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Re:Eric Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board by eewffwe on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @07:03PM (#11214095)
Could it be as simple as the tech giants didn't want a wage war whereby the highest payer would simply monopolize the talent market?
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Re:Eric Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board by rqebmm on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @07:26PM (#11214205)
Of course that's their incentive. And because it benefits a few and distorts the market, collusion was made against the law.
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Re:Eric Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board by jsmeaton on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @07:13PM (#11214139)
So manipulating the market to artificially keep salaries low? Can you see the problem/illegality here?
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Re:Eric Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board by eewffwe on Thursday March 03, 2016 @12:45PM (#11218473)
It's silly how people view this situation here. If one company has the resources to manipulate the market, they will do so outside the talent pool. Apple could buy up most patents and restrict anybody from using them. THEN, you would see the problem. But when it's human resource, you want the free market to be free.
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