devices may be somewhat more secure than the competition they are not in any way bulletproof, as has been demonstrated time and again when security researchers find flaws. And in terms of humanistic reputation Apple is doing business with some truly nasty actors, both primary and secondary. Think about mining in Africa.

danox said:

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karmadave said:

Most employees will remain where they are or work from home. My own company, Dell, is based in Austin but has operations globally. This really doesn't change much. Companies will still pay state income taxes, on their local operations, and employees will still pay taxes in the state they reside. That said, I agree that California could take steps to make the state much more business friendly. 

What give away more? The post secondary schools in Texas are second rate when compared to California. Oracle has decided to get the second or third tier student by moving to Texas.

Oracle are they first tier in tech anymore? they won’t find what they need in the Southeastern part of the USA. The west coast prominence doesn’t come from giving away freebies (southeast), the social part, environment, great post-secondary schools, and tolerance plays a big part those don’t exist in the American south or in most of the world.

That’s a rather provincial and elitist view of Texas and middle America.  And I’ll tell you, you’re wrong.  Austin in particular is a powerhouse culturally with its vibrant music scene, its thriving tech industry, and universities.  Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio have their own powerful draws for people and business.  Do not underestimate the people and the place.

California has its venture capital class, which has given it its edge.  But the more industries that take their businesses out of California, the more venture capitalists will follow in exodus.  California is living on borrowed time with its willful destruction of its key power infrastructure, resulting in lower-income-unfriendly skyrocketing energy prices. It’s extraordinarily high tax rate and industry crushing regulation has put manufacturing on its knees, driving countless numbers out of work and out of state.

The ethical consequences of wealthy suburban white color desk bound workers dominating the politics of environmental over the economic security of the working class are clear and it does not look good.

California economy is nearly 40% larger than Texas and more diverse to boot, and the post-secondary schools are on another level from what is in Texas, elitist? Yes, I’m much better off being in Cali instead of Tennessee and Texas thank you mom, dad for getting out of those backward hellhole states.

Those that work for Oracle that end up in Texas will be getting a pay cut for moving, cause it’s cheaper you know, well at least it isn’t Florida.

Wow.  Doubling down on elitism and provincialism.  Bravo!  I didn’t see that coming.

Or, maybe you need to travel more outside your bubble.

When it comes to Texas, Tennessee, yes sir, Jackie Robinson had in particular Texas and Fort Hood right worthless.... good luck Oracle employee’s another step lower on the tech ladder....

danox said:

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jcc said:

Tech moving away will spell the end of America’s dominance in the tech sphere as the previous concentration afforded an environment that was conducive to new ideas and the people that create it.

What are you talking about? It’s clear the new tech corridors are going to be in States like Arizona, Texas, etc. Where these companies go, the money and the employees will follow.

Dell and Texas Instruments don’t count as tier 1.