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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Michael Kraemer wrote:
> 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.
> 

There aren't all that many "high tech" workers.  If the system 
administrator goes on strike they will just hire another one.  If the 
guys and gals on the shop floor walk out the company is out of business!