On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 12:56 +0200, Moritz Sinn wrote:
"what's good for me is good for all", isn't that the principle? of course its bad for the society if knowledge cannot be shared. but capitalism has immanent rules, it doesn't follow what's good for society it follows the profit.
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when i speak of economy i mean capitalism, because its our economy today. though every company is selfish as you say and follows its own strategy, they've all in common that they have to make as much profit as possible. this main common interest also gives all companies, and that's what i mean when speaking of "the economy", having similar political interests. one of these interests is to protect intellectual monopoly.
Capitalism doesn't really match with knowledge society and the knowledgeable worker.
Capitalism bases remuneration on work time, while most IT work is project based... and development speed is more knowledge based than time based.
I think we're on the verge of a new form. Some people call it Digitalism... I don't know if that term is gaining ground or not.
Hugs, Rui