Equals ? No. Partnership ? Yes.

Equals ? No. Partnership ? Yes.

Posted Feb 2, 2008 13:19 UTC (Sat) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: Aaron Seigo talks life, free software and reinventing the Desktop (ComputerWorld) by kripkenstein
Parent article: Aaron Seigo talks life, free software and reinventing the Desktop (ComputerWorld)

A company doesn't work 'with' its employees, the employees work *for* the company. The way he phrased it, it seems to be a partnership of equals, which I believe it isn't.

High-level hackers certainly have more symbiotic relationships with companies. Take a look on "Jeremy Allison vs Novell" case, for example: you can bet that the fact that Jeremy left Novell hurt Novell more then it hurt Jeremy (who found another high-profile employer immediately). Was it enough to cripple and kill Novell ? Of course not - let's not kid ourself, the weights are too different. But equally well you can see that Samba community and Jeremy refused to play Novell's game - despite their employer/employee relationship.

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