Mr. Obama and his speech
Even though I'm not living in America, the world today is too closely connected for us to ignore what's happening outside of country where we're in. Just yesterday we've got a big news of Mr. Obama being a president elect. I strongly hope he will be able to fix a lot of things in USA so that our global economy is getting back to shape soon.
Following is the speech he did at Chicago and let me check again how much he's made a progress when he's leaving White House after serving his term as a President:
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place
where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our
founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our
democracy, tonight is your answer.
/It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and
churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited
three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives,
because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice
could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and
Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay,
straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to
the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue
States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many
to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put
their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope
of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on
this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to
America.
I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long
and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for
the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of
us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service
rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and
Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working
with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from
his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets
of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice
President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of
my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and
the love of my life, our nation's next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha
and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy
that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's no longer with
us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made
me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is
beyond measure.
To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod,
and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics -
you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've
sacrificed to get it done.
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to -
it belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start
with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in
the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and
the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings
they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this
cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of
their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for
jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young
people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the
doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who
volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries
later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has
not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.
I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't
do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task
that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the
challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -
two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking
up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their
lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after
their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or
pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is new
energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and
threats to meet and alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get
there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more
hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as
a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree
with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that
government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with
you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when
we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking
this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and
twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by
calloused hand.
What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on
this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is
only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we
go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and
responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and
look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if
this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a
thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we
rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and
pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let
us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the
banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on
the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity.
Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a
great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and
determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As
Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not
enemies, but friends...though passion may have strained it must not
break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I
have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices,
I need your help, and I will be your President too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from
parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the
forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, but our
destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To
those who would tear this world down - we will defeat you. To those who
seek peace and security - we support you. And to all those who have
wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved
once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the
might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring
power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.
For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our
union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope
for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for
generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast
her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood
in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing
- Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no
cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't
vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the color
of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in
America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the
times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with
that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed,
she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot.
Yes we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land,
she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new
sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she
was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was
saved. Yes we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a
bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We
Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was
connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this
election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because
after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of
hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much
more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should
live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live
as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress
will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our
time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for
our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to
reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that
out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we
are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't,
we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a
people:
Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United
States of America./
Posted at
01:47오후 11월 06, 2008
by myungjong in Personal |
Cloud Computing - the rising interest in Korea
"한국클라우드컴퓨팅협의회"
11월4일 상기 협의회를 위한 조그만 모임이 있었습니다. KISTI, 방송통신위원회, 소트트웨어진흥원, leading IT vendors(Sun, Microsoft, IBM, HP등), 학계, 통신사업자, 대형SI, 국내업체등에서 참석하셨습니다. 클라우드컴퓨팅에 대한 현재의 이해, 업체기술동향 그리고 국가차원에서의 대책등을 위한 모임이었습니다.
제가 앞부분에서 기조발언을 통하여 Cloud Computing에 대한 이해 조망을 전달해드렸고 이제 국내에서도 대한 관심을 갖고 있는 토픽임을 깊이 확인할 수 있었습니다.
몇가지 흥미로은 사항들을 적어보면...
- 클라우드'라는 단어가 들어간 회사분을 만나볼 수 있어서 반가웠습니다. cloud computing network - Clunet (www.clunet.co.kr) 입니다. 저에게 network cloud를 한다고 설명해주셨습니다.
- 국내 굴지의 SI회사도 이 클라우드컴퓨팅을 변신의 주된 방향으로 생각하고 계시네요.
- 모 벤더에서는 국내에 벌써 'cloud computing center'를 갖고 있네요.
- ....
제가 기조연설에서 전달했던 사항중 핵심만 요약드리면...
- 클라우드 컴퓨팅은 web service의 리더인 Amazon.com, Google, Salesforce.com등의 회사들이 그 동안 쌓은 경험들을 활용하여 여분의 컴퓨팅/저장능력을 외부에 판매하면서 시작된 측면이 있다
- 대표적인 경우가 amazon.com으로서 이미 2008년10월현재 전체컴푸팅자산의 약3분의2정도가 외부 클라우드컴퓨팅서비스인 EC2 or S3 (elastic compute cloud; simple storage service)에 쓰이고 있습니다. 2008.10월현재
- S3에 28 billion objects, 70000 object requests/second정도이라고 합니다
- 가격은 GB당 0.14$정도이네요(월)
클라우드 컴퓨팅은 추상화(abstraction) or가상화(abstraction)수준에따라서여러형태또는 layer로구성될수있습니다.
- SaaS : software as a service
- PaaS : platform as a service
- IaaS : infrastructure as a service
즉 사용자 (application developer/deployer)의 요구 API (application programming interface)수준에 따라 단순한 infrastructure부터 sw service까지 (예를 들면 Facebook용 application) 다양한 형태가 제공될 수 있습니다.
시간관계상 오늘은 여기에서 마치고 다음기회에는 Sun Microsystems가 갖고 있는 관련 기술/제품/서비스에 대하여 요약해드리겠습니다.
클라우드 컴퓨팅 : 앞으로 10년동안의 컴퓨팅을 많이 바꾸어놓을 큰 흐름임에는 틀림없는것 같습니다.
Posted at
01:36오후 11월 06, 2008
by myungjong in Sun |
