The Developers and the Users

This is about Software, and the two categories of people in it - the Developers and the Users.

I was with the Developers, when I worked in Silicon Valley in the Nineties. And I was shocked by their attitude toward the Users. They were much better than them (they thought) and they could use them as they pleased.

There was no ethical requirement, that they treat them fairly. The Developers were on the top, and the Users were on the bottom - and they had the right to make more. Even if they delivered lousy products.

That was in the Nineties, since then most of the companies these guys worked for, have gone out of business. Thank heavens!

The handful of companies that remain, have become user aware (that's why they survived). But they still struggle with ethics, and don't know quite what to do about that.