"Bob Crantz" wrote
Help me with my myopia. Apply what you have said to this case: Microsoft.
Bill Gates is the richest man in the world. He's the CEO of Microsoft.

1. Does a union exist at Microsoft?

No, but could they really make a worse product if there was?

2. How many employees of Microsoft have become millionaires thanks to
Microsoft?

Lots and lots... due to a bizarre fluke of stock market history and a
large amount of corporate steamrollering

3. How many layoffs has Microsoft had?

Lots, actually.

4. How many jobs have Microsoft moved offshore?

Lots, actually (see #3 above)

5. How many people have become millionaires owning Microsoft stock?

Probably fewer than #2 above.

6. Point out 3 examples of greed at Microsoft.

You mean other than every program they've ever released without
appropriate debugging?

How about Gate's threats to bury several of his competitors? How about
his strong-arming every computer mf'r and/or vendor? How about his
attempts to eliminate function based industry standards and replace them
with arbitrary Bill-based standards? I could go on, but there are
probably several pro-MS types out there who are already mad enough at me...

Scout wrote:
Despite their non-union philosophy, Microsoft plans to step up their
outsourcing efforts, leaving hundreds, perhaps thousands of non-union
American workers jobless within the next year.

AFAIK they've already replaced lots of employees with "contractors" who
get about 1/2 the pay, that was the policy of the '90s. Now they are
trying to hype their corporate neighborliness while quietly moving as
much as possible of their operation to 3rd world countries where people
work for pennies.

DSK