There has been some ranting in this forum about the economic situation of
software services.
Is there anything we can actually do about it?
The software services industry is making quite a bundle out of us. If you
cannot beat them, join them. I would like to see a show of hands. How many
people would be ready to actively create/join an employee owned
not-for-profit corporation. The earnings would be partially invested in
expansion, partially in benefits, and what is left distributed to the
membership according to some criteria to be developed.
We would need a CEO, a CFO, a good lawyer, and an excelent marketing person.
The opertion would be based as much as possible on XP principles, like
simplicity, opennes, and cooperation.
It will be a learning experience, and we will make errors, but we will not
be the first ones, and we know that it can be done.
Because this is a first call, it's purposly generic. The details will be
elaborated by those interested in participating.
At this point in time I am only interested in finding out the measure of
interest in following up with the idea. If there is enough interest, we can
then discuss the details. Yet, I would like to stress that one of the
central conditions of success is to find a good marketing person that's
comfortable with the idea. As a population (with a few notable exceptions),
we developers are known for not being especially good in marketing, or as
entrepeneurs. So, this is an aspect that has to be taken very seriously.
Victor
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