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As IT people, I thought I'd like to ask other IT people what they think about the current state of play. VC's can go back to their yachts and paid whores.

Have we, as developers, sysadmins, IT people in general, been co-opted into an advertising scheme? Why does Google produce so much pure revenue?

Is constant growth OK on a finite planet? Who started this?

I am personally of the opinion we cannot trust corporations to look after our best interests as a species. They will look after a handful of people to excess, but abuse the rest of the population for profit.

That said, is there any path forward for open source/free:

* CPUs * Motherboard BIOS/CMOS * Firmware in proprietary devices

Thoughts? Am I the only one getting a bit peeved with wealthy corps trampling on the tragedy of the commons and us as a species?