Thursday, June 04, 2009
 
As If Thousands of Technohipsters Suddenly Cried Out In Terror At Once And Were Suddenly Silenced
How do you like it, technohipsters? WaPo: DOJ preparing antitrust probe for Apple, among others:
    Apple, Google, Yahoo! and Genentech are subjects of a fresh antitrust investigation surrounding hiring and recruiting practices among companies in the tech industry, according to Washington Post staff writer Cecilia Kang.

    "By agreeing not to hire away top talent, the companies could be stifling competition and trying to maintain their market power unfairly," antitrust experts said in the article. Hiring and recruiting can sometimes be a touchy affair, as Apple found out late last year when trying to hire Mark Papermaster. The investigation may suggest some kind of written agreement among large tech firms to not hire away each other's top talent.
Your cherished icons are businesses, and your cherished administration has determined they are evil.


 
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