Forget collective bargaining or a sitdown strike, it appears that Britain's largest private-sector union is engaging in... well... buying some Google ads in protest.
The Times Online tries to make this out to be an alternative to a strike or a walkout, and even implies that buying a few Adwords on Google to show their displeasure with the retailer Marks & Spencer would have a similar impact.
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ZDNet UK: "Mike Banahan, chief technology officer of OpenForum Europe, once described the UK as a 'third-world country' compared with the rest of Europe when it comes to public- and private-sector interest in open-source software..." |
