>If you really think some rank and file programmer is going to suffer for an extended period of time (he/she won't, but just for the sake of argument), then let

>If you really think some rank and file programmer is going to suffer for an extended period of time (he/she won't, but just for the sake of argument), then let the Federal Government cut them an unemployment check directly Saving the employees is not a motivating argument to me, anyway. These people work for risky companies, and should be prepared for their employers to evaporate overnight anyway. Functionally this is no different than the company running out of money or being sold and laying everyone off or any other of a half dozen scenarios where an early stage startup or otherwise small business could disappear overnight