Comments on: Innovista Implosion Accelerates

By: USC Grad

USC Grad — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:47:12 +0000

Clearly, the Pastides hire was designed to keep under wraps all the money that’s been wasted over at USC on these special “projects.”

By: fitsnews

fitsnews — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:05:40 +0000

Josh/ 2 Cents-

Good to see the government sector chiming in.

Of COURSE it doesn’t spell the end of Innovista – not as long as you guys keep sucking up the tax dollars, right?

-FITS

By: My Two Cents

My Two Cents — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:47:25 +0000

I agree with Josh. Jeff Wilkinson wrote in Saturday’s State that while Obama is cutting funding for hydrogen transportation research he is still supporting the US Energy Department to continue research into stationary fuel cells for applications like batteries or backup power sources. In other words, Obama is supporting research that is and can be used NOW. And while he may be temporarily holding off research for hydrogen transportation that could take a little longer to actually be implemented, that doesn’t spell the end of Innovista or all the great research in the area of hydrogen fuel cells that is being done in our state.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:25:30 +0000

I think you are trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill with uniformed information. Article after article in reputable newspapers have identified stationary and portable fuel cells as the focus in the Columbia region. Existing uses like cell phone towers, portable power for emergency responders, cell phone batteries, forklifts and other applications are in use today. The military is accelerating its use of fuel cells with companies in South Carolina helping to lead this development. Why not tell the whole story for a change.

By: craig

craig — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:31:34 +0000

Carolina’s fossils on the BOT should be fired for the lame brained decision to hire Pastides instead of Andy Card.

By: Liberty For Me

Liberty For Me — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:53:16 +0000

I think hydrogen is the future energy source we need to perfect…But I dont want my tax money going to something that should be privitly funded.This is not what government is for.I would encourage tax breaks for people to invest in R&D.What is it politicians dont get about their place in the constitution?…and yes the same goes for local gov as well.
If there is extra money for that kind of waste,then give it back to the taxpayers to start jobs and repair the economy

By: fitsnews

fitsnews — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:54:06 +0000

Anne-

Nice try. All those companies HAVE signed on for the University-sponsored “consortium,” but if you actually read the article you’d see that they CAN’T GET THE LOAN FOR THE BUILDING.

Without the loan there’s no RUIA bonding, no building and no consortium.

-FITS

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:27:15 +0000

Not sure what you’re talking about…according to The State, Innovista is already a lot more than small local firms with “a handful of employees.” IBM, Blue Cross Blue Shield, TM Floyd, VC3 and others have all signed on as part of the Consortium for Enterprise Management at Innovista.TM Floyd and VC3 employ over 100 people. BCBS is helping finance the consortium and IBM has committed to providing its System z mainframe computer and software. Sounds to me like these big-name companies wouldn’t be committing to Innovista if they didn’t see it as being viable and/or having the ability to serve as a location for a successful computer training program.

By: Just a thought

Just a thought — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:12:39 +0000

again, this is reminding me of holderman

By: John

John — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:43:14 +0000

I agree with your view on the government picking winners and losers, but are you saying the main reason Harris Pastides was selected as the president was this project? I doubt that is a fair characterization of the selection process. I have no doubt Dr. Pastides deserves his share of criticism, but attacking his legitimacy for his job (without specific proof) is a little much.