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Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by Volpe on Monday February 13, 2012 @10:30PM (#3588496)
Really? I remember reading about all the crap between Apple/Microsoft/Xerox (in the late 80s/90s) none of it could be described as even close a 'gentlemen's game".

Are we that different to any other industry?

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Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by polyfractal on Monday February 13, 2012 @10:35PM (#3588506)
Or all the recent nonsense about non-compete hiring practices between top tech firms.
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Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by RegEx on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @12:06AM (#3588714)
I wasn't aware of this issue. Do you have a link to a recent article/HN discussion concerning it?
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Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by polyfractal on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @12:17AM (#3588749)
Sure:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3521817

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3516314

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