| From: | Jonathan Andrews <jmandrews@*******.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Corps care about money, |
| Date: | Sat, 2 May 1998 19:15:36 -0500 |
> Mega #4 hires the writers to build the product for them (or keep it
> perpetually unreleased and eventually move the writers into something
> else). Mega #4 would probably win, unless the writers were _extremely_
[snip]
> controlling new OS could damage their sales year after year. I can't think
> of many programmers who wouln't sell out for $20 million, especially if
> they could keep working on their pet project. (Also, chances are a
> mega-corp does way more than $200 million in OS sales.)
>
And for the programmer with an esteemed sense of morals, there are always
other means available to the corp... Decidedly unfriendly variations on
"If you will not turn to the Dark Side, then maybe she will..."
Jonathan Andrews
