The Case Against Professionalism – Cringely writes a thoughtful piece on the role of management in companies. What’s more important? Short term gain, or long term failure?
The thing that came to mind as I read this article, is that Red Hat’s founder isn’t there any more. That would worry me, except I’ve talked to Red Hat employees, they all know how important the GPL is to the company.
Then again, those I’ve talked to have met Rob Young personally. What about new hires?