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Re:Where our economy is, for the young by fxtentacle on Friday October 02, 2020 @03:47PM (#24666392)
I believe this is how many companies get started. You consult a lawyer, build things in your free time, then rent it back to your old employer as a SaaS and maybe give them 10% off for being your first customer.

So companies are effectively driving their employees towards creating future competition, as that seems to be the only way left for inventors to capture the value they create.

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Re:Where our economy is, for the young by throwaway0a5e on Friday October 02, 2020 @08:42PM (#24668489)
>So companies are effectively driving their employees towards creating future competition,

Or future complimentary product/service. A company that runs call centers doesn't wanna make call center software but if they can buy call center SaaS (or whatever) that makes them more efficient they're happy and the guy they're buying from is happy.

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