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Micro$oft has just started running subway ads, urging companies to register--that is, pay large sums of money for--software. One of the lines they're using is something like "How content are your employees?" with the idea that unhappy employees will report you for software piracy.
I don't know if all the software here is registered. And I don't care. Apathy is one thing, doing a Huge Conglomerate's work for free is another. If everything is for sale--the apparent ethos of 21st-century corporatism--why do they expect people to help them for free? The people who believe in giving things away aren't the ones most likely to get upset about software licenses.
I am, of course, underestimating the motivating power of anger--but they may be overestimating it. If you're furious at your boss, is "I'll get the accountants angry with him" your first thought? On the other hand, better that than attacking random cow-orkers, which is what gets "disgruntled" into headlines.
Where can I go to be re-gruntled?
I don't know if all the software here is registered. And I don't care. Apathy is one thing, doing a Huge Conglomerate's work for free is another. If everything is for sale--the apparent ethos of 21st-century corporatism--why do they expect people to help them for free? The people who believe in giving things away aren't the ones most likely to get upset about software licenses.
I am, of course, underestimating the motivating power of anger--but they may be overestimating it. If you're furious at your boss, is "I'll get the accountants angry with him" your first thought? On the other hand, better that than attacking random cow-orkers, which is what gets "disgruntled" into headlines.
Where can I go to be re-gruntled?