[consulting] American Labour Laws & Future of Labour

[Eric Goldhagen]

At 4:01 PM -0400 8/21/10, Jeff Greenberg wrote:
>The only myth I see is that I said it's an individual question. I 
>did say you could 'all quit.'  I have no problem with people 
>organizing and deciding to leave a company en-masse, or a company 
>deciding to say the heck with ya, that's not how I want to run my 
>company, and shutting. I just have a problem with the thought that 
>the person who started the company somehow has a duty to provide 
>-anything- including jobs. If I start a business, I can hire if I 
>want, not hire if I don't want, give bonuses if I want, not give 
>them if I don't want (and perhaps lose people as a result), create 
>products if I want, make a profit if I want. And if people don't 
>like it, they are free to use me or not for my products or 
>employment.

If all software was developed under the model you suggest (where 
those that own have all power), we would not have the GPL nor Drupal.

The beauty of the GPL and Drupal is that participation is where power 
comes from, not ownership. I wish for a bright future where this 
model is extended further into society as a whole.

--Eric
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