>This was perfectly captured when Sun bought Forte (the company I worked
>for) a few years ago. Great fanfare, champagne brunches, and all the mucky
>mucks from Sun drove over to Oakland to address their new hires. In
>response to the question as to whether the Forte people were going to be
>laid off, Ed Zander (then CEO of SUN) beamed back at us and exclaimed: "Of
>course not! We bought YOU!!! We bought the intellectual capital." A
>somewhat awkward silence followed during which all the "middle class"
>people inwardly asked themselves whether they were relieved or concerned
>that they had just been "sold" and "bought." Classic epiphany time, what
>can I say?
>
>Cheers,
Or maybe your co=workers were reflecting on Joan Robinson's quip that under capitalism, the only thing worse than being exploited is not being exploited, i.e., being unemployed.
jks
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