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Any good examples of something like that implemented in the software domain?
by aogaili 3y ago
Any good examples of something like that implemented in the software domain?
- wcerfgba 3y agoYes, in UK we have a network of tech workers co-ops: https://www.coops.tech/about https://www.coops.tech/about
- astrange 3y agoThis is a bad sign. The UK is like Argentina - if they've adopted an economic idea that means it doesn't work and you need to run away from it. https://twitter.com/JosephPolitano/status/1691242176401854464 https://twitter.com/JosephPolitano/status/169124217640185446...
- the-smug-one 3y agoBurn your fiat money then, pretty sure they've got that back in good ole Argentina.
- astrange 3y agoThey're about to elect a guy who wants to do that, so you can see the technique still works. (And he dresses like a 60s BBC presenter.)
- toyg 3y agoCouple of notes: - the UK, or rather UK trade unions, basically invented the concept of modern cooperatives 150 years ago. - by now, cooperatives have effectively been out of fashion for decades. Even the flagship Cooperative Bank has recently been de-facto "normalized" into a regular business. - the cooperative model can, however, still be attractive for small groups of artisans, like software developers. Hence the link from parent poster. This doesn't mean that it's been "adopted" at large scale, or seen a mainstream resurgence - it has not.
- dukeyukey 3y agoCan't read that tweet cosTwitter is crapping out with GraphQL errors, but co-ops are an old and successful model of business ownership. They've lasted centuries. Co-ops run successful banks, manufacturers, industrial farms and food processing. And yes, restaurants and cafes. But even if you want to wipe away all of that, they aren't exactly facing a resurgence in the UK.
- the-smug-one 3y agoIgalia: https://www.igalia.com/ https://www.igalia.com/ Works on open source stuff, like Linux kernel, GStreamer, etc.