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I should just clarify for anybody here who's reading this ... the point wasn't that Cloudant is wrong. The point is that there's a massive void for values-base
by biznickman 15y ago
I should just clarify for anybody here who's reading this ... the point wasn't that Cloudant is wrong. The point is that there's a massive void for values-based leadership and we should expect that from any leader, big or small. Values-based leadership is the future of the marketplace in my opinion, and hence the post.
I should also say that it's pretty impressive that this made it on hackernews. I wasn't expecting this to hit the front page. It's nice to see they are open.
- tlogan 15y agoExactly. Consumers are now choosing products and which companies to support based on values they see that company (and companies' leadership) stands for. The older generation maybe don't see that but it is clear trend: your story as a company must match what your customer's world view. So this Cloudant news just show that their values don't match world view of majority developers / hackers / libertarians and as result of that they should not expect to be very popular on hacker news.
- chadp 15y agoWho are you to speak on the behalf of the MAJORITY of hackers, developers and libertarians?
- tlogan 15y agoI was not trying to say that it the fact. Actually, I should not mentioned developers - because that is very broad term. The observation from different blogs and posts is that business practices of company in question is not well received by hackers community. Now the key question here is what is modern definition of "hacker". I claim that our society (at least online society) seems to define hacker as a person who has values which are not compatible with business practices of certain companies.