Messages in this thread |  | | From | Rob Landley <> | Subject | Re: The latest Microsoft FUD. This time from BillG, himself. | Date | Fri, 22 Jun 2001 07:08:42 -0400 |
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On Thursday 21 June 2001 18:49, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Except that Apple keeps the old code open. Probably because > > they'll gain nothing from it, and at best, they can appeal to > > the techies. > > A company that seems to write 'you shall not work on open source projects > in your spare time' into its employment contracts is not what I would call > friendly or want to work for. Im sure its only a small step to 'employees > shall not snowboard' 'employees shall not go skiing' - all of course argued > for the same reason as being essential to the company interest
This IS the company that had the "I work 90 hours all the time" club with t-shirts and everything back under Jobs in the early 80's. And far more recently, where at least one employee got in trouble for "thinking different' with a parody site involving famous serial killers.
The "Proprietary frosting" model is fine for leaf-node projects like games. But if the new layer is infrastructure other people are expected to build on top of, then what you're really saying is "I want slaves".
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