Re: [Nolug] RMS vs Cisco (Round 1 *ding*ding*)

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 03:44:50PM -0600, John Souvestre wrote:
> Hi Jeremy.
>
> You were lucky. The 3 times the companies I worked for (3 different companies,
> actually) got ripped off it was by a competitor. It was blatant theft. Indeed,
> one guy nearly went to jail for physically stealing stuff (including some
> listings I had sitting around) out of our office. Scum!

I do not know if the Government has wised up to this practice, but during my time at Stennis I heard of several stories where contractors would deliver the bare minimum on the contract. After the "completion" of the contract, the contractor would take what they had and license it back to the Gov't as updated software. Often times, they'd seek to patent it. And guess who paid for the effort to develop said software now being licensed out by the former contractor? That's right, you and me.

It'd be perfect for Tom Brokaw's old "Fleecing of America" segment :).

Brett

>
> John
>
> John Souvestre - Integrated Data Systems - (504) 355-0609
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nolug@stoney.redfishnetworks.com [mailto:owner-
> > nolug@stoney.redfishnetworks.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy (mailing list box)
> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 3:25 PM
> > To: nolug@nolug.org
> > Subject: Re: [Nolug] RMS vs Cisco (Round 1 *ding*ding*)
> >
> > Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
> > > Have you had your work stolen from you? If this is mere speculation.
> > >
> > > Mark.
> >
> > A couple of times. Not code, but designs, fixes and recommendations.
> > At a previous job, several times my work was presented to the boss,
> > rejected and later presented as the boss's grand idea. You can argue
> > the semantics of whether or not that is stolen or not, but claiming
> > credit for another persons work wanders into that arena.
> >
> > J
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