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:TechNewsWorld: The Most Powerful Labor Union in the World: Linux?
TechNewsWorld: The Most Powerful Labor Union in the World: Linux?
Jun 1, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (6814 reads)

(Other stories by Rob Enderle)

[ Thanks to Buckster for this link. ]

"For several years a number of us have been anticipating the emergence of a Software Labor Union. The argument has not been whether it will emerge but what form it will take. The conditions for forming technology unions have never been better.

"In many companies there exists a huge difference in compensation between the management (particularly the CEOs) and the folks that actually make and service the products. There is also an increasing tendency for executives to treat employees (particularly IT employees) as disposable assets, and you have what appears to be an increasing lack of respect for the competence of management in the industry..."

[Editor's Note: This is Rob Enderle's take on the O'Gara/Groklaw incident. In the words of the contributor of this story: "simply amazing." -BKP]

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
...I get the gnawing feeling that I' ...   every time I read an Enderle story   
rifftide
Jun 1, 2005, 01:12:58
 
I'm ashamed that I clicked through t ...   Enderle trolling with more FUD   
John Robertson
Jun 1, 2005, 01:29:29
 
or is he doing it for free now?  ...   Is Enderele still getting paid to post crap   
David F. Skoll
Jun 1, 2005, 02:15:06
 
And he delivers all that one could expec ...   The man's a professional troll.   
imric
Jun 1, 2005, 02:34:23
 
> For several years a number of us have  ...   a number of us have been ...   
R.L.
Jun 1, 2005, 03:13:33
 
> I'm ashamed that I clicked through ...   Re: Enderle trolling with more FUD   
R.L.
Jun 1, 2005, 03:18:08
 
So now it's a 'Labor Union'. ...   First it was commies   
bilbo
Jun 1, 2005, 03:19:59
 
This article is funny.  The evil Linux p ...   Bought and paid for.   
drm
Jun 1, 2005, 04:04:43
 
> He paints SCO and Maureen O'Gara a ...   Re: Enderle trolling with more FUD   
Tuqui
Jun 1, 2005, 04:47:47
 
Does the Linux "labor union" have member ...   More like a Software Creators Union   
-bertox
Jun 1, 2005, 09:44:09
 
Enderle quotes Dvorak about O'Gara.  ...   Meanwhile in the Microsoft FUD echo chamber...   
fudo
Jun 1, 2005, 16:17:04
 
Also interesting is that he appearantly  ...   Re: Bought and paid for.   
Charles Hixson
Jun 1, 2005, 19:35:33
 
Unions are good. Your portrayal of union ...   Enderle: Scab   
GaAsP
Jun 1, 2005, 21:48:17
 
Fans of alternate reality fiction and mi ...   You're all too harsh   
Tom Henderson
Jun 2, 2005, 14:28:59
 
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