Comments on: Quantum information & politics http://quantummoxie.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/quantum-information-politics/ quantum mechanics with an attitude (or, my life as a theorist) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: rrtucci http://quantummoxie.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/quantum-information-politics/#comment-3787 rrtucci Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:06:14 +0000 http://quantummoxie.wordpress.com/?p=594#comment-3787 Amen again. To my mind, the IBM and Microsoft people are not really representatives of business interests, they are quasi-academics. They are not trying to build/sell a product. Even though D-wave is a Canadian company, some of its investors are American. The Wall-street bankers comment was meant as a metaphor. Amen again. To my mind, the IBM and Microsoft people are not really representatives of business interests, they are quasi-academics. They are not trying to build/sell a product. Even though D-wave is a Canadian company, some of its investors are American.
The Wall-street bankers comment was meant as a metaphor.

]]> By: quantummoxie http://quantummoxie.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/quantum-information-politics/#comment-3786 quantummoxie Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:21:01 +0000 http://quantummoxie.wordpress.com/?p=594#comment-3786 Excellent point. The only industry representation is from IBM and Microsoft, but I would argue Booz-Allen and SAIC do more quantum computing these days than Microsoft. In addition there isn't a single quantum cryptography group or company represented as far as I can tell. I don't know if it is Wall Street that is behind this. I simply suspect it was someone who didn't put a lot of thought into the selection process. Excellent point. The only industry representation is from IBM and Microsoft, but I would argue Booz-Allen and SAIC do more quantum computing these days than Microsoft. In addition there isn’t a single quantum cryptography group or company represented as far as I can tell.

I don’t know if it is Wall Street that is behind this. I simply suspect it was someone who didn’t put a lot of thought into the selection process.

]]> By: rrtucci http://quantummoxie.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/quantum-information-politics/#comment-3785 rrtucci Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:11:44 +0000 http://quantummoxie.wordpress.com/?p=594#comment-3785 Amen. I would also add that industry/entrepeneurs/investors (for example D-wave) and software developers (both closed and open source) are not represented either. Another instance of the greedy Wall-Street bankers trying to control future economic policy? Amen. I would also add that industry/entrepeneurs/investors (for example D-wave) and software developers (both closed and open source) are not represented either. Another instance of the greedy Wall-Street bankers trying to control future economic policy?

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