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At another big online — and offline — book retailer the reason for this type of behavior was because of the legal department and upper management. For legal, th
by lost_my_pwd 12y ago
At another big online — and offline — book retailer the reason for this type of behavior was because of the legal department and upper management. For legal, there was a huge fear that anything we released or contributed to could open us up to liability; so there was a huge, undefined, process to get anything approved. With upper management, I think the issue was that by releasing something we might be giving away a competitive advantage or insights into our operations — that's the impression I was given but can't say absolutely.
It's not a far stretch to imagine similar corporate thinking at Amazon.
- raverbashing 12y agoGotta love "old company" mentality/paranoia But maybe some people contribute indirectly/do it like a personal contribution instead of a "corporate" one?
- th3iedkid 12y ago>>But maybe some people contribute indirectly/do it like a personal contribution instead of a "corporate" one? like in one of those parent comments of this , it seems very unlikely given : >>>>To do ANY FOSS work as an individual unrelated to the company (And I mean ANY: private projects that may be on Github, projects with nothing to do with Amazon) required a one-off application for permission. And a few more regulations on even things such as taking courses!
- walshemj 12y agoYou think that amazons competitors would not use this sort of attack hint the walmarts and supermarkets of this world have along record of being ultra aggressive ask any Farmer about how suppliers are bulled.