Re:Migrating Facebook to MySQL 8.0
by truffdog on Thursday July 22, 2021 @09:58PM
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Mr. Cantrill might be engaging in hyperbole. Big companies are big though- lots of people in charge of lots of things, and often they wander off in different directions. It doesn't make sense to model their behavior as if directed by a single hive mind.
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Re:Migrating Facebook to MySQL 8.0
by tonyedgecombe on Friday July 23, 2021 @01:55AM
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Companies do have a culture though, the reason Amazon warehouse employees have to piss in a bottle can be traced back to Bezos and his laser like focus on controlling costs.
Big enough companies are the stereotypical paper clip AIs everyone fear, but with money. Anything seemingly moral action by them is simply a cost-analysis on how the public opinion will effect their profits.