[Info-vax] EDS and HP hard to tell the difference

[George Cook]

In article <hamo86$v13$02$1 at news.t-online.com>, Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> writes:
> JF Mezei schrieb:
> 
>> 
>> But in the last decade, fewer and fewer types of enterprises could have
>> "money is no object, quality and reliability is a MUST" mentality and
>> more and more are into cost savings mode.
> 
> And the sad thing is, that even customers accept lower quality
> services, if they are only cheaper.
> Most people have no problems with lousy products
> stealing their time, but think that buying better products
> would steal their money.
> 
>> And in cost savings mode, a company looks at its young "can do" workers
>> who promise to deliver the world in 7 days and find it hard to justify
>> keeping the older more realistic people who say that delivering the
>> world will take mucgh longer and cost more.
> 
> And at some point high tech workers deserve what they get.
> I hear consistently that they refuse to join or organize themselves
> in unions, which might help them to defend their rights,
> just as it did for the factory workers a century ago.
> "We need no stinkin' unions here, we're so smart, we can
> care for ourselves".
> I think, this mindset ain't gonna work anymore for them.
> 

God forbid.  Unions would result in the worst possible outcome.
I have watched unions totally destroy the local steel industry, mostly
destroy the local coal mining and airlines, nearly run what was once
a five star hotel in my home town completely out of business,
completely wipe out the local glass and textile industries, and nearly
destroy (they may yet do it) the US auto industry.  Thankfully, unions
have not yet gained control of our local school systems, so we still
have public schools which compare favorably with the local private
schools.  If people think outsourcing of IT to India is bad now...


George Cook